Example sentences of "it would take a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer which is usually proffered is a variant of the ‘ snapshot ’ argument : the stock of capital is so large in comparison with variations in the relevant flows that it would take a timespan considerably longer than the Keynesian short run for variations in the rate of net investment to have a significant impact on the size of the stock of capital . |
| 2 | There was a chance they would try to rush him , but it would take a fraction of a second to release his grip on the open clothes-peg . |
| 3 | I was told it would take a year for anything to happen — but so far nothing has , apart from the issue being worse , plus minor accidents being a weekly event . |
| 4 | However , the damage to the capital 's generating equipment had been so severe that some Western estimates claimed that it would take a year to restore full supplies to the country . |
| 5 | The report stated that the EFF loan could provide India with US$5,000-US$7,000 million over three years , but that it would take a year to negotiate . |
| 6 | Climate and national character apart — and Mediterranean joie de vivre is not a quality found in the typical Briton , except when he is drunk — it would take a revolution to make Britain 's cities as enjoyable as those of our European neighbours . |
| 7 | However , their initial charge is 6% , so it would take a while to get any return on your money ! |
| 8 | But she knew it would take a while before the immeasurable hunger receded within her . |
| 9 | Nineteenth-century feminism had no desire at all to reject biological determinism ; and I would argue that even today , it would take a leap of imagination to put anything in its place . |
| 10 | It would take a lot of variation to show serious differences in performance , in fact one could ‘ round down ’ the basic diameter to one metre ( 39in ) and , with a given 230g or 8oz load , the loading will only vary to 294g/sq m or 0.95oz/sq ft which in any circumstances is very light loading indeed . |
| 11 | It would take a lot of pressure off you , and free you up to do more important things . ’ |
| 12 | The operator told us that rubbish is smouldering at a considerable depth and it would take a lot of work to put it out . |
| 13 | It er it would take a lot |
| 14 | It would take a lot of doing . |
| 15 | It would take a radius of c. 3,600 km from this source to encompass the zones of China in which jade was being worked as far back as neolithic times . |
| 16 | It would take a time to catch and then she could heat the water & cook Alisdair 's breakfast . |
| 17 | It would take a predator the size of an eagle to do that , and this was not exactly the highlands of Scotland . |
| 18 | It would take a week to eat all that food , and the dish was much too heavy for her to move . |
| 19 | He said it would take a week . |
| 20 | ‘ We have n't got the guns to do a quarter of that damage , ’ Dickinson said , ‘ and in this weather it would take a week to bring them up . |
| 21 | Early said , " It would take a week with tizwin . " |
| 22 | But he 'd plainly told her on Tuesday that it would take a week or more to get the necessary replacement part , so what was the point in ringing him ? |
| 23 | So many words written ; it would take a lifetime to read them . |
| 24 | It would take a number of sketches and some research should you wish to recreate such a dramatic visual experience . |
| 25 | The last account of Haymo 's life here at Hailing which I shall mention , ( for it would take a volume to write his life ) , was in the years of the plague 1348–9 . |
| 26 | And while it is easy enough for an experienced journalist to write that synopsis from memory ( checking for the elusive name of Software Arts and making sure that it really was PrairieTek that vanished last year ) , it would take a deal of research and above all deep thought to put together a dissertation on why things panned out the way they did , the fatal mistakes , the good decisions that each company made to achieve triumph or disaster , or both in quick succession . |
| 27 | It would take a teacher a great deal of time to prepare such graphs manually but more importantly the software allows pupils to manipulate it to discover aspects of pond life for themselves . |
| 28 | Had n't she known , six years ago , pregnant and alone , that it would take a miracle for her to survive Tony 's death and build some kind of life for herself and her child ? |
| 29 | ‘ It would take a miracle . ’ |
| 30 | The way she was looking right now , pink-cheeked and with her hair falling about her in tousled , tangled curls , it would take a miracle to transform her into elegant and sophisticated . |