Example sentences of "it takes [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Alkaline and moderately rich in minerals , it takes up to 80 years to filter through 295 feet of sand , clay , shale , coal and siltstone .
2 It takes up to 18 months to properly train our staff and I must say I am particularly impressed by the capability , skills and attitude of the Scots workforce . ’
3 It takes up to two months to complete , after which the other stages can be run in parallel .
4 It takes up to seven skins to make one coat .
5 If that does n't sound impressive , look at it this way ; using conventional techniques it takes up to three twelve inch laser disks to record one feature film .
6 A top Oxford orthopaedic surgeon says it takes up to ten years to measure the success of a joint , but the maunfacturers come up with new , improved versions each year .
7 Now it 's perfectly now the cost er the benefits from sort of marketing right to buy is really very , very dubious erm the government has shown time and again that what it takes then gives with one hand , it takes away with another and the costs are obvious , we are fragmenting our housing stock , we are putting it , we are likely to end up with more and more with a higher proportion of poor properties and erm there 's also the risk that if we do really have to be promoting right to buy we 're going to have people who are probably not sure whether they can afford to buy their house or are n't sure whether they even want to buy their house .
8 Half-an-hour later it takes off with swift darting flight and rapid wing beats .
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