Example sentences of "[conj] it takes [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A popular choice is the corner bath , because although it takes up more floor area than a rectangular bath and runs along two walls , it actually requires less wall length ( typically 1300 or 1400mm ) , allowing more flexibility when planning a moderately sized , squarish bathroom . |
| 2 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 3 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 4 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 5 | Unfortunately however , these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them . |
| 6 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 7 | These three islands share a history that reads like a pirate novel and it takes very little research to find documented facts detailing pirate treasure and shipwrecks galore . |
| 8 | But it takes so much time and you 're leaving tomorrow . |
| 9 | This calculation may look cumbersome , but it takes very little time and provides record storage positions very effectively . |
| 10 | Erm they would n't grow , they ca n't grow grain or use two or three times in succession , but then for that another seven years because it takes so much goodness out the erm thing , there 's so many diseases and they got to change their crop after a while |