Example sentences of "it take a great [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It takes a great deal of prestidigitatory skill to poison someone before your very eyes so to speak . ’
2 It takes a great deal of sensitivity to provide activities which stimulate the patient 's interest , without exhausting him or making him frustrated if he can not achieve what he wants or what you hope for .
3 Since foxes are basically nocturnal animals it takes a great deal of time and patience to shoot a fox , and also a good shot at close range .
4 It takes a great deal of time to embroider a sampler in silks or wools , but it is a much swifter process when using pressed flowers .
5 It takes a great deal of time and money to establish a brand which explains why predators may be willing , when purchasing a company with strong brand identification , to pay far more than the stock market valuation of that company .
6 The major problem with the method is that it takes a great deal of time , attention and patience .
7 Inevitably it takes a great deal of time to go into these cases .
8 Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge .
9 And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done .
10 It took a great deal of courage — and self-love — to admit that all her suffering had been in vain .
11 For the educated mother in particular , it took a great deal of courage to reject a system of upbringing which combined quasi-religious appeals to ‘ duty ’ and ‘ rightness ’ and ‘ goodness ’ with a claim to be based on the rational attitudes which she herself , as a ‘ modern ’ woman , was supposed to have embraced .
12 It took a great deal of effort not to wriggle about as much as I normally did , but I feared him panicking more than the physical discomfort .
13 It took a great deal of acting skill not to show her vast irritation .
14 And so it took a great deal of time erm , in the nineteen thirties , for farmers to cease production .
15 It took a great deal of effort to resist adding the word ‘ yet ’ .
16 It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry .
17 Birdie Mac in the sweet shop told people that it took a great amount of faith these days to realise that God was fair-minded .
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