Example sentences of "is [conj] it takes " in BNC.
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| 1 | What all the programmes indicate is that it takes commitment and enthusiasm on the part of Rover , the schools and their pupils , if such initiatives are to produce the engineers of the future . |
| 2 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 3 | An interesting aspect of any ‘ counter-revolution ’ is that it takes the terms of the ‘ revolution ’ and turns them to its own purposes . |
| 4 | There seems to be no particular difficulty with exigo , unless it is that it takes the form not of a request ( like the wordings in Gaius ) but of an instruction . |
| 5 | The answer is that it takes , fortunately for us , more than one mutant gene to make a normal cell into a tumour cell . |
| 6 | The advantage of the notional syllabus is that it takes the communicative facts of language into account from the beginning without losing sight of grammatical and situational factors . |
| 7 | Although it is frightening that so many people take Ecstasy to guarantee a ‘ good time ’ , what is more frightening is that it takes a Class A drug for them to feel they can lose their inhibitions . |
| 8 | Although one limitation of Kendall 's explanation of European and Anglo-American distinctions is that it takes no account of the substantial differences which exist within his two comparison groups ( especially those between Britain and the USA ) nevertheless it is , as Shalev ( 1980a ) has shown , a useful approach in linking contextual structure to behaviour as a means of explaining the broad contrasts between the greater economism and internal unity of British and US unionism as compared with politicisation and ( outside Britain and Scandinavia ) religious/ideological divisions in Western Europe . |
| 9 | The one useful generalisation about war in impoverished Africa is that it takes place where there are not many expensive weapons for soldiers to kill each other with , but where the conditions of organised life are so fragile that its disruption causes lots of civilians to die of famine and disease . |
| 10 | The best thing about publishing is that it takes a book away from you and kills it . |
| 11 | I should point out that in one of the features of adhesions is that it takes two to tango , so to speak ! |
| 12 | However , the best reason for making a will is that it takes the practical burden from the shoulders of those you leave behind . |
| 13 | The major problem with the method is that it takes a great deal of time , attention and patience . |
| 14 | Therefore we want to think ahead to future access to the information in the Journals , and the price is that it takes more time now . |
| 15 | The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached . |
| 16 | The weakness of this method is that it takes no account of what happens after the payback date is reached . |
| 17 | One feature of tendon repair of which there is no doubt , is that it takes longer than you think for tendons to repair well . |