Example sentences of "it takes [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like you say , it takes much more time to get into it . |
| 2 | Subjectively , it takes much less time to display thirty lines of 72 point text at a magnification level of 15% that it would take to scroll through to find the bit you want to edit at 100% magnification . |
| 3 | So body language if you read a lot of the books on body language it takes one single action and it interprets it based on that . |
| 4 | For me , at least — and I think for most people who travel around this country for pleasure , that is , to see things — it is simply that one gets a greater depth of pleasure out of knowing the anatomy of a town and why it takes that particular form and not just its superficial features , however attractive they may be individually . |
| 5 | It 's difficult to tell which wines will win , and easy to say when wine is good , but it takes that little bit extra to make it a winner . |
| 6 | A conservative estimate is that , in the absence of natural selection , DNA replicates so accurately that it takes five million replication generations to miscopy I per cent of the characters . |
| 7 | Erm It takes forty eight man hours . |
| 8 | This job , whatever it is , it takes forty eight man hours . |