Example sentences of "[verb] [art] very long time [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 2 | Er , what companies can do , or should seek to do , is of course , see if they can manage round those tensions as well , but it takes a very long time to do that . |
| 3 | If this is the case , the changes of the past 30 years may be the first signs of a return to the more traditional population distribution of pre-industrial Britain , but it must also be borne in mind that it takes a very long time to shift major population patterns , and that the present trends may only be a veneer on an underlying and more permanent structure . |
| 4 | But it 's expensive , useless as an insulator when wet and takes a very long time to dry . |
| 5 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear . |
| 8 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 11 | ‘ It took a very long time to reconcile myself with my father . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ It ca n't be denied that all this has taken a very long time to come about , but I think that , political wrangling aside , much of the delay has been due to genuine uncertainty about the tax implications of moving money around from one body to another . |
| 13 | The problem is that the majority of vets are men and cats often take a very long time to forget the helpful attentions they receive at their local animal clinics . |