Example sentences of "[coord] it takes [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If you go to , your master 's away cu say he 's gone to race meeting and it takes two day , they 're going to be up at , say Ascot , more likely he goes for the week . |
2 | A lot of my work includes routing grooves for 5/8in and 3/4in boards , and it takes some time achieving the right width of groove even with the appropriate cutter . |
3 | Experience of objects is mediated by the senses , and it takes some time before the child appreciates that objects are best understood not as functions of action and sensation , but as entities which have an existence that is independent of the child 's own actions and experiences . |
4 | I am aware , when I go on publicity tours , that the necessity to project yourself , to sell your product , all the time , moves you into the outward and trivial parts of your personality , and it takes some time to get back to being centred , and to finding who you are again within yourself . ’ |
5 | The colon is unused to the fibre and it takes some time to adjust . ’ |
6 | The points of choice have to be put to other people and it takes patient consultation before everyone can agree about the management plan for a school in which social , academic , moral and community developments all have their place . |
7 | In a ground loop there are very high inertia forces on the fin and it takes expert knowledge to detect quite serious damage in these areas , particularly with T-tailed types . |
8 | All these mistakes are only too easy to make , and it takes constant effort to keep oneself up to the mark . |
9 | But it takes great courage for a politician to try and persuade voters of that fact . |
10 | Roses are naturally at their most beautiful in summer , but it takes year-long care to ensure they maintain their glory . |
11 | There were 2 attacks early on , but it takes stronger stuff than this to beat Grimsby . |