Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [art] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It has exploited a slack time — the hiatus between the end of tunnelling work on the Channel link and the start of London 's Jubilee Line Underground extension — to demand that contractors work to tighter margins : between 3 and 7 per cent , compared with the 15 per cent allowed by North West Water , for example , on its contracts . |
2 | It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control . |
3 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
4 | ‘ It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added . |
5 | Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic . |
6 | It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived . |
7 | It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement . |
8 | It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives . |
9 | Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) . |
10 | It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off . |
11 | Once I noticed the familiar gap in a row of houses like the space left by a drawn tooth , but I could not be certain that it was the result of bombing and if it was it had happened a long time ago . |
12 | Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over . |