Example sentences of "[pers pn] takes [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either great pretentiousness or great brilliance ( or an outrageous combination of the two ) for a young poet to proclaim himself as Orpheus in the first poem of his first book . |
| 2 | There can be no doubt that it takes gruellingly hard work to reach the top echelon in aerobatics , and each member of the British Aerobatic Team '92 has more than adequately demonstrated their worth . |
| 3 | A popular choice is the corner bath , because although it takes up more floor area than a rectangular bath and runs along two walls , it actually requires less wall length ( typically 1300 or 1400mm ) , allowing more flexibility when planning a moderately sized , squarish bathroom . |
| 4 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 5 | And as it takes up little room , tie is also a good idea , ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 6 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 7 | The North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust has told 51 of the 719-strong workforce at three Ayrshire hospitals , which it takes over next week , that their fixed , short-term contracts will not be renewed on 31 March . |
| 8 | The neighbouring RAF bases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk , to be vacated by the U.S. Air Force next year , will not be required by the Ministry of Defence when it takes over full control of the sites . |
| 9 | It takes only one missile to get through , and lives may be lost , not to mention the ship . |
| 10 | It takes only one leak to sink a ship , one gate to let in a Trojan horse . |
| 11 | Roddy Greig , Manager , Transport and Messenger Services , said , ‘ It takes only seven plastic cups to produce enough material to manufacture a 12-inch ruler . |
| 12 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |
| 13 | Erm they would n't grow , they ca n't grow grain or use two or three times in succession , but then for that another seven years because it takes so much goodness out the erm thing , there 's so many diseases and they got to change their crop after a while |
| 14 | But it takes so much time and you 're leaving tomorrow . |
| 15 | It takes so much time , and conditions can be terrible , but it 's worth it to see the passengers . |
| 16 | It takes honestly it takes so much willpower to grow your hair it really does . |
| 17 | Erm , er , now of course to get back to the ambulance erm if somebody comes out of an epileptic fit and goes immediately back into another one , then you must call an ambulance , it takes so much from the person , it takes so much energy that the person ca n't possible go into one fit after another , erm without showing some affects and therefore you would have to get them to hospital , if you do n't and they have two or three fits one after another they can die , so they must go to hospital . |
| 18 | It takes so many man hours . |
| 19 | This bass part contains some relatively complex syncopated sixteenth note patterns , and you may find it takes quite some time to get these parts to settle . |
| 20 | Duck and Frog search for their friends and it takes quite some time to find them all . |
| 21 | Unfortunately however , these functions are poorly documented and it takes quite some time to discover how to use them . |
| 22 | Alton Towers clearly is an exception but again , you have to pay a lot of money for it and it takes quite some time to get the return er , back and , and I would say that erm , many of Michael 's erm , er , organic erm , er , expenditure will , will erm , provide er , a really good return rather quicker but in the long run we think Alton is good . |
| 23 | It takes hardly any time at all to swoosh down a can of cola , and neither does this seem to have any effect in satisfying the appetite . |
| 24 | It takes far less time than full-scale autobiography , for we are looking for a profile of the significant events that have made you the distinctive person that you are ( warts and all , as they say ) . |
| 25 | It takes very little effort to keep her clean and tidy . ’ |
| 26 | These three islands share a history that reads like a pirate novel and it takes very little research to find documented facts detailing pirate treasure and shipwrecks galore . |
| 27 | It takes very little time to do and makes an enormous difference to the finished garment . |
| 28 | This calculation may look cumbersome , but it takes very little time and provides record storage positions very effectively . |
| 29 | But even without the figures it takes very little imagination to see why this council must not put off any longer the construction and commissioning of the southern fire station . |
| 30 | He takes over this month from Hugh Collum , finance director of SmithKline Beecham , who has held the post for two years . |