Example sentences of "[conj] it take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A second technique is deconcentration — although functions may be departmentalised in a single central government department , it may nevertheless be desirable for administration to be dispersed from the geographical centre and into the regions and localities where it takes actual effect ‘ on the ground ’ .
2 I feel , however , that it takes insufficient account of the natural caution and pragmatism of the British people , which was admirably reflected in the negotiating approach of my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and his colleagues in the Cabinet .
3 Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system .
4 ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’
5 Remorseful Prober is like Naive Prober , except that it takes active steps to break out of runs of alternating recrimination .
6 The dominion status declaration was made in October 1929 and met on the Congress side by what amounted to a demand that it take immediate effect .
7 The Guide-lines Commission interpreted an ambiguous statutory injunction that it take correctional resources into ‘ substantial consideration ’ as a mandate that its guide-lines not increase prison population beyond existing capacity constraints ( Tonry 1988 ) .
8 The points of choice have to be put to other people and it takes patient consultation before everyone can agree about the management plan for a school in which social , academic , moral and community developments all have their place .
9 In a ground loop there are very high inertia forces on the fin and it takes expert knowledge to detect quite serious damage in these areas , particularly with T-tailed types .
10 All these mistakes are only too easy to make , and it takes constant effort to keep oneself up to the mark .
11 For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun .
12 The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away .
13 Staff appeared not to care about the unavailable theses , and it took considerable effort to persuade them to check the whereabouts of the missing ones .
14 He added : ‘ British Rail has put off its £0.75bn programme and even if it takes private money , the bigger the players the better .
15 The best rock attempts to make society better , even if it takes gross self-laceration to get to that point …
16 In his refreshing book Mr Veseth looks at Victorian Britain , which improved on Florence 's commercial ideas , particularly public debt , and also went into decline ; and at present-day America , which is deeply in debt but might , he argues , avoid decline if it takes brave decisions .
17 But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact .
18 Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory .
19 Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’
20 Probably most such birds possess more powerful navigational skills , such as those we shall discuss shortly for pigeons , but it takes special experiments to demonstrate the fact .
21 The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges .
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