Example sentences of "and it takes [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I help her to do this , and it takes no time at all . |
2 | Through subsidies the state has established a vast ‘ social salary ’ to make life easier for workers and it takes a pride in the extensiveness of the welfare system that has developed from this . |
3 | And it takes a man and a women to produce a child . |
4 | Something here is not quite as it should be , and it takes a while to work out exactly what it is … |
5 | This is called ‘ image ’ back-up , and it takes a while . |
6 | The ability to select propitious characters in Chinese is a fine art and it takes a student of great learning to transpose an English name into Chinese syllables which convey beauty both in the pictogram character and in meaning , and yet bear some semblance in sound to the original name . |
7 | We carve moulds in wood and it takes a craftsman with a spokes have a day to do each one . |
8 | And it takes a lot to light up the eyes of a man dying of tuberculosis . |
9 | If you are sitting in a very large house on your own , which is draining away your resources because it still has mortgage payments to be met and it takes a lot of money to heat and light every year , you must seriously consider cashing in on your assets by moving to a smaller house that eliminates your mortgage and cuts down on running costs , or by taking out an annuity on your house . |
10 | Erm I know it 's easier said than done sometimes but er it has to be your decision because even if you went ahead and were confirmed , we were tal talking about the idea of sometimes parents bring pressure on them on you to go ahead and do it and be confirmed , erm when perhaps you 're not do n't feel ready for it and it takes a lot of courage to stand up and say No I 'm not ready . |
11 | The handcuffs are cumbersome , perhaps little used , and it takes an askari a long time to adjust them to Tepilit 's thin wrists . |
12 | North estimates , for example , that if a company has 2,000 personal computers and it takes an average of one and a half hours per year to upgrade software on each of them , then company-wide , this activity takes a total 3,000 hours . |
13 | It does n't hurt because it 's pulled off so quickly , and when we pull it off , we put our finger straight over the area and it takes the sting away . |
14 | And it takes the stains out of no , can it not get paint stains ? |
15 | As a result Taos is object-oriented at a very fine level and it takes the idea of dynamic linking to its logical conclusion . |
16 | As a result Taos is object-oriented at a very fine level and it takes the idea of dynamic linking to its logical conclusion . |
17 | Enough and it takes the pain away , too much and you feel dopey . |
18 | When you believe that you are guilty of all the pain caused by your own pregnancy , birth and subsequent existence , then the burden really does bend your back , and it takes the labours of Hercules to try and straighten it . |
19 | It 's called FAXgrabber and it takes the fax and converts it into text which can be edited by any word-processor without the need for re-typing . |