Example sentences of "it take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Any man can be unfaithful , but it takes special circumstances to write a letter like that . ’ |
| 32 | 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 . |
| 33 | Chris Hook claims that it takes expert knowledge and a great deal of patience to hack into a computer system . |
| 34 | Now tt if you look at it this way , le let's suppose that the Communist Party was successful in its military campaign and it , it takes military control of south China , which it was beginning to then , and did up to nineteen forty eight |
| 35 | It takes intelligent illumination to peer through the fog generated by so much detail . |
| 36 | The best rock attempts to make society better , even if it takes gross self-laceration to get to that point … |
| 37 | In his refreshing book Mr Veseth looks at Victorian Britain , which improved on Florence 's commercial ideas , particularly public debt , and also went into decline ; and at present-day America , which is deeply in debt but might , he argues , avoid decline if it takes brave decisions . |
| 38 | It takes considerable experience to judge correctly when and how much power should be delegated . |
| 39 | Thus it takes considerable courage and persistence at times for the carer to press the needs of the dependent , let alone her/his personal needs . |
| 40 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 41 | It takes considerable time and ingenuity to find out who these informal players are , but once discerned , the model performs very well and can be relied upon to enrich , screen , and find sponsorship within the organization , for a good number of complex ideas . |
| 42 | Mark 's acceptance at Oxford proves it takes different strokes , different brush strokes that is , to move the world . |
| 43 | It takes different people different lengths of time to conceive . |
| 44 | It takes different people different lengths of time to conceive . |
| 45 | It takes different people different styles who like to do different things to different meanings to be part of the rest . |
| 46 | ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’ |
| 47 | It takes enviable sprezzatura and self-confidence to perform as a teacher of literature who does not need to feel professional . |
| 48 | Be it taking accurate telephone messages , preparing a quotation , or cooking a meal , quality management means it is done properly , all the time . |
| 49 | With a combination of every kind of scientific equipment and a psychological ‘ mind over matter ’ approach , he got players fit again in a fraction of the time it took other trainers . |
| 50 | Even so , it took great nerve and daring to ride that wind for such a distance and it is a fitting tribute to the bravery of the balloon pioneers , yet it will be seen that those men and women who followed Sadler into the skies display , in their own way , no less daring than he . |
| 51 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 52 | With the lack of air , the smells , the unrestrained vomiting of a woman in the top bunk ( why had she ever thought they were lucky to get a bottom bunk ? ) it took real hunger and a strong stomach to face food . |
| 53 | It took tremendous courage for Roebuck to fight back from his crippling injury , but there is a further chapter to the story . |
| 54 | But in an increasingly urbanized society it took new forms more apparent to political opinion and more threatening to life and industry ; and there were very many more large populous areas devoid of the most elementary arrangements for disposing of waste or supplying pure water . |
| 55 | The stripes were hardly noticeable , as the cut was left longer here , but it took slight bumps in the ground in its stride , and cut well up to edges . |
| 56 | It took radical change in teaching method , requiring greater use of an organized collection of resource materials , to point up the need for a greater degree of professionalism and for larger and more ambitious organizations . |
| 57 | It took professional journals like Building News and foreign observers like Muthesius to recognize Nonconformity 's achievements . |
| 58 | It took various forms : university disorder ; civil rights movements ; anti-apartheid activities ; race and immigration protests . |
| 59 | It took various forms . |
| 60 | It took long moments before Caroline calmed down enough to remember that she had not sprung the little trap she 'd set . |