Example sentences of "take more than a [noun] " 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 . |