Example sentences of "it takes a [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes a year to organize this grand event and it says something for the racecourse when the only thing that went wrong yesterday was the weather . |
| 2 | It takes a day to dry the costumes , so that means two lots of clothes for everyone — wet and dry ! ’ |
| 3 | Then when I told him that it takes a man to make a man , he hit me right across the face . |
| 4 | It takes a Wittgenstein to pull us up with a jolt , by saying that this is like translating a chair — not the word ‘ chair ’ , but a chair — into French . |
| 5 | Well it takes a while to explain , but I 'll try and do it quickly . |
| 6 | And although it takes a while to recover from such fear , for most of us at least , it does eventually subside . |
| 7 | Something here is not quite as it should be , and it takes a while to work out exactly what it is … |
| 8 | White spirit is far better — it 's safe on all finishes and materials , metal and fabric , and , although it takes a while to dry , it leaves no deposits . |
| 9 | It takes a while to get used to the looks of the new car , but it is clear that Lotus is seeking to advance sports car design rather than just repeat past successes . |
| 10 | You know how it is ; when you lead a hectic , urban life it takes a while to get used to the change of pace — and by the time you do it 's time to go home again . |
| 11 | Actually it takes a while to get used to . |
| 12 | Mary pointed out that it takes a while to become objective and to look at yourself without flinching . |
| 13 | Each board has slightly different turning characteristics so when trying a new board it takes a while to learn where to put the back foot . |
| 14 | You tend to find that you become accustomed to the timing on your local water and that when sailing in a different place it takes a while to learn the timing of a different wave pattern . |
| 15 | No look if I talk into it quite loud like this it cuts out and then it takes a while to come back on again okay is that alright ? |
| 16 | There are situations where the reciprocal of a rate would make more sense than the original rate : ergonomists , for example , might find it more natural to look at the time it takes a person to produce a fixed number of items rather than at the output a person produces from a machine in a fixed period of time . |
| 17 | No I could n't do that there , it takes a genius to do that . |
| 18 | It takes a minute to sink in like . |
| 19 | It is all a question of being organised and having a plan ; after all , it takes a minute to tell the gardeners to spray this or frame that … ’ |
| 20 | He goes on to argue that the bourgeoisie have always used sections from within the ‘ dangerous classes ’ to control those who are overtly troublesome , perhaps following the maxim that ‘ it takes a thief to catch a thief ’ , when he argues : ‘ for one and a half centuries the bourgeoisie offered the following choices : you can go to prison or join the Army ; you can go to prison or go to the colonies ; you can go to prison or you can join the police ’ ( ibid. 23 ) . |
| 21 | The way I see it , although it takes a lot to laugh , it takes a train to cry . |
| 22 | It takes a moment to realise that it is not some pagan idol , but a head of Christ on the cross , that the spikes represent the crown of thorns and that in the wreckage of the ancient trunk a face has been carved . |
| 23 | Tom Houston reminds us that ‘ it takes a community to communicate ’ ( Houston 1978:12 ) . |
| 24 | The electrical problem arises from the finite time it takes a signal to travel across a chip . |
| 25 | The speed of the whole chip is restricted by the time it takes a signal to travel the longest distance . |
| 26 | Beginners are often surprised at the length of time it takes a learner to learn something : they tend to think that they need to say something once only for the whole class to have it ready for use a few seconds later . |
| 27 | And it takes a lot to light up the eyes of a man dying of tuberculosis . |
| 28 | It takes a lot to arouse nationwide indignation in Canada . |
| 29 | It takes a lot to disconcert me . " |
| 30 | ‘ It takes a lot to upset him but I should imagine he gets very angry when anything does get to him . ’ |