Example sentences of "[modal v] take [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether or not a formal debate is held will depend on the purpose of the examination and a number of other factors , but it is obviously necessary to seek the client 's opinion before deciding the direction that a study should take once a number of problems have been identified . |
| 2 | But er it should take about an hour , hour and a half . |
| 3 | It might take just a decision for St Albans oldest of the country by having changed the word received to . |
| 4 | What do we do , you must take away everything that 's in the brackets , so we take away a twenty , so that 's the same as a minus twenty and then we 'll take away a minus one , signs are the same so it 's add one . |
| 5 | Informix says it 'll take around a year to productise SNI 's data dictionary , even though ERMS is already implemented for versions of the database which SNI supplies to customers under an existing marketing agreement the two have . |
| 6 | It 'll take around a year to see if the drug does help reduce the side effects of radiotherapy . |
| 7 | If they lose , it 'll take about a year to recover the cost of the inquiry in 6 penny tolls . |
| 8 | ‘ It 'll take about an hour and a half . |
| 9 | I 'll take quite a lot more interest in this competition now , and perhaps Sebastian here will get out of bed to train before school without being called six times — he only starts running practice about ten days before a competition , you know . |
| 10 | This means we could take away a lot of your rights and make many decisions about your child without you being involved . |
| 11 | She may take quite a while adding up the wine list . ’ |
| 12 | Actually it would be fairer just to say that , in comparison with the time it would take either a monkey or a randomly programmed computer to type our target phrase , the total age of the universe so far is a negligibly small quantity , so small as to be well within the margin of error for this sort of back-of-an-envelope calculation . |
| 13 | It was during this turbulent time that her bulimia nervosa , which would take nearly a decade to overcome , began . |
| 14 | However , he did know that he nearly died at the time of his peritonitis operation , and so it was easy to convince him that it would take quite a time before he was really strong again . |
| 15 | Er er what the honourable gentleman , my honourable friend reads out is certainly my view er we will erm of course engage in any discussions on this subject that come up i in the council of ministers but it would take quite a lot of convincing I think to myself and my colleagues , that any other form of election would be an improvement on first past the post , erm and er the ar , no I wo n't give way cos I have about four minutes left and er I do want to make a couple of other points . |
| 16 | From this FitzGerald could be in little doubt as to the likely course the bishops would take once a referendum campaign got under way . |
| 17 | ‘ Well I promised my old man I would take home a feed for him tonight . |
| 18 | No one would take home a boy who looked like that , so pale and delicate . |
| 19 | In Neville Russell ( 1987 ) 3 BVC 611 , the first year 's rent was cut by £240,000 because two floors of the building were not needed by Neville Russell , and it would take about a year to find a suitable person to take a sub-lease for those two floors . |
| 20 | It would take about an hour and a half to fix and heat up the oven ; and , of course , once it was started we had to carry on with the job of re-tyring . |
| 21 | Our craft members are in danger of being poached by the A W E U. An amalgamation may not be some people 's ideal , but it will take away a lot of the friction between the two unions . |
| 22 | Class 158 trains , reaching speeds of up to 90mph , will be used , meaning journeys from Middlesbrough to York will take just an hour , and passengers will reach Leeds in 90 minutes , Manchester in 2 7 and Liverpool in three hours 20 minutes . |
| 23 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 24 | When these far from straightforward issues have eventually been resolved , the draft will be subject to public comments ( six months ) , then committee revision ( say nine months ) — and , finally , it will take about a year before specifiers can see anything in print . |
| 25 | If the skunk has not squirted its glands for some time , then it is primed for about six powerful shots at the enemy , but it is unlikely to use all its ammunition at once because it will take about a week for replenishment and the animal can not afford to risk being cornered empty-glanded by a second predator . |
| 26 | ‘ Just going through all that will take quite a while . ’ |
| 27 | many improvements will not be instantly achievable — most will take time and some will take quite a lot of time ; |
| 28 | I can see them getting 90 at least , and it will take quite a collapse from them to not get the 85 which would just about guarantee the title . |
| 29 | Volvo 's over-the-counter US shares jumped more than $5 on word of a merger with Renault , while Jaguar — the object of a run-up since Ford hinted at takeover plans two weeks ago — fell nearly a dollar on word that rival General Motors will take only a minority share in the British car maker . |
| 30 | You will take home a goodie-bag , worth about £20 , containing all the materials you have used during the day , including brushes and stencils , along with several helpful leaflets . |