Example sentences of "it [modal v] take [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The legislation merely states that ‘ if it appears to a local planning authority that it is expedient in the interests of amenity ’ , it may take certain action , in relation , for example , to unsightly neglected waste land or to the preservation of trees . |
| 2 | In such cases , support and counselling for the parents and child will help in managing the situation or minimising its effect ; it may take hard work and not a little courage to help a resisting parent to recognise his or her element of incestuous involvement , but such a course can pay dividends in terms of family stability . |
| 3 | Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath . |
| 4 | In practice , however , the elasticity of demand for imports and exports may not be of an appropriate value or else it may take considerable time before such automatic forces become effective . |
| 5 | Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down . |
| 6 | Except , of course , for the fact that it may take some while before the matter particle falls into the black hole — in which case the Universe has a temporary and minor energy surplus . |
| 7 | It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering . |
| 8 | Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data . |
| 9 | It may take some perseverance to get the appropriate files brought out of store , but it is well worthwhile . |
| 10 | The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending . |
| 11 | It may take some time ! |
| 12 | It may take some time before a beginner experiences it , but performance will not become efficient until she does . |
| 13 | Because he does n't drive a car , it may take some time . |
| 14 | The potential mobility of non-motorized persons is also enhanced , though it may take some time ( and , probably , more measures ) for the modal split to change significantly . |
| 15 | Jockey Club senior steward Lord Hartington said last night : ‘ We will certainly continue the campaign until we win but , sadly , it may take some time . |
| 16 | ‘ It may take some time . ’ |
| 17 | It may take some time to program this technique as it has to take into account all foreseeable circumstances . |
| 18 | ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’ |
| 19 | It may take some time before matters settle down again and action proceeds quasi-automatically according to revised schemas . |
| 20 | Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive . |
| 21 | So I think it may take some time . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It may take some time to discover anything — if I can discover anything , that is . ’ |
| 23 | It may take some time to get the team of volunteers together again . |
| 24 | A local authority obliged to investigate under s47 must make whatever inquiries it considers to be necessary to enable it to decide whether it should take any action to safeguard or promote the child 's welfare ( s47(1) ) . |
| 25 | If , as a result of its inquiries under s47 , it concludes that certain action should be taken to safeguard or promote a child 's welfare it must take that action so far as it is both within its power and reasonably practicable for it to do so ( s47(8) ) . |
| 26 | ‘ I thought it might take some while for the outside world to learn of . |
| 27 | Even now the magnetism that drew her to him was so strong that if he knocked at her door and said he 'd changed his mind , in spite of everything , it might take more amor proprio than she could muster to refuse him . |
| 28 | It 'll take all day . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It 'll take all night to cut through a padlock like that ! ’ |
| 30 | I know you 've had problems with her before , but I do n't think it 'll take much persuasion to get her to give up . |