Example sentences of "that it [modal v] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a report on the future of the Falklands , Lord Shackleton said that it would take £100 million or so for redevelopment . |
| 2 | On 21 September Prime Minister Clement Attlee informed Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin , then in New York , that he favoured a declaration from the United Nations that it would take responsibility for the rehabilitation of the whole country . |
| 3 | On Jan. 30 China said that it would take part in the disarmament process initiated by Bush and Yeltsin only when the USA and Russia had reduced their nuclear arsenal to " a level matching China " . |
| 4 | The Hezbollah organization announced on June 30 that it would take part in the elections , although it had not participated in any government formed since the Taif accord . |
| 5 | Men went down the main shaft and tried to clear it by shovelling the slurry into tubs which were then hauled to the surface but this was soon abandoned as it was realised that it would take weeks or months to clear a way through to the trapped men . |
| 6 | Very soon , however , it was realised that the fall of rock was so extensive that it would take weeks to reach John and , naturally , the initial urgency waned . |
| 7 | In 1988 the Japanese giant bought CBS records for $2bn and last week it announced that it would take control of Columbia pictures . |
| 8 | Others , including the London councils , were sympathetic but explained that it would take months , not hours , to get the decision through all the relevant committees . |
| 9 | Last week I mistakenly told you that it would take place today , sorry . |
| 10 | Washington has expressed its willingness to change the venue for the summit from Vancouver to Moscow if the Russian side makes such a request , but Mr Clinton said he was working on the assumption that it would take place in Canada as planned . |
| 11 | The bird got so attached to her that it would take food from between her lips . |
| 12 | He acknowledged the government 's awareness of the adverse social effects of the devaluation and said that it would take measures to alleviate them , including increasing wages in 1993 and compensating government employees who had lost their jobs as a result of the economic changes . |
| 13 | Only kept repeating it was quite something , that he 'd have to think about it , that it would take time to assimilate . |
| 14 | Some were wounded ; others so damaged by their experiences that it would take years to return to normal . |
| 15 | Have I lived to see this ? ’ he cried , on receiving their joint letter — that it might take months to starve Stirling Castle into surrender . |
| 16 | The court rejected arguments that it should take account of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees free speech . |
| 17 | The court rejected arguments that it should take account of article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights , which guarantees free speech . |
| 18 | It meets , and even surpasses , all the criteria laid down by the World Cup committee after the inaugural event in 1987 ; that there should be healthy commercial environment , that the event should be well supported and that it should take place in only one country . |
| 19 | There has been some difference of opinion as to what that case decided , but there is no dispute that the court held that the postponement of the consultation process with the Lord Chief Justice and the trial judge until three years after sentence was unlawful , and that it should take place as soon as possible after conviction . |
| 20 | The reference may be invalid because there has been no agreement between the parties that it should take place . |
| 21 | The Labour leadership has already stated that it will take advantage of instalment payments still outstanding from the sale of shares in British Telecom and the Scottish electricity companies . |
| 22 | Typically though he refuses to make any outrageous predictions , except to offer the view that it will take time to get the club back up and running . |
| 23 | Very often , an act has a clause in it saying that it will take effect only when an order is issued by the appropriate Secretary of State . |
| 24 | OLIVETTI CONFIRMS THAT IT WILL TAKE EO COMMUNICATOR FOR EUROPE |
| 25 | I am sure it will but I also think that it will take sales away from the bigger , but less attractive 5-Series . |
| 26 | Helen will want the wedding to take place from here , but I 'll have to hold her back from making it into such a big affair that it will take months to prepare . ’ |
| 27 | As dozens of workmen and structural engineers moved in yesterday to sweep up and make the area safe , it became clear that it will take weeks , possibly months , to return to normal . |
| 28 | Unless a serious breach of your contract has taken place , or your employer has made it clear that it will take place , you should not leave in a huff . |
| 29 | In so doing , we hope that it will take account of our responses on the proposed reorganisation of local government in Wales and the way this may weaken its strategic planning functions . |
| 30 | Flexible so that it can take account of changing family circumstances over time . |