Example sentences of "it take [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the olive-branch , modern languages have derived a synonym for ‘ peace ’ ; the reason is that the olive is the product par excellence of peaceful cultivation , because it takes fifteen to twenty years to mature , and the destruction of olives was always the first task of an invading army . |
| 2 | That 's probably why it takes fifteen to eighteen months to get a a result . |
| 3 | But it takes hundreds of thousands of years for these processes to turn the sediments into carbonate rock , and meanwhile biological changes , it now seems , play a key role in deterring the fluctuating carbon dioxide balance . |
| 4 | This is a truly radical development for the church , because it takes much of its thinking from Marxism . |
| 5 | It takes two of those takes two of those to make a third to make . |
| 6 | It takes two of those to make a half . |
| 7 | to look after him , but in the school holidays , you know , it takes two of you to and mind him , because |
| 8 | The trustees and the directors say that it takes two to three years to get the feel of the responsibilities — those responsibilities are considerably greater these days — and to work one 's way in and become able to contribute fully . |
| 9 | Leopards still die for their skins and it takes five to seven leopards to provide the material for one fur coat ! |
| 10 | It takes United off the bottom of the table . |
| 11 | The dt route suddenly appeared to be promising , though there is still a long way to go as it takes 20 to 40 times this to make a muon in a particle accelerator . |
| 12 | Both the phosphorylation of receptors and their absence means that it takes more of the drug to obtain the same effect . |
| 13 | It takes three to five years for a new plantation to bear a crop , but , with care , the vines will last indefinitely — some bogs are more than 100 years old . |
| 14 | Costing $50,000 to $75,000 , it takes seven to eight weeks to complete . |
| 15 | ‘ It takes some of the struggle out of raising funds ’ , he said . |
| 16 | I always feel it takes some of the magic away if you put things up too early . |
| 17 | It takes some of the erm tt oh what 's , what 's the word ? |
| 18 | FG : How long does it take each of you to complete a picture ? |
| 19 | It took much of the fiery energy of Mr Brian Peckford during a decade as premier to regain full say over the development of the vast Hibernia oilfield . |
| 20 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 21 | It took four of them to carry me . |
| 22 | My mum dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief and said , ‘ Arnold Bottomley had a seizure when he was on a canal boat and it took four of us to hold him , although he had been so easy-going on other trips , especially the Greek one that I did n't go on . |
| 23 | It took four of them to lift him on to a trolley and take him away for observation , with the police riding shotgun at his side , and then things gradually returned to normal — or as normal as they could given the extraordinary circumstances . |
| 24 | It took many of them an awful long time even to introduce themselves . |
| 25 | It took six to eight years . ’ |
| 26 | But it took all of a week 's ration of time to restore the plot to its pre-holiday weed-free state . |
| 27 | There must have been about nine or ten of them — all men except for one woman — and they tried to say it took all of them to restrain me . |
| 28 | During the following days Luke 's energy for work seemed boundless , and it took all of Merrill 's concentration to keep abreast of him . |
| 29 | It took all of Shiona 's strength to keep her body from trembling . |
| 30 | It took all of his strength to free the buckled doorway , but eventually it broke free with a protesting groan . |