Example sentences of "it [verb] many [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | It takes many years to perfect and rein-force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . |
2 | It took many visits to reach our self-set target of non-respondents : thirty primary and thirty secondary teachers willing to discuss the Oxfordshire scheme and to go through the questionnaire orally with us . |
3 | The development of coloured carp appealed to the oriental penchant for patience and order , for it took many generations to produce recognisable bloodlines of Kohaku , Sanke or Showa . |
4 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
5 | It took many months to get the Staff to evaluate the possibilities of such a scheme . |
6 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |