Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [art] long [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Single gas instantaneous water heaters have their place alongside a storage system ; the main problem with relying on a gas multi-point heater to provide all the house 's hot water is the low flow rate which means baths take a long time to fill . |
| 2 | The Welsh lads have a long way to go before they match that sort of consistency , but it only needs one to become a permanent fixture for everything to change . |
| 3 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 4 | Soilless composts will do very well as they are , keeping them slightly on the dry side , but be very careful , as such composts take a long time to dry out but then do so completely with alarming rapidity , and are exceedingly difficult to wet through to the centre of the root-ball . |
| 5 | But some memories take a long time to go … especially when they 're being preserved by Historical enthusiasts . |
| 6 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 7 | For one thing they are not really cultivated , mostly because the trees take a long time to bear fruit and even then are not very prolific . |
| 8 | A EUROPEAN Commission document has made it plain that politics rather than economic criteria will determine whether the Highlands and Islands win a long battle to qualify for increased cash aid from Brussels . |
| 9 | But he knows that new formats take a long time to catch on with the public : ‘ We have n't got expectations of hundreds of thousands of units . |
| 10 | Today 's graduates have a long way to go to match the service of the RAF 's longest serving ex-apprentice . |
| 11 | The box and pyrotechnics take a long time to set up , so we ca n't rehearse and have to hope it will be all right on the night . |
| 12 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 13 | The research findings indicate that many authorities have a long way to go before their procedures come close to what one might reasonably describe as a partnership with parents . |
| 14 | As you now from your own experience , such events take a long time to plan , and the hope is that it will all come together on the day ! |