Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | collection of data may take a long time especially if the survey covers a wide geographical area |
| 2 | It was the only time I felt slightly frightened and that was mainly because I 'd heard that a posterior labour could last a long time — even 24 hours . |
| 3 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 4 | The second alternative would take a long time to achieve . |
| 5 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 6 | Unless those tariffs are diminished our textile industry will have a tough time , and more jobs will be lost . |
| 7 | Reserves Duncan Chapman and Paul Pickering can expect a difficult time against in-form Dane , Richard Juul , and Max Schofield , the former Bear who will be determined to prove a point to Middlesbrough for allowing him to move on . |
| 8 | Fan assisted cabinets have a very rapid recovery following an air change , whereas plate evaporator designs can take a long time to return to the correct storage temperature . |
| 9 | Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters . |
| 10 | But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark . |
| 11 | This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better . |
| 12 | COMEDY-thrillers could have a hard time without small black books that disappear containing the clue to mysterious fortunes . |
| 13 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 14 | Well — Frank will have a tough time to get into Norway 's world cup squad . |
| 15 | While it is true that the speculation is an essential part of science , and true that new ideas may have a hard time gaining acceptance , it does not follow that untested science belongs in court . |
| 16 | Those days must seem a long time ago . |
| 17 | But with the size that the baby is already , it 's likely Greene would have a hard time getting her beyond thirty-eight weeks . |
| 18 | If any of these poor beggars die of cold old Starling will have a hard time digging a hole for them . ’ |
| 19 | The last recommendation was seized upon by critics who calculate that storing the most frequently-used books high up in the four towers will create a considerable time delay in transporting them down to the reading areas . |
| 20 | A minute may sound a short time , but it can easily mean the difference between life and death to someone in the water . ’ |
| 21 | A person must have a reasonable time to prepare his case . |
| 22 | Betty and Joanne must have a hard time managing . ’ |
| 23 | With him Chopin 's music leaves its earthly moorings far behind ; as one writer put it ‘ when Cortot is no more Chopin will die a second time . ’ |
| 24 | A revival will take a long time , warned Davies , but spirited performances from players like Copsey and Lewis must give some cause for optimism . |
| 25 | Has n't anyone told Mrs Thatcher that bottled water can cost a thousand times as much as water from the tap ? |
| 26 | Today a tiny microelectronic processor less than a quarter-inch square can carry a hundred times more computing power than the massive Ferranti Mark I Star , Europe 's first commercial computer produced in 1950 . |
| 27 | The erm difference in cer some things can seem a long time ago and some are relatively recent . |
| 28 | If your attitude to me is anything to go by , Petula must have a thin time of it . ’ |
| 29 | In Prague the talk is of starting with a break-up of the monopolies , and letting the market rip later — but de-monopolising the economy might take a long time . |
| 30 | The scars of Bosnia will take a long time to heal . |