Example sentences of "[adv] take [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Rio Negro in Amazonia it apparently takes 80 years to reach half the mature biomass , suggesting that a return to forest is possible . |
| 2 | Above The vulnerable beauty of Killary harbour : ‘ It only takes one fool to drop a barrel of chemicals , ’ Peter Mantle says , ‘ and we 're all wiped out . ’ |
| 3 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 4 | There 's an old saying : ‘ It only takes one spark to start a fire . ’ |
| 5 | This perm only takes 23 minutes to process and the results actually last longer than conventional perms . |
| 6 | No date or venue is yet set , but ( i ) it will obviously take some time to organise properly and publicise/market effectively and ( ii ) the most likely venue is Edinburgh . |
| 7 | Louis IX did not apparently take any steps to prevent Henry from using an obsolete and illegal instrument . |
| 8 | In its aftermath Mrs Thatcher apparently took greater care to consult the Cabinet more fully and was overruled by it on the proposed sale of British Leyland to the US-based General Motors . |
| 9 | It only took six seconds to load each room but some puzzles require you to operate buttons in several rooms , so you would obviously be running between rooms for a while . |
| 10 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 11 | I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write . |
| 12 | The fact that the system cost around £300,000 as compared to a traditional suppliers offer of £2.5 million and only took three months to design , install , train and make fully operational reflects well on the technology — even though the paper itself failed . |
| 13 | Although they only took 20 minutes to arrive , if George could have given a map reference , as well as his address , they could have got there that much sooner . |
| 14 | The NSA had naturally taken enormous trouble to keep Minaret and Shamrock secret since they were quite illegal even though they had the tacit approval of President Nixon , another Henry II Syndrome casualty ( see Chapter 3 ) . |
| 15 | These shears are not generally available to the public , so take this opportunity to acquire a pair now . |
| 16 | The Commission normally takes two months to investigate charges , after which it could either instruct Britain to set its VAT rates in conformity with European legislation or proceed to put into effect the long awaited 7th Directive on fiscal matters . |
| 17 | He normally takes great care to keep us informed of the central part he plays in the worlds of affairs and ideas . |
| 18 | It generally takes six months to get a tribunal hearing and it 's FREE . |
| 19 | Loud noise from passing vehicles is doubly unwelcome because , not only does it drown out the wanted sound , but it also causes the camcorder 's automatic gain control to lower the recording level ; this generally takes some seconds to return to normal after the disturbance , during which time the wanted sound is not recorded properly . |
| 20 | But he moved towards Paris in late March : everyone knew that it did not take six weeks to get from Paris to Attigny . |
| 21 | But Planck 's quantum principle tells us that each gamma ray quantum has a very high energy , because gamma rays have a very high frequency , so it would not take many quanta to radiate even ten thousand megawatts . |
| 22 | My detectives had established your many moves and it did not take much intelligence to realise why . ’ |
| 23 | Appendages in the ‘ head ’ region often include powerful claws , and it does not take much imagination to conclude that these eurypterids were among the fiercest predators of their day . |
| 24 | It does not take much imagination to see these changes as a reflection of Britain 's growing military self-assertiveness , and specifically of her claim to Neptune 's trident and rule of the sea . |
| 25 | In a more commonplace example , it does not take much imagination to see how old people may see their contribution to society as substantially diminished and their dependence increased , at a time when technological advances present an older generation with a succession of mysteries related to daily living . |
| 26 | It does not take much imagination to realise the very serious risks if , for instance , a modern weed-killer solution contaminated drinking water supplies . |
| 27 | It does not take much imagination to realise the bad impression that can be created by a person who has greasy unkempt hair , unclean or unpressed clothes , laddered stockings or tights , dirty down-at-the-heel shoes , chewed or dirty fingernails or unfortunately halitosis ( bad breath ) or body odour . |
| 28 | It does not take much imagination to appreciate that maintaining a safe environment in high latitudes and high altitudes with the long months of snow , ice and subzero temperatures will differ from maintaining a safe environment in the humid heat of a tropical forest . |
| 29 | It does not take much imagination to understand the depth of grief that the parents feel at the loss of their baby . |
| 30 | It does not take much imagination to understand the effect of a Tornado flying at 250 knots and at 250 ft , on a cavalcade of 200 horses on top of the Border hills . |