Example sentences of "it has taken a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It has taken a hundred and forty years to build a graduate profession . |
2 | It has taken a respectable 15 seats , but Signor Orlando won the personal endorsement of nearly one in five of all voters in Palermo itself . |
3 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
4 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
5 | ‘ It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly . |
6 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
7 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
8 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
9 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
10 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
11 | In particular , it has taken a strong line against price fixing ( e.g. dyestuffs , glass containers ) and market sharing or quantity agreements ( e.g. cement ) to the extent that such practices are now unlikely ever to be granted an exemption . |
12 | Unfortunately , it has taken a major tragedy to focus the minds of hauliers and their professional advisers sharply on these problem areas . |
13 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
14 | Reebok believes that it has taken a further innovative step by eliminating much of the superfluous components so that now , the tennis shoe will consist of an estimated 12 separate components . |
15 | I accept that it has taken a few years for the process to be completed , but everyone who studies the history books will be able to trace the downfall of the Thatcher Government — as some may still call it — to the time when she was foolish enough to remove the right hon. Gentleman from the duties that he was carrying out so successfully . |