Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it [modal v] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The French government announced that it would take the strongest measures to ensure that Aoun met the conditions attached to his asylum , which included refraining from making public statements on political issues . |
| 2 | The conference was assured that truly ‘ intelligent ’ machines would come , It was conceded that it might take a few hundred years . |
| 3 | The Panel added that it would take no further action in either case . |
| 4 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 5 | The target date of 1992 was chosen for the completion of the single market and it was thought that it would take the lifetime of two Commissions to complete the programme . |
| 6 | However , the damage to the capital 's generating equipment had been so severe that some Western estimates claimed that it would take a year to restore full supplies to the country . |
| 7 | We need to hurry but it 'll take an hour or so and I do n't want the papers on to it before the next of kin know . |
| 8 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |
| 9 | ‘ That is all I can say at this stage , as these things take some time to arrange , ’ he said , adding : ‘ There is obviously a fair lot to do and it will take a few months . ’ |
| 10 | Mr John McDonnell , QC , for the company , had urged Mr Justice Hoffman to exercise the court 's power to the full , saying that it might take a year for the case to be heard by the House of Lords . |
| 11 | Although this would have provided the pupils with much more information on the Second World War , we decided that it would take a significant amount of control away from the pupils . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The mother in yesterday 's case , Audrey Hamilton , said she was pleased at the outcome but knew that it may take the country 's highest civil court , the House of Lords , to resolve the issue finally . |
| 15 | Having announced that it would take the stand , however , the department feared the consequences of backing down . |
| 16 | Inspection of all of the files is time consuming and it will take the inspecting lawyer a couple of days to review an average caseload . |
| 17 | The Chesapeake Bay Program was born in 1977 and almost died before it could take a breath . |
| 18 | By late March only seven of a reported 571 oil well fires had been capped and it was estimated that it might take a further three years to extinguish all the fires . |
| 19 | The motherboard has a tell-tale row of extra solder holes surrounding the CPU , signifying that it can take a socket for the Pentium OverDrive processor . |
| 20 | OFMC estimate that it will take a further 18 months to two years to finish the rebuild . |
| 21 | Bernice calculated that it would take the best part of an hour to reach them on foot . |
| 22 | Under the deal , the Community will have to prove that it should take the decision , rather than the other way round as originally feared . |
| 23 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |