Example sentences of "it [adv] takes [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the Rio Negro in Amazonia it apparently takes 80 years to reach half the mature biomass , suggesting that a return to forest is possible . |
| 2 | The main thing to realise with trailer driving is that it only takes one mistake to wreck the trailer and a nice glider , as well as possibly writing off a new car . |
| 3 | Cable should n't be run under a carpet unless it 's suitably protected — it only takes one stiletto heel to bring your network down ! |
| 4 | Above The vulnerable beauty of Killary harbour : ‘ It only takes one fool to drop a barrel of chemicals , ’ Peter Mantle says , ‘ and we 're all wiped out . ’ |
| 5 | It only takes one lapse and a match can undergo a total transformation — there must be no slip-ups , ’ adds McGrath . |
| 6 | But , it only takes one car ! |
| 7 | ‘ It only takes one fanatic , ’ Harriet Shakespeare said heavily . |
| 8 | There 's an old saying : ‘ It only takes one spark to start a fire . ’ |
| 9 | On the evidence of its showing , SAS/EIS is certainly the kind of tool that will empower decision makers with the ability to study their companies and markets in new ways , with only minimum recall to the services of in-house software engineers — ‘ even a CEO can use this because it only takes one finger , ’ claims Jim Goodnight , SAS chief executive officer . |
| 10 | It only takes one media scare story ( Pill Deaths Quadruple ! ) or one neighbour being suddenly rushed to hospital , to make thousands of women think twice about using a particular form of contraception . |
| 11 | Simply peg out the design , wind on the warp thread and get weaving — it only takes five minutes . |
| 12 | Bearing in mind that it only takes 20 milligrams of this poi-son to kill a dog , and that a cat is equally susceptible , it is clear that here we have a serious threat to an incautious feline . |
| 13 | It dries right quick , it just takes that chill off |
| 14 | It normally takes six months from filling out a form to getting permission to emigrate . |
| 15 | It generally takes six months to get a tribunal hearing and it 's FREE . |
| 16 | EXCEPT where rocks are heavily cracked or fissured , it usually takes many years for water to find its way down through the soil and the unsaturated zone to the saturated zone of an aquifer . |
| 17 | It can take effect immediately , but it usually takes twenty minutes or so for the full effects to be felt . |
| 18 | It usually takes several days for the pain to subside , although it can linger for weeks . |
| 19 | Sinclair improved the system by using two heads on a continuous belt but it still takes four passes of each head to create a row of characters . |
| 20 | Yeah , but even with all those things in their favour it still takes fifteen months ? |
| 21 | It hardly takes much decoding to translate this into racial — indeed , not far from racist — terms . |
| 22 | NO MATTER how talented or hardworking you are , if you 're a woman it always takes extra effort and drive to succeed in business . |
| 23 | For example , suppose that airline pilots are paid far more than their transfer earnings , but that it always takes three pilots ( pilot equivalents ) to fly a plane . |
| 24 | Er , you can set up these plans to start with a direct debit , which means it probably takes fourteen days to get that sorted with the bank , they 'll allow fourteen days . |
| 25 | It is a tribute to how far we have come already in theoretical physics that it now takes enormous machines and a great deal of money to perform an experiment whose results we can not predict . |
| 26 | The rouble has collapsed as Russia 's prices have soared : it now takes 934 roubles to buy a dollar , up from 128 a year ago . |
| 27 | Even when the decay is spreading , it typically takes six years to travel through the tooth enamel into the softer dentin , where it becomes a threat to the nerves in the root canal . |
| 28 | It often takes various stages of etching , proofing and burnishing before a satisfactorily completed plate is ready for final printing and editioning . |
| 29 | Perhaps we believe that others perceive us as weak and ineffectual when in reality we choose to make a stand only about those things which really matter , knowing that it often takes more strength to remain calm and in control than to meet aggression with more aggression . |
| 30 | It sometimes takes more courage to say no , I do n't want to you than to get into the fight yeah . |