Example sentences of "which took [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , therefore , of particular significance to Lafayette as this new range , which took one year to develop , is launched into the market place . |
| 2 | The Individual Programme Plans of Elizabeth and Helen , which took two attempts to get off the ground because of staff changes and inadequate training , have been virtually suspended — even before the first reviews — because of the latest staffing upheaval . |
| 3 | The twenty-one defendants were accused of enormous wrongdoing before and during World War II in an indictment which took two days to read and 218 days to try before a tribunal composed of two judges from each of the four victorious countries . |
| 4 | Modelled here by Adele Curry , a student at the Blackpool and Flyde College of Hair and Beauty , the amazing creation which took two weeks to complete and stands well over a foot high is in celebration of Blackpool Tower 's £13 million transformation into Tower World . |
| 5 | If tests are successful , inventors Integrated Surgical Systems , which took six years to develop Robodoc , will apply for clinical trials throughout America . |
| 6 | In the crucial second game , which took 27 minutes , Jackman dominated several rallies and subjected Devoy to a lot of running . |
| 7 | the team was hoisted onto open trucks which took five hours to crawl the three mile distance from Lahore Airport to the Fortress Stadium with thousands and thousands of fans running alongside the procession . |
| 8 | Dustin had to suffer under a fourteen-piece latex mask , which took five hours a day to apply under the hot , steaming make-up lamps . |
| 9 | On the following day , Franco took the salute at a victory parade which took five hours to pass the towering dais on which he stood , flanked by military officers , Party officials , Church dignitaries and government ministers . |
| 10 | I brought the boat back from Bilbao in Spain on my own which took five days . |
| 11 | In 1860 the foreign secretary urged British diplomats not to use unnecessarily " this very costly channel of communication " , and until at least the end of the nineteenth century the ministers in China and Japan , to save money , were still guided , except in serious emergencies , by despatches which took five weeks to reach them via the Suez Canal , or four if they were sent across Canada . |
| 12 | On 19 September Ho embarked on a packet boat which took four weeks to reach Hanoi . |
| 13 | With 43 recommendations , the report , which took four months to prepare , admits that ‘ a free society requires the freedom to say or print things that are inconvenient to those in authority , whether they be members of the Royal Family , ministers , MPs , local councillors or public officials ’ . |
| 14 | Baron Grimm , with whom Mozart had finally fallen out , arranged for his departure on a slow , cheap coach , which took 10 days to reach Strasbourg . |
| 15 | Their trip , which took 38 hours instead of the normal 22 , coincided with 60ft waves and the worst North Sea gales for almost a century . |
| 16 | The first , which took 20 minutes , saw Martin open up a 6–2 lead only for Martin to recover to 6–6 . |
| 17 | I apologise to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department for being unable to attend at the start of the debate , due to the aggravated taking of British Rail , which took three hours to take me from York to the metropolis . |
| 18 | It was all a far cry from the first ascent of Everest 40 years ago , news of which took three days to reach London — on Coronation Day . |
| 19 | and we went down the River Nile which took three days |
| 20 | It is hoped 200,000 Carinas will be made next year at the site , which took three years to complete . |
| 21 | It is hoped 200,000 Carinas will be made next year at the site , which took three years to complete . |
| 22 | The scheme , which took three years to devise , is now used in decisions about staff promotion , and since its introduction the average ratings for staff members have improved . |
| 23 | This involved substantial investment to clear the sites , provide rail lines to move the coal , sink shafts ( which took three years , on average ) , provide housing , and recruit miners ( Waller , 1983 , p. 17ff . ) . |
| 24 | Once a week , Aunt Margaret defied the banging , popping , gangrenous , gas-flaring monster of the bathroom geyser all for Victoria 's sake , to give her a bath in three inches of snot-green , brackish , warmish water , which took ten minutes to trickle from the geyser 's brutish snout into the tub . |
| 25 | Users are finally coming round to the idea that applications are more important than the platform , he says , citing the UK supermarket chain , Sainsbury 's , which took ten months to decide that it would move to Unix , choosing its software before inviting companies to bid for the hardware contract . |
| 26 | Throughout the formulation of the policy , which took ten months , pressure continued for the bank to continue its support of logging projects on the grounds that managed logging was better than indiscriminate clearance . |
| 27 | Here , as well as an engine house and other works , is Mandale Sough , a drainage channel one mile long which took twenty-three years to dig . |
| 28 | Von Wilckens also discusses the famous tapestries of Paris and Flanders — among them the commission of Ludwig I for 600 square metres illustrating the Apocalypse , which took seven years to complete . |
| 29 | From the hearing , which took ninety minutes , Willis emerged visibly shaken , having been told he must wait five days before hearing if he was to go to prison or not . |