Example sentences of "it [verb] [not/n't] take [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not take a mathematical genius to work out that — with 59 clauses still to go — this was not brilliant progress . |
| 2 | But it did not take a sharp journalistic instinct to realise that for refugees — particularly young refugees — life could never be that simple . |
| 3 | In nine cases out of ten , it did not take a professional analyst to detect the cause of the problem . |
| 4 | ‘ No man to upset and it did not take a great deal to upset him . ’ |
| 5 | It did not take the family long to appreciate her situation . |
| 6 | It did n't take a psychic to see that Annie had worked that out for herself . |
| 7 | Katze had never seen this type of explosive , but it did n't take a scientific genius to work out what the thing was . |
| 8 | It did n't take a great mind to work out that this was some security conscious area . |
| 9 | It did n't take a Freud to work out the significance of that dream , she thought dully , making her way to the tiny cabinet which the hotel proprietors chose to call a private bathroom . |
| 10 | She could n't see his expression but it did n't take a fool to realise that distaste and contempt must lurk there . |
| 11 | But it did n't take a genius to guess there had been a woman involved , someone with whom to share the dream of Rocamar . |
| 12 | But er it , it did n't take a lot to keep me busy . |
| 13 | It did n't take a lot of learning . |
| 14 | It did n't take the curses of a man like Gérard Gravellier to take him there . |
| 15 | I 'm surprised it did n't take the whole of the top of your head off ! ’ |
| 16 | It did n't take the man long . |
| 17 | It did n't take the Brain of Britain to deduce that he had known , somehow , that she had drugged his coffee , and full marks to his rapier mind — he had turned the tables , or rather the mugs , very neatly . |
| 18 | IT did n't take the small but determined palmist , medium and clairvoyant Verran Boswell to tell me I would never afford the ‘ Dream House ’ at the Ideal Home Exhibition . |
| 19 | He was was quite right , it did n't take an hour . |
| 20 | It did n't take an hour , you 're right . |
| 21 | It does not take a crystal ball to foresee an increase in the number and scope of individual grievances as LMS becomes implemented . |
| 22 | If we add the £100 for the tank onto this then it does not take a genius to realise that there is not much left of the £250 budget , especially if we allow for adds-and-ends such as airline , non-return valves to protect the pump , a stick-on thermometer etc . |
| 23 | It does not take a psephologist , therefore , to spot the importance of the city 's Latino voters . |
| 24 | Second , it is usually not difficult to write an agreement in such a manner that it does not take a form which is registrable . |
| 25 | It does not take a well-qualified anthropologist to guess at the impact on self-esteem , relationships , and family lifestyles . |
| 26 | It does not take the explanations of moral philosophy about the relation of our desires and aversions , and hopes and fears , to the motion of the blood , to tell us that ‘ unless they be restrained by some power , [ men ] … will always be making war upon another ’ . |
| 27 | It does not take the actual bankruptcy of a corporate which has issued a bond to adversely affect the bond 's value — a leveraged takeover bid , or the threat of one ( euphemistically known as ‘ event risk ’ ) will do almost as well . |
| 28 | It does not take the profit on many claims created by this to make it a very worthwhile exercise . |
| 29 | However , the Aberdeen economists say it does not take the issue of scarce resources into account . |
| 30 | It does not take an intimate knowledge of logic , never mind Greek and Hebrew , to conclude that they can not all be right . |