Example sentences of "take more than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the past , the guards have smacked of overkill , since it rarely takes more than a baton charge with their lathi sticks to quell the traditional rotten orange barrage that welcomes most touring teams . |
| 2 | Takes more than a little snow ( like four feet of it in the suburbs ) to slow down the charging bull of Oracle Corp , and the company yesterday said that ‘ Through Rain , Sleet or the Coldest Arctic Snow in Century , the show will go on for Oracle 's Product Announcement of Cooperative Development Environment in New York City today ! ’ adding that ‘ If you are stuck on the sunny west coast attending UniForum , please join us for the delayed CDE announcement and demonstration . ’ |
| 3 | This means that the breeding cycle takes more than a year to complete , with the result that the birds are unable to breed every year . |
| 4 | It takes more than a shoestring to keep an essential component of the economy strong , say the Met , and other institutions concur . |
| 5 | It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about . |
| 6 | ‘ It takes more than a poisonous soda to subdue me . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It takes more than a few bruises , and a few kicks , to make people like us talk , eh ? ’ |
| 8 | IT TAKES more than a sending-off to halt the Portadown juggernaut these days . |
| 9 | It takes more than a bowl of water to get rid of Jesus Christ seeking you out to follow him and to receive him . |
| 10 | Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most … |
| 11 | Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes . |
| 12 | It will take more than a few scandal-mongers to sink him . |
| 13 | It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through . |
| 14 | Should n't take more than a fortnight . |
| 15 | There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day . |
| 16 | The likes of Dr James Halden would n't take more than a passing interest in a common domestic servant . |
| 17 | This wo n't take more than a moment . ’ |
| 18 | Thinking it had taken the old baggage long enough to show some concern , and it would take more than a few mumbled words to alter things . |
| 19 | ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’ |
| 20 | Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover . |
| 21 | This option was given to working wives in 1948 and withdrawn in 1978 but women who had already chosen to pay the reduced rate were allowed to continue , provided they did not take more than a two-year break from employment after 1978 . |
| 22 | There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master . |
| 23 | It will take more than a bloody hurricane to stop me . ’ |
| 24 | But it 'll take more than a few bruises to soften him up . |
| 25 | ‘ From what I 've seen of Officer Hassan , it would take more than a missing golf-club to prise him away from his suicide theory . ’ |
| 26 | Faithful to him , even if they would have to be apart sometimes , as he 'd be faithful to her , although he knew she 'd take more than a little convincing about that . |
| 27 | It would take more than a sharp tongue to cut down Alexander Vass . |
| 28 | ‘ It 'd take more than a few facts to convince Dudley Ford that he 's mistaken ! |
| 29 | Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage . |
| 30 | ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously . |