Example sentences of "it may take [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Like study of the forest , it may take a generation to quantify the effect on fish stock .
2 It may take a couple more hundred years , a thousand , but we will get there .
3 It may take a couple of minutes , since one arm is temporarily out of order .
4 It may take a bit of imagination for , for some of the , some of you but what do you think ?
5 But , like showbusiness , it may take a year before EuroDisney polishes up its act .
6 This can be a struggle and it may take a while , but as we see all the time among those around us , identity can be achieved , and with tremendous satisfaction and eventual rewards .
7 It may take a while before the clients cotton on to what is happening .
8 I want to have you about the house because I brought you a little souvenir from New York , only it may take a while to get it out of my suitcase .
9 It may take a stake in the venture .
10 The increasing emphasis on capital projects within an annual budgetary cycle creates problems in that it may take a number of years to acquire and to develop urban sites .
11 It will be a tight , hard game and perhaps it may take a replay before a decision is arrived at .
12 It may take a week or two .
13 It may take every penny to tempt the Scots into a deal .
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 In many ways 1993 marks the end of this pattern , but it may take the whole of the year to do so .
16 But if it fails it may take the system down with it .
17 In practical terms the main difficulty with individual exemptions is the time it may take the Commission to process a notification and grant exemptions .
18 It may take the form of actually saying ‘ No ’ to a hectic social life .
19 The amalgamation between two companies may take the form of merger proper ( when both companies cease to exist ) and the new company becomes the general successor in title of the two companies so merged , or it may take the form of a take-over when only the company so taken over ceases to exist .
20 It may take the form of denying the normally expected clues of context and coherence ( see 6.3 , 7.8 ) .
21 It may take the form of an explicit explanation .
22 The review is normally chaired by an internal member of staff , often a head of department unassociated with the course ; and it may take the form of two or three meetings with the course team , enabling the course team to go on developing the course in the light of advice from the panel .
23 It may take the form of skills on which employers depend ; commitments to craft principles which support group autonomy ; a strategic function in the production process ; or professional solidarity supported by peer-group values .
24 It may take the form of a material object .
25 It may take the form of some sort of duty tax which will bring the price of the imports up to that of our suppliers . ’
26 It may take the form of some sort of duty tax which will bring the price of the imports up to that of our suppliers . ’
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