Example sentences of "take more [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Changes in these attitudes and practices will be the result of a long political process which will certainly take more than a century to work out , and even then will probably compress the time which it took Europe to work through comparable processes .
2 There could be a need to check forensic evidence , for example , or to prevent a suspect absconding , or to travel to a far-away police station where the investigation was being conducted , and any of these could take more than a day .
3 ‘ In places this size , you come away saying it would take more than a day to see them , ’ said Mr Craig .
4 Should n't take more than a couple of weeks at most …
5 There are plenty of packages around for under £150 and they should n't take more than a couple of days to master .
6 ‘ The BNP contends that it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’
7 ‘ The BNP contends it will take more than a Race Equality Council to smooth over the cracks of the fragmenting edifice that is the multi-racial society . ’
8 Should n't take more than a fortnight .
9 Ferguson now sports a tuft of facial hair around his lips and chin , permitted him by the Tannadice tablets of stone , but it will take more than a beard to signify maturity .
10 Today so few theatregoers travel by bus that it would take more than a strike of the red giants to kill anything on stage .
11 And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table .
12 Add the life and colour of cities such as New York , Washington , San Francisco and Vancouver , and this is a land it would take more than a lifetime to truly discover .
13 This wo n't take more than a moment . ’
14 ‘ I think it 'd take more than a lot of nomes and some string to fly it , anyway . ’
15 It will take more than a streak of dogged determination to see it through .
16 ‘ It would take more than a ring to get me into your bed , ’ she retorted furiously .
17 They wo n't take more than an hour to fill in , and might be quite fun to .
18 It should n't take more than an hour to type up .
19 TOO MUCH SUPPLY , TOO LITTLE DEMAND It will take more than an upturn to cheer the developers up — there will be little for them to do until tenants move into the large areas of commercial space that have yet to be let
20 It will take more than the ratification of the treaty to restore Britain 's European credentials .
21 It will take more than the prospect of weight savings to prompt them to abandon this safe method .
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