Example sentences of "it can take [art] long [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip .
3 It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family .
4 The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program .
5 But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said .
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 .
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