Example sentences of "it takes [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
| 32 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 33 | So it takes a long time think more egalitarian . |
| 34 | He added almost apologetically , " It takes a long time . |
| 35 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |
| 36 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
| 37 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
| 38 | Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone . |
| 39 | It takes a long time to visit every house in the neighbourhood — and enjoy some hospitality while one is there . ’ |
| 40 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
| 41 | If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated . |
| 42 | And and sometimes it takes a long time , does n't it . |
| 43 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
| 44 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ Suffolk folk will tell you it takes a long time to get to know them , and I soon found out it 's true . |
| 46 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |
| 47 | Yeah he said it takes a long time |
| 48 | it takes a long time |
| 49 | If you want decent trees it takes a long time to grow them ! |
| 50 | Yeah it does , it takes a long time . |
| 51 | It takes a long time then ? |
| 52 | It seems to me that you get these big moments in the life of the church , as you do in the life of any institution , historically speaking , and it takes a long time for you to discover what the effect of them is going to be . |
| 53 | You said that it takes a long time for development between the first idea being mooted and a workable application of the particular physical principle , and you cited , what , fifty years for the development of a nuclear power station — is there always that time lag in technology ? |
| 54 | There 's a saying in Scotland ‘ It takes a long spuin to sup wi' a Fifer ’ . |
| 55 | Thus when the glider is launched it takes a second cable and parachute up with it . |
| 56 | Goody points out that the written form of language releases us from the linear experiential mode : ‘ the fact that it takes a visual form means that one can escape from the problem of the succession of events in time , by backtracking , skipping , looking to see who-done-it before we know what it is they did . |
| 57 | It takes a slippery road to make the Volvo wag its tail ; over-exuberance with the throttle otherwise does nothing more than make the inside rear wheel spin the power away . |
| 58 | She also talked of naked greed , although it takes a curious kind of logic to see the deprived as greedy while company directors were awarding themselves large pay increases and the ‘ yuppies ’ in the city were making a great deal of money and spending it as conspicuously as possible . |
| 59 | It takes a broad view today of what is meant by the protection of rural beauty by including within this definition consideration of all aspects of environmental quality , as well as the general social and economic viability of rural communities . |
| 60 | For the whole unit is bolted to the back of the tractor and it takes a mere ½hr to change it — and no need for a limp back to the workshop ! |