Example sentences of "it takes [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes much cranking of the engine with the starter motor to get going again — although the time it takes to fire up does vary . |
| 2 | This is a truly radical development for the church , because it takes much of its thinking from Marxism . |
| 3 | It takes much time . |
| 4 | Writing an Introduction As we have said , it takes much practice to be able to write essays well . |
| 5 | Subjectively , it takes much less time to display thirty lines of 72 point text at a magnification level of 15% that it would take to scroll through to find the bit you want to edit at 100% magnification . |
| 6 | It takes much time and effort to find recorded music that is suitable as movement accompaniment . |
| 7 | Says one inmate : ’ I do n't think it takes much to become a prison officer . |
| 8 | Like you say , it takes much more time to get into it . |
| 9 | 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 . " |
| 10 | Fear is the key , and it takes many forms . |
| 11 | Discovering it takes many months . |
| 12 | I have also suggested that although research is a key component of professional practice , it takes many forms , and the various types of research I have described feed professional knowledge in many ways . |
| 13 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 14 | It takes many years for a human child to master the process of reading , even though they already possess established linguistic and cognitive subsystems . |
| 15 | It takes many years to perfect and rein-force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . |
| 16 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 17 | Research , although it takes many forms , has recognisable characteristics . |
| 18 | It takes such a long time to use up a tin , you probably would n't realise . |
| 19 | It takes little imagination to foretell the likely consequences of just one peg disintegrating and flinging its spring or its free arm into the cutter gap during a pass ; or the possible knock-on effect(s) on the rest of the makeshift assembly and the astonished operator if this should happen . |
| 20 | It takes little thought to see that someone who is physically crippled and confined to a wheelchair may still lead a very full life if his mental and higher faculties are in good order whereas a physically fit but totally demented person has little left to give and little capacity to receive except for physical care and a little love . |
| 21 | It takes little to get me on the right lines . |
| 22 | It takes little effort of the imagination to put oneself in Theo 's shoes , and feel the grey , correct , judicious side of his character flinching from the terrifying sincerity of Vincent 's outpourings . |
| 23 | He said copyart can be practised by people of differing abilities because it takes little or no skill to produce exciting and impressive images . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Leaving Mongolia aside , the leaders of each country are the linear descendants of ‘ Muscovite ’ Communists , sheltered in the USSR during the Second World War and brought to power in the van of the Red Army : in times of friction , it takes little to remind Eastern Europe 's leaders not only how their bread is buttered , but how they got into the larder in the first place . |
| 26 | While the Dutch government is actively planning to reduce the number of hospital beds , particularly those for long-stay patients , it takes little notice of the reality of mental health care in The Netherlands , cherishing various misconceptions regarding institutionalism and community care . |
| 27 | It takes little knowledge of history to appreciate that relatively few of the battles recorded in history have had a decisive effect upon the future of those involved . |
| 28 | They are certainly simple and that is one of the chief advantages of cash accounting : it takes little more than common sense to understand and interpret . |
| 29 | It takes little imagination to see that here is a huge resource for the study of consumer and retailing habits , but if we follow the practice suggested recently by some archivists and take the network with its constituent data flows and data tables , software resources and analytical outputs as a whole , as the document itself , this is a major site for examining the cultural effect of these systems . |
| 30 | But it takes little to say , and doubtless contributes to the ‘ feel-good ’ factor all round . |