Example sentences of "take [adj] than an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And every Saab dealer is now bound to down tools and help you out without prior booking if the job takes less than an hour . |
| 2 | They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to . |
| 3 | It should n't take more than an hour to type up . |
| 4 | TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let |
| 5 | The flight to Edinburgh should take less than an hour . |
| 6 | It took more than an hour to control the blaze at the former Langham Hotel . |
| 7 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 8 | A police officer said his corpse was so charred and mutilated that it took more than an hour to identify it . |
| 9 | It then took more than an hour of bathing and shampooing to get Tosh back to his natural ebony colour ! |
| 10 | It rarely took more than an hour . |
| 11 | It rarely took more than an hour . |
| 12 | The operation , which started just after 8pm , took more than an hour to complete . |
| 13 | The last few miles to Ealing were covered in a jerking crawl which took more than an hour , and daylight was breaking down into darkness as Alison gave directions through the maze of streets and parked cars away from the main shopping area . |
| 14 | The march of uniformed members took more than an hour to pass the saluting base . |
| 15 | AT the magistrates court it took more than an hour to read out all the charges . |
| 16 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |