Example sentences of "take [art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 There 's no money in them and it takes the right machinery to cut them up .
2 The largest questions the members of a management partnership must answer are whether sharing is practicable , whether its members believe in it and how long — if it is a reality — it takes the outside world to believe that it can provide the promised level of quality .
3 It takes a tremendous effort to stop , so :
4 For the whole unit is bolted to the back of the tractor and it takes a mere ½hr to change it — and no need for a limp back to the workshop !
5 That kind of package takes a wee while to put together .
6 ‘ It 's a celebration of the best of a woman when a designer makes a great dress , and it takes a certain intelligence to carry it off .
7 Two car bombs in Karachi kill 72 and injure 250 ; the authorities blame ‘ saboteurs of foreign origin ’ ( in the presence of such disasters , it takes a certain frivolity to care whether those who perpetrated the act were natives or not ) .
8 Since it takes a certain time to reach its working temperature and cool down again , it would not be able to follow the changes satisfactorily .
9 Anyone can be a biological mother , but it takes a professional woman to make a good job of it .
10 Better start walking there now , takes a bleeding hour to get round there !
11 It takes a complete turn to replace the shell and prepare to fire , so you not only fail to shoot this turn but you can not shoot next turn either .
12 But not all mosquitoes that breed in puddles or water pots are vectors of malaria , and it takes a competent entomologist to distinguish the dangerous from the harmless and to carry out this ‘ species sanitation ’ .
13 But it takes a mighty age to tell its tale and dives head-first into the soap suds along the way .
14 but you know , it takes a long while to get over it
15 No but that takes a long while to get round .
16 It takes a long time to reach Dynjandi , but the weather improves as the day wears on , leaving me with wonderful views across the Arnarfjörđ3ur , its far peaks wreathed in clouds .
17 If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated .
18 Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ?
19 The second — Mr Lawson 's line -that demand is indeed slowing down , but that it takes a long time to affect the balance of payments .
20 Nobody wants to lose and if nobody wants to lose it means it gets fiercer and it goes on for longer and it does takes a long time to resolve , if it ever is and often to the detriment of one person to the success of another .
21 ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep .
22 But it takes a long time to regain trust .
23 If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice .
24 Banks are like supertankers : it takes a long time to turn them round .
25 Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook .
26 It takes a long time to visit every house in the neighbourhood — and enjoy some hospitality while one is there . ’
27 Still takes a long time to chew .
28 Takes a long time to learn anything new , but perseveres .
29 Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said .
30 The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want .
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