Example sentences of "it take [noun sg] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is a difficult wood to glue , but it takes stain and polishes to an excellent finish when filled . |
| 2 | ‘ That 's why I prefer to work in black and white ; the eye sees in colour , so with mono film it takes craft and ability to construct a picture to which people can relate . |
| 3 | It takes skill and judgement and sometimes a compromise is not possible — you may have to choose one over the other . |
| 4 | What all the programmes indicate is that it takes commitment and enthusiasm on the part of Rover , the schools and their pupils , if such initiatives are to produce the engineers of the future . |
| 5 | It takes speed and stamina to stick with the pace . |
| 6 | If controlled breathing through your nose is not natural to you , it takes practice and concentration at first but it will soon become second nature — and you will feel better for it . |
| 7 | It takes time and patience to get these quiet slow spoken people to talk ; they must be sure that one is not trying to make a fool of them or mocking them . |
| 8 | It takes time and effort for her to do this : constantly tapping her nose on the typewriter is exhausting , but then so is making her noises understood . |
| 9 | It takes time and effort which might usefully be spent doing something else . |
| 10 | However , it takes time and effort and the action shown in the close-up may have changed or stopped by the time the wide shot begins , so there may be action matching problems . |
| 11 | Quite often all the things that parents want to say go out of their heads and it takes time and confidence in their listener to start to explore the greater areas of concern . |
| 12 | It takes time and practice , that 's what Mister Tom had said . |
| 13 | It took fire and ambulance crews nearly an hour to cut Hilda McClanachan free from the wreckage of her Peugeot car . |
| 14 | It took application and imagination to see the point of Eastern Europe , to see through the glacier to the contours underneath . |
| 15 | Although it hardly seemed to notice the Hooligan affair , and its only immediate response was a front-page poem ‘ Hot Weather and Crime ’ which can only have been intended as a slap in the face for The Times leader on ‘ The Weather and the Streets ’ : The message was clear enough : if it took crime and violence to attract the attention of the mighty to the lives of the poor , then so be it . |
| 16 | The main Hoechst plant in Frankfurt was blockaded by Greenpeace after the company refused to allow it take water and earth samples . |