Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] take [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study 's starting point was a UN forecast that the world 's population will reach around 11.5 billion by the end of the next century , although it also took account of upper forecasts which suggest figures of 12.5 billion by 2050 and 28 billion by 2150 . |
| 2 | Lorenz had his model restored and it now takes pride of place on his writing desk , decorated in the colours of the aircraft flown by Helmut Lennartz also formerly of III/JG7 . |
| 3 | This was done most dramatically and ruthlessly in Latin America , e.g. in Mexico under Juarez in the 1860s or in Bolivia under the dictator Melgarejo ( 1866–71 ) , but it also took place on a large scale in Spain after the revolution of 1854 , in Italy after the unification of the country under the liberal institutions of Piedmont , and wherever else economic and legal liberalism triumphed . |
| 4 | All this is natural transformation , but it usually takes seasons before the consequences of these changes become apparent . |
| 5 | Send in the form at any time during the year , but it only takes effect at the beginning of the next tax year , in April . |
| 6 | Women 's work in the countries of the Third World is generally rendered ‘ invisible ’ by normal national accounting procedures because it usually takes place outside the conventional sphere of wage labour , mostly on the family farm and in the home . |