Example sentences of "it takes [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All it takes to give this work a decent hearing is five intelligent and compatible singers , a good deal of rehearsal time , sensitive discussion about the best way of tackling the considerable demands both of the words and the huge span of music , and some recording equipment . |
| 2 | The time it takes to receive local land charge search results varies greatly depending upon the particular local authority and can take between one and four weeks to obtain . |
| 3 | To do that , it assesses the difference in intensity of the sound in each ear and the infinitesimal difference in time that it takes to reach one ear before the other . |
| 4 | The EPA has received considerable criticism concerning the length of time it takes to set such emission standards . |
| 5 | And you 've had all the time in the world it takes to dial seven digits . |
| 6 | Drinking with meals the correct way can actually be ‘ slimming ’ , in that it can helpfully add to the time it takes to consume high-fibre meals . |
| 7 | The Smaller Firms Council of the Confederation of British Industry is to press the Government to introduce changes in court procedures which would speed up the time it takes to pay bad debts . |
| 8 | Not only does the promotion system mean that people who rise to the top are likely to have just those personal characteristics it takes to commit corporate crime , but these are also reinforced by the psychological consequences of success itself , for these too free a person from the moral bind of conventional values . |
| 9 | I want to be a rich young man , if wealth is what it takes to buy this feeling ; a young lord leaving the city after a night of riot … |
| 10 | They will pay whatever it takes to get Scots crayfish and Dublin Bay prawns into the shops and restaurants in beautiful condition , when no one back home can be bothered . |
| 11 | ‘ You may be prepared to do whatever it takes to get this house , but I 'm prepared to do whatever 's necessary to ensure that Thomas remains in my care . ’ |
| 12 | Thus , you drag the second line indent marker to the right , drop it , and the change happens — all much quicker than it takes to read this sentence . |