Example sentences of "[conj] it take [adj] years [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 2 | Daytime sightings , prior to the late afternoon Mid-Day Scot were rare , and my notebooks indicate that it took four years of assiduous observation before I had ‘ spotted ’ 12 of the 13 locomotives built . |
| 3 | Henning Albrechsten reckons that it takes three years for a telecottage to be able to function without subsidy . |
| 4 | ‘ And it took four years of trials before they did , ’ McGeechan grins . |
| 5 | But it took many years for the ordinary people of the area to benefit from tourism in any worthwhile economic sense . |
| 6 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 7 | While it took ten years for them to move against her , after only 12 months they have him in their sights . |
| 8 | As it takes several years for the effects of changing the number of trainees to become obvious the failure to implement Achieving a Balance is only now becoming evident . |