Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [adv] [adj] time [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of each week , which we suggest is a Saturday , you will need a little extra time to review your progress , and work out your weight loss for that week . |
| 2 | However desirable this might be , in a highly complex and differentiated society such as ours this undertaking would need a very long time given our present methods , resources and interests . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted . |
| 4 | We can assume that in a normal working session a lexicographer will spend a relatively long time thinking as opposed to manipulating text . |
| 5 | The display on consumption utilises the age-old trick of piling up an adult 's average monthly intake of food ( enormous amounts of chocolate ) and invites the visitor to burn off excess calories on an ‘ Energy Bike ’ ( it does , of course , take a depressingly long time to nullify the effect of just one grape ) . |
| 6 | Only when the conditions mature for the wide use of mechanical farming for the organization of collective farms and for the socialist reform of rural areas er can the need for a rich peasant economy cease and this will take a somewhat lengthy time to achieve . |
| 7 | This may mean that a file which operates well under normal conditions , i.e. many home records being accessed but few synonyms , may take a relatively long time to process sequentially . |
| 8 | It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear . |
| 11 | New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work . |
| 14 | In fact , people did not have a very nice time working there , with dirty conditions , long hours , heat and underground work . |
| 15 | I think she would have a very hard time providing leadership , especially now that she is being perceived as more beholden to Washington than to the Filipino people . " |