Example sentences of "it took many [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lois Brown was critical of the length of time it took many publishers to make deliveries . |
| 4 | It took many months to get the Staff to evaluate the possibilities of such a scheme . |
| 5 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |