Example sentences of "take [art] very [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 2 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 3 | The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear . |
| 4 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 5 | However , this can take a very long time to accomplish — some flyers never manage it — and will bring you closer and closer to the next stage to be conquered — the nose-in hover . |
| 6 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 7 | In the second-half of the Second Test they recaptured their World Cup form and it will take a very good side to beat them this summer . |
| 8 | Again , it would take a very stubborn inductivist to put his hand in a fire many times before concluding that fire burns . |
| 9 | The information is , indeed , available but it would take a very canny investor to calculate all the possible effects on his return . |