Example sentences of "and it [verb] considerable [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sea-blue eyes gazing back at her were coolly assessing , and it took considerable effort on her part not to look away . |
| 2 | Staff appeared not to care about the unavailable theses , and it took considerable effort to persuade them to check the whereabouts of the missing ones . |
| 3 | But it provides guidelines as to what constitutes reasonable behaviour and it carries considerable weight at an industrial tribunal . |
| 4 | This meant that the guest lists had to be scrutinized with great care and it required considerable awareness on the part of Eugénie to be able to decide who would match with whom . |
| 5 | It is peripheral to the interests of the Highland Board , and it makes considerable demands on the time of Board Staff . |