Example sentences of "it can take " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It can take many ejaculations to clear sperm already in tube . |
| 2 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 3 | It can take up to ten years to readjust to this new market situation . |
| 4 | But it can take many months and , as Wendy realised , the longer she waited , the harder it would be to trace Eva . |
| 5 | Of course , there are times when it 's frustrating — it can take me twice as long to find anything , for example . |
| 6 | It can take 10 minutes to get off the train . ’ |
| 7 | To get there via the complexity of legislation , contractual pitfalls , constructional problems and costing complexities let aside evaluating design possibilities needs skill , knowledge and commitment , certainly it can take a considerable amount of time . |
| 8 | It can take several hours to kill an entire whale group which may number several hundred individuals . ’ |
| 9 | Although it can take a panoply of four-dimensional shapes , Dr Tipler prefers it to be a single point ; in the manner of the 20th-century Catholic evolutionist and mystic , Teilhard de Chardin , he calls it the omega point . |
| 10 | What is more disturbing is how long it can take to uncover such things when big reputations are at stake . |
| 11 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 12 | Such a farcical situation could never come about in Germany , where a party must win a minimum five per cent of the overall vote before it can take a single seat in the Bundestag . |
| 13 | It can take some comfort from the rise of 7.5 per cent in its vote and from the fact that it came second to Labour in so many seats and is at last beginning to nibble at Labour 's huge majorities in the Central Belt . |
| 14 | It can take just as much fortitude to go it alone as it does to keep up a public front . |
| 15 | It is confident that it can take the long distance frugality title to add to its claim of being Britain 's fastest small diesel with a top speed of 96.3 mph . |
| 16 | The most subtle strategy available to a teacher is that of teacher-in-role , for this device is flexible enough to have any one of the three functions ; it can take the pupils ' attention off themselves by allowing them passively or actively to use teacher 's role as a projection , or it can be non-projective and challenge the pupils to interact . |
| 17 | Sometimes it can take up to eight miles before it is warmed up enough to stop having to keep a foot on the accelerator at traffic lights , etc . |
| 18 | The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip . |
| 19 | Once there , it can take tens or thousands of years for that water to emerge from a spring or a well . |
| 20 | It can take half-an-hour to buy a coffee and seats are often not available . |
| 21 | The housing is designed to handle all major makes of medium format camera , although other camera systems can be accommodated to special order , and it can take lenses from 40mm to 120mm macro . |
| 22 | If this happens , it can take generations before trust can once more be established in a family . |
| 23 | Normally it can take up to two or three years to win compensation through the courts , but in this case the surveyor 's insurers were at least willing to discuss an out-of-court settlement if another surveyor confirmed their case . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's true , ’ Michael said , ‘ but it can take a killer board and make it magical . ’ |
| 25 | It is n't complicated or expensive , but it can take time — so it 's worth getting it in hand early on . |
| 26 | Do not wipe off any excess until after twenty minutes — it can take this long for the oils to be absorbed . |
| 27 | All three deposit their surveys at the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex , but the data arrives in a form that can be quite hard to read , and it can take several months for the Archive to be able to supply even small amounts of the raw data in a form usable on most college computers . |
| 28 | It is about extending decision-making to the level where it can take place most effectively and where it can be informed by local circumstances in the context of the policy and philosophy of the school . |
| 29 | It can take many forms and should not be underestimated . |
| 30 | It helps staff to work as a group , but it can take a while for somebody new to fit in . |