Example sentences of "it takes [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes either a flat battery ( MN1203 ) , three AA batteries ( MN1500 ) with a round cell adaptor E06 , or a Petzl E55 rechargeable battery . |
| 2 | While the first group of dogs feeds — it takes just a few seconds for them to finish the bowls , right down to the lick clean — I huff on my fingers , more hopefully than knowingly . |
| 3 | On the tips it takes just a few years . |
| 4 | Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium . |
| 5 | It takes just a second to put on my leathers . ’ |
| 6 | It takes just a few seconds to alter CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT to make these changes . |
| 7 | It takes just a few seconds , but it gives horses better security for life . |
| 8 | Or without extending the whole process so that it takes nearly a year to change anything ? |
| 9 | It takes nearly an hour to negotiate the course of a conversation . |
| 10 | ‘ It takes away an individual 's dignity and a family 's self-respect . |
| 11 | It takes only a few minutes . |
| 12 | It takes only a minute or two to wrap a band of netting supported by three or four canes around the plant , threading one cane through generously overlapping ends to keep the band in place . |
| 13 | If you 're in the phone book , it takes only a couple of rings to confirm your absence before some toe-rag pays an unwelcome visit . |
| 14 | I do not rightly understand how the medical men could not save him after the accident since you say the cut seemed small and did not appear to trouble him but I have heard that for the blood to be poisoned it takes only a pin-prick and that a cut where there is manure about can have this effect if not noticed . |
| 15 | For most materials — like iron and stone — it takes only a tiny fraction of a calorie to raise the temperature by one degree C. |
| 16 | If the skin is healthy , it takes only a few minutes for the molecules to be absorbed ; much longer if the skin is congested or if there is much subcutaneous fat . |
| 17 | It takes only a few thousands of eV ( keV ) to bring two nuclei together and if they fuse you get over a million eV ( MeV ) in return . |
| 18 | Well , yes , we all know that , but if it gives the autograph seeker pleasure and it takes only a moment of your time , then it seems pointless not to oblige . |
| 19 | Under the Treaty of Rome , it takes only a majority of EC members to launch a constitutional conference that obliges heads of government to talk about central powers that some would call non-negotiable . |
| 20 | It takes only a few minutes down to the shore , and I stop by the pier where one or two herring gulls are sitting rather listlessly , and a couple of hooded crows are poking about on the beach . |
| 21 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |
| 22 | It takes only a month , a few dozen overseas phone calls to get the guarantee from the Philippine bank , which is handing them out like free samples . |
| 23 | It takes only a small leap of imagination to think of much wider applications , from artificial wetlands full of bird-life designed to remove agricultural phosphates from Loch Leven 's influent streams , perhaps , to plant-filled lagoons created to transform fish farm effluents into natural water gardens . |
| 24 | Having more than 20 cigarettes a day doubles the risk compared with not smoking at all , and it takes about a year of non-smoking for that risk to return to normal . |
| 25 | It takes about a minute to print a full A4 page . |
| 26 | Wh w when testing a new drug , you 're trading off th th the the level of testing you can do , it takes about a hundred millions pounds to produce a new drug , it takes about ten years from test tube to getting a licence . |
| 27 | It takes about an hour to travel the length of the lake in complete silence . |
| 28 | Well Marg I mean I phoned Margaret , she said it takes about an hour . |
| 29 | A pack of chili sauce , somebody go and get to get it on , it takes about an hour . |
| 30 | It takes about an hour to take it off . |