Example sentences of "it have taken [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has taken many geologists a long time to accept plate tectonics ’ , Dr Blake told New Scientist at the survey 's west coast headquarters in Menlo Park , south of San Francisco . |
| 2 | But it has taken many years for such discoveries to be accepted and acted upon , especially when they conflict with public convenience and related commercial interests , as the sad story of tobacco promotion and consumption shows . |
| 3 | They do n't realise that it has taken many years to bring the town up to the standard it is now . |
| 4 | It has taken many years for these professionals to gain recognition and acceptance . |
| 5 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 6 | His trainer , David Barons , is convinced the horse was ‘ got at ’ but whatever the reason for Playschool 's failure it has taken all Barons 's skill and experience to get him back in racing condition after his latest setback . |
| 7 | It has taken several years of animated discussions among the members and their respective lawyers to arrive at these terms and conditions , which are also intended to be in line with the code of conduct adopted last year by the European federation of art dealers , FIDOAO ( Federation Internationale des Diffuseurs d'Oeuvres d'Art Originales ) . |
| 8 | It has taken several months of cajoling to persuade the enigmatic political advisor Philip Gould to give an interview . |
| 9 | London has come to be my second home , but it has taken some time to get used to it . |
| 10 | It would n't have taken as Mr has pointed out , any cognizance of the fact that there 's difference for different times of the day , nor would it have taken any account of the fact that people would perceive the travel times and travel costs in different ways . |
| 11 | It had taken many years to achieve the control she had acquired over her conscious mind . |
| 12 | It had taken some labour to restore : a gang of builders had spent months ripping down hardboard partitions , taking out gas meters , attempting to rescue old parquet flooring , refitting windows , stripping paint from tiles . |
| 13 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 14 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 15 | And it 's taken that length of time to break down the seventy or eighty year barriers that are in existence between workers and management . |