Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [vb infin] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 2 | The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program . |
| 3 | However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break . |
| 4 | Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million . |
| 5 | When the losses are recognized for what they are then the healing of the pain can begin , but so often the loss is so deeply buried in people 's minds that it can take a long while for it to come to the surface again . |
| 6 | It is confident that it can take the long distance frugality title to add to its claim of being Britain 's fastest small diesel with a top speed of 96.3 mph . |
| 7 | It is a characteristic of a task requiring vigilance that it can span a long time , minutes or hours or even a whole work-shift . |
| 8 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 9 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 10 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 11 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 14 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |
| 15 | Two cartons , and it will keep a long time , even with no fridge . |
| 16 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 17 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 18 | ‘ Rachel 's cot cost £130 and we bought a horsehair mattress for it which cost £50 — expensive but it will last a long time . |
| 19 | Packed into numbered wooden crates , simply stencilled THE QUEEN 'S DOLLS ' HOUSE it left dirt and chaos in its wake , ‘ … oh , the mess … it 's awful , I must put it clean , ’ wrote its creator to his wife , as he surveyed the wreckage of his Adam drawing room , ‘ but it will take a long time ! ’ |
| 20 | However , the Bill requires those galleries to buy works of art , but it will take a long time to make such acquisitions . |
| 21 | But it will take a long time to change the Romanian attitude . |
| 22 | oh I do n't know , I do n't know , I think it will be a while getting rid of it yes , but I think he might get his price eventually , but it will take a long while to get it , it 's up to him if he wants a quick sale , you know , thirty five yeah I , thirty five thousand I think , as I say taking everything into consideration , I mean , failing three okay I know I did the thirty three so take thirty five , thirty three and a half , oh he ai n't got much to worry about |
| 23 | Magazines like NI do change public opinion , though it may take a long , long time . |
| 24 | But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said . |