Example sentences of "it [adv] takes a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It only takes a current of a few nanoamps to develop enough voltage to break down the insulation and make a hole in the silicon . |
| 2 | TAKE THAT : ‘ Take That And Party ’ Brit equivalent of New Kids offer their 12-track debut , featuring two Top 20 singles , ‘ It Only Takes A Minute ’ and ‘ I Found Heaven ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It only takes a minute . |
| 4 | Richard Waterhouse , who runs the RAC 's Child Safety Campaign , said : ‘ It only takes a minute to ensure a child is safely strapped in . |
| 5 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |
| 6 | It only takes a couple of minutes before the flysheet is in place . |
| 7 | So when , and I would agree with you again , so when are the teachers going to be accountable , when is somebody who is a bad teacher and heck there are quite a few of them , you know it only takes a couple in every school to make it difficult for the rest , going to be got rid of you know you are not up to the mark out . |
| 8 | It only takes a couple of players to have mediocre starts for them and they will be down there and lose confidence . |
| 9 | It only takes a couple od slip-ups ( including vs US ) and that gap may look at little more realistic . |
| 10 | I should replace it , but usually it only takes a bit of tinkering to get it going again . |
| 11 | Below that , it sounds more like a traditional diesel , and it does lack response at times , but it only takes a bit of getting used to . |
| 12 | it usually , it only takes a day once they 've received it , if that 's alright ? |
| 13 | It only takes a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Japan , for example , and we 're inundated with Japanese tourists in Britain . |
| 14 | It only takes a moment 's carelessness to make a present of your valuables to the thief . |
| 15 | Crawford 's big production number , It Only Takes a Moment , came during the film 's last half-hour , as Cornelius Hackl declares his love for Irene Molloy , played by Marianne McAndrew . |
| 16 | A respectable attempt at comic characterization , its undiminished contrivance ultimately mars the simplicity of It Only Takes a Moment , already performed as a send-up of movie love balladry , with townspeople and extras wandering in for the chorus . ’ |
| 17 | That 's it , my short movie is complete , and , once the actors and backgrounds have been sorted out in their respective editors , it only takes a matter of ten minutes to assemble the final movie . |
| 18 | On a good day , it only takes a glimpse of blue sky or a tree in blossom to make me feel full of the joys of spring and in love with life . |
| 19 | It just takes a smile or a joke , and Kriss Akabusi has won them round . |
| 20 | The mowing used to take a week , now it just takes a couple of days . |
| 21 | What is surprising is that a new colony has settled down to breed so quickly — it normally takes a year or even longer for a newly-formed pair to get down to breeding . |
| 22 | Now , it always takes a crisis to bring people here talking to you today , and I 'm very glad to be able to do so our people , and more so the craftsmen within that particular indu our people , and more so the craftsmen within that particular ind at their request . |
| 23 | But it always takes a tragedy . |
| 24 | When Private Eye digs at Janet Street-Porter , it also takes a side swipe at ‘ Nobski ’ . |
| 25 | It also takes a shot at Sun 's December 31 , 1992 deadline as not being enough time . |
| 26 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is worth pointing out to young children that in 1950 it took a man on average industrial wages a week to earn enough to buy his Christmas turkey and that it now takes a person in a similar position just 90 minutes to do so ? |
| 27 | The price of software in Moscow has remained stable so far , despite the sharp drop in the dollar-rouble exchange rate last month : market researcher Soft Market polled 20 software dealers in Moscow and found that prices are steady in spite of the currency fluctuation and Borland International Inc 's use of a US dollar benchmark for its rouble products sold in the former Soviet Union — where it had set rouble prices according to local conditions , it now takes a dollar price and converts it into roubles at the market rate . |