Example sentences of "that it would take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report on the future of the Falklands , Lord Shackleton said that it would take £100 million or so for redevelopment . |
| 2 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 3 | On Jan. 30 China said that it would take part in the disarmament process initiated by Bush and Yeltsin only when the USA and Russia had reduced their nuclear arsenal to " a level matching China " . |
| 4 | The Hezbollah organization announced on June 30 that it would take part in the elections , although it had not participated in any government formed since the Taif accord . |
| 5 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 6 | Very soon , however , it was realised that the fall of rock was so extensive that it would take weeks to reach John and , naturally , the initial urgency waned . |
| 7 | In 1988 the Japanese giant bought CBS records for $2bn and last week it announced that it would take control of Columbia pictures . |
| 8 | Others , including the London councils , were sympathetic but explained that it would take months , not hours , to get the decision through all the relevant committees . |
| 9 | Last week I mistakenly told you that it would take place today , sorry . |
| 10 | Washington has expressed its willingness to change the venue for the summit from Vancouver to Moscow if the Russian side makes such a request , but Mr Clinton said he was working on the assumption that it would take place in Canada as planned . |
| 11 | The bird got so attached to her that it would take food from between her lips . |
| 12 | He acknowledged the government 's awareness of the adverse social effects of the devaluation and said that it would take measures to alleviate them , including increasing wages in 1993 and compensating government employees who had lost their jobs as a result of the economic changes . |
| 13 | Only kept repeating it was quite something , that he 'd have to think about it , that it would take time to assimilate . |
| 14 | Some were wounded ; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal . |