But it has taken enormous efforts and ingenuity to produce relatively small gains.

But rare and grand as those pieces may be, it took little ingenuity to buy them.

It almost takes ingenuity to do away with a show like this.

Sometimes it takes real effort and ingenuity to prove the obvious.

But it would have taken more than just time and ingenuity.

It took ingenuity and $157 million to bring the opera house back to life.

Though his secretary was a competent player, it never took great ingenuity to defeat him.

It takes very little ingenuity to cope with this kind of voting problem.

It doesn't take great ingenuity to raise taxes or cut services.

There were ways, although they'd take some time and ingenuity.