Example sentences of "it takes [det] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the financial conditions turn hostile it takes all the luck in the world for businesses to stay alive , much less prosper . |
| 2 | It takes all the work out of scanning and cleaning virus on hard disks or floppy , there are many options to choose from and it allows you to scan just certain files or directories and makes use of all the Scan options . |
| 3 | ‘ You know , ’ said Simon , ‘ she 's so thick it takes all the fun out of it . |
| 4 | Erm , personally , you know , I think it takes all the fun out of all those red notices that I get all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ Now , here , you see , it takes all the running you can do , to keep in the same place . |
| 6 | ‘ It takes all the pressure off us and we can now start to play rugby again , ’ a representative from Ebbw Vale , whose ground is owned by the local authority , said . |
| 7 | So it takes all the pain out of coming up with annual appraisals because you 've been doing it on an incremental basis . |
| 8 | Who the hell wants to go and see that Trumpton lot or The Prodigy , when you can see them out in clubs off their nut — it takes all the mystery out of pop culture . ’ |
| 9 | It takes half a second or so in one bite . |
| 10 | It takes half a second or so in one bite . |
| 11 | It takes half a minute . |
| 12 | The responses I heard to that question were most unsatisfactory , the County Council 's response was , ah , well we 'll have to get together again with the group of authorities , now if you look back over how long it has taken to produce this particular strategy that 's exceedingly worrying , that means they 'll have to get together again , even if it takes half the time or a third of the time , they 'll have to get together again towards nineteen ninety seven ninety eight to be considering the strategy post two thousand and six . |
| 13 | ‘ And as it takes half an hour to drive to Royal Wrigglesworth we must assume that Sir Vivien 's Lagonda would have driven through the village at about eight . ’ |
| 14 | She hates parks ; it takes half an hour to get there from the flats and then the kids are put inside one lot of railings like some kind of animals and you walk up and down inside another lot and watch them . |
| 15 | It takes half an hour to get from Bournemouth to Southampton , but it can take up to an hour to get from Barts to the Westminster hospital . |
| 16 | ‘ It takes half an hour to get anywhere in London on the tube , ’ said Edward . |
| 17 | unless it takes half an hour , well half an hour anyway |