Example sentences of "take [det] than [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That takes more than management expertise : it takes a sort of vision , too . |
| 2 | It gained terrific publicity , but it takes more than column inches to sell records , and I am sure that Elvis 's continuing success has more to do with talent . |
| 3 | It takes more than design flair and understanding to produce a leisure complex . |
| 4 | ‘ Coppers , aye , but it takes more than coppers to cart them there ; they wo n't come and pick 'em up . ’ |
| 5 | It will take more than December sleet and gales to daunt the crews chosen to take part in the 11-boat round the world British Steel Challenge . |
| 6 | It would take more than pistols to counter a new challenge from the army . |
| 7 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 8 | It will take more than oil to make those wheels turn . |
| 9 | But , says Alfred , it would take more than Hollywood stardom to lure him away from the Sussex cottage he shares with Jill and 12-year-old Rachel , his daughter from a previous relationship . |
| 10 | It will take more than Mr. Gaddafi 's guns and the IRA to undermine the spirit of the people of Belfast . |
| 11 | Charlemagne was lucky in that his only brother , four years younger than himself , died in 771 after a short period of increasingly fraught joint-rule ; but it took more than luck to remove that brother 's sons — they , and their mother , disappeared when their uncle defeated and imprisoned their protector , the Lombard king . |
| 12 | But a coup took more than force . |
| 13 | Early in their relationship Peter learned that he must not try to take more than Kate was prepared to give . |