Sentence examples for it took vast from inspiring English sources

It took vast Republican voter suppression laws and tactics set in place over many years.

Influences outside agriculture make matters worse: a weaker dollar makes restocking cheaper in local currencies; and dearer oil pushes up the cost of inputs (it takes vast amounts of energy to make nitrogen fertiliser, so fertiliser prices track oil prices).Some people mistakenly blame yet another factor: speculation.

It takes vast amounts of pollen to fertilize enough pine seeds to perpetuate the genus.

White collectors loved so much of what they saw in Muslim countries, they took vast amounts of it.

Both took vast dollops of public cash and spent it with spectacular results in new and exciting ways.

Before the bubbles burst, each took vast earnings and invested in real estate.

The Belgian politicians who, not so long ago, took vast kickbacks on arms deals were hardly southern.

Her writing this took vast courage: she hated the exposure, but felt she had a social responsibility to explain how these things happen.

By the time the bridge opened, in 1931, it had taken vast quantities of wire.

Barât said it had not taken vast amounts of organisation to reform the band.

In 2003, ostensibly but misguidedly as part of his global war on terror, the younger Mr Bush invaded Iraq, rid the country of Saddam but then got bloodily stuck; it took a vast commitment of American troops and fresh thinking to bring the violence under control.