Example sentences of "it takes [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either great pretentiousness or great brilliance ( or an outrageous combination of the two ) for a young poet to proclaim himself as Orpheus in the first poem of his first book . |
| 2 | It takes either three men working at ten hours . |
| 3 | There can be no doubt that it takes gruellingly hard work to reach the top echelon in aerobatics , and each member of the British Aerobatic Team '92 has more than adequately demonstrated their worth . |
| 4 | It takes just five minutes for the interviewer to ask , ‘ So where did you get the name from ? ’ |
| 5 | It takes just five seconds for him to realize that there are only so many hours in the working day to establish the key priorities and apply his mind to them . |
| 6 | It takes just five seconds for him to eliminate the stress . |
| 7 | It takes just two minutes for a burglar to turn a home into a nightmare — in the city of Gloucester police are being called up to twelve times a day by families finding scenes like these . |
| 8 | A popular choice is the corner bath , because although it takes up more floor area than a rectangular bath and runs along two walls , it actually requires less wall length ( typically 1300 or 1400mm ) , allowing more flexibility when planning a moderately sized , squarish bathroom . |
| 9 | ( This means that it takes up more hospital space than any other single illness . ) |
| 10 | And as it takes up little room , tie is also a good idea , ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 11 | When they 're placed on floppies we can use a program ( called a ‘ packer ’ or ‘ zipper ’ ) to encode this information so it takes up less space . |
| 12 | It takes approximately four years in the British climate for a fish to attain that length ( and equivalent weight of about 1lb 4oz ) . |
| 13 | Bearing in mind that it takes approximately 12 weeks from planting to flowering , it is possible to grow bulbs of many species and varieties to flower at the same time for a spectacular display , and also plant for a succession of flowers if potting up is carefully timed . |
| 14 | As a guideline it takes approximately 40 minutes for four people to play 1 game . |
| 15 | Situated in Hind Cove , it takes over two hours to reach from Wasdale . |
| 16 | The North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust has told 51 of the 719-strong workforce at three Ayrshire hospitals , which it takes over next week , that their fixed , short-term contracts will not be renewed on 31 March . |
| 17 | The neighbouring RAF bases at Bentwaters and Woodbridge in Suffolk , to be vacated by the U.S. Air Force next year , will not be required by the Ministry of Defence when it takes over full control of the sites . |
| 18 | It takes around 45 minutes to make a blood donation and staff at AEA are invited to donate twice a year . |
| 19 | It takes only one missile to get through , and lives may be lost , not to mention the ship . |
| 20 | It takes only one leak to sink a ship , one gate to let in a Trojan horse . |
| 21 | It takes only 10 minutes to get to the shops in the wheelchair . |
| 22 | However , according to ICL , it takes only 10 seconds to reactivate the system . |
| 23 | HP reckons it takes only 30 minutes to complete the swap and get the new system running . |
| 24 | Both can run the same software , and Telecom Eire , a new Alpha user , says it takes only 30 minutes to upgrade VAX to Alpha . |
| 25 | Since the insect and the scorpion are 30 genetic units distant from one another , it takes only 30 generations to evolve from one to the other if you never take a wrong turning ; if , that is , you know exactly what genetic formula you are heading towards , and how to steer towards it . |
| 26 | No fewer than three railway stations offer a fast service to Paris ; and at night it takes only twenty minutes to drive from the town 's centre to the Etoile . |
| 27 | Roddy Greig , Manager , Transport and Messenger Services , said , ‘ It takes only seven plastic cups to produce enough material to manufacture a 12-inch ruler . |
| 28 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |
| 29 | Erm they would n't grow , they ca n't grow grain or use two or three times in succession , but then for that another seven years because it takes so much goodness out the erm thing , there 's so many diseases and they got to change their crop after a while |
| 30 | But it takes so much time and you 're leaving tomorrow . |