Example sentences of "[vb -s] [that] it [modal v] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute , who also favours increasing the exemption , accepts that it might take many years to reverse the effects of its shrinkage . |
| 2 | Housebound and often in severe pain , Mr McTear says that it can take him 30 minutes to recover his breath from the simple act of walking downstairs in the morning . |
| 3 | Houghton says that it will take at least 15 years to determine the impact of human activity on global warming , the time necessary to allow for an observation network covering land , sea and atmosphere to be set up . |
| 4 | She says that it could take at least ten years and cost a considerable amount of cash . |
| 5 | OLIVETTI CONFIRMS THAT IT WILL TAKE EO COMMUNICATOR FOR EUROPE |
| 6 | The logical and physical sequence of these records is inverted , and the wait-time spiral ( WAIT 1 +WAIT 2+WAIT 3 ) shows that it will take more than two revolutions of the disk to access the three records . |
| 7 | It seems that it might take a great deal of commitment and determination to drag yourself out in the pouring rain or snow , until you think about how much you miss your husband when you can not even touch him for nearly two weeks . |
| 8 | Well my Lord as a time saver it would quite er how my er learned friend went through the documents , i it in the contents she would otherwise make and one suspects that it would take a great deal longer . |
| 9 | Of course , extra space-time dimensions are a commonplace of science fiction ; indeed , they are almost a necessity , since otherwise the fact that relativity implies that one can not travel faster than light means that it would take far too long to travel between stars and galaxies . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 11 | Initial estimates that it would take at least two years to extinguish all the fires proved pessimistic as the teams rapidly gained experience in the task . |
| 12 | Initial estimates that it would take at least two years to kill all the fires proved pessimistic as the teams rapidly gained experience in the task . |