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

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1 However , it has been suggested that on the present basis it would take 46 years to clear the backlog in housing disrepair …
2 It has been alleged that at this rate it would take 300 years to examine all the programmes outlined in Table 15.1 above .
3 Thus if you set aside £25 per month it would take two years to accumulate the £600 minimum for the Gift Aid scheme .
4 If it just went in a straight line it would take fifteen minutes .
5 Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover .
6 In fact it would take another seven .
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