Example sentences of "[adv] it take [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 2 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 3 | Yet when asked how long it takes each week to prepare and construct the next sequence , Dr Postlethwait is accustomed to laugh heartily ( as he did when I asked him ) and reply , " Oh , about fifty hours . " |
| 4 | The ‘ now ’ here instead corresponds to the ‘ now ’ on & alpha Centauri in 4.5 years ' time , because that is how long it takes light to get from here to there . |
| 5 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
| 6 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 7 | Normally it takes three or four years to complete the apprenticeship , but Reay helped by his ten year 's experience of weaving and considerable determination , achieved it in half the time . |
| 8 | If natural selection eliminates half the population in each generation , complete specification requires two generations of selection , one to eliminate C and G , and a second to eliminate T. Thus it takes two generations to specify each base . |
| 9 | Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs . |
| 10 | Okay anyway it takes twenty eight days for the moon to orbit the earth . |
| 11 | Anyway it takes more . |
| 12 | Usually it takes three days , but in a hurry … . ’ |
| 13 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 14 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 15 | and they 'll be here half an hour or three quarters of an hour , he smoked four cigarettes , now it takes all day and all night to get rid of them fumes of his cigarettes |
| 16 | Well it takes all th , no it 's all tied in with the plumbing you see , it 's there and everything . |
| 17 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 18 | Right it takes two hours it 's going at a steady sixty , great , so we know that 's a hundred and sixty . |
| 19 | Luckily it takes more than swirling snow and an Arctic wind to blow Swindon off course these days . |
| 20 | ‘ I spotted the old Humber while I was on duty and at first thought it would take me a couple of years to restore — but eventually it took seven ! |
| 21 | Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty . |
| 22 | Sometimes it takes two minutes and sometimes it takes twenty . |
| 23 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 24 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 25 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 26 | Instead it took five . |
| 27 | ‘ Over-involved ’ is a derogatory label still used by professionals to describe anxious , supportive relatives , yet it takes extraordinary judgment and sensitivity to manage a close relative 's abnormal beliefs and behaviour in a way which neither colludes with pathological beliefs nor alienates the sufferer . |
| 28 | Yet it takes two to compromise . |
| 29 | These factors are worthy of emphasis because in practice they are still dealt with very badly in many organisations and yet it takes little trouble or expertise to make an enormous difference . |
| 30 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |