Example sentences of "[vb -s] a long time " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ascending its professional hierarchies takes a long time . |
| 32 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 33 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
| 34 | Since it necessarily takes a long time to produce such a report , the mandatory period within which the legal claim should be registered has frequently , even usually , expired before the report is available . |
| 35 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 36 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 37 | Trust , like respect , takes a long time to establish , and is easily destroyed . |
| 38 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
| 39 | takes a long time . |
| 40 | So it takes a long time think more egalitarian . |
| 41 | The difference is that your body takes a long time to react to the tetanus antitoxin Sorry , to the tetanus vaccine , to make antibodies against it . |
| 42 | In order to gain reasonable competence by the simple approach , the robot has to record more than 1000 entries in the set R. This takes a long time . |
| 43 | He added almost apologetically , " It takes a long time . |
| 44 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |
| 45 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
| 46 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
| 47 | In a big house it often takes a long time for everyone to find ‘ Smee ’ . |
| 48 | Hdtest takes a long time to complete its task ; I just leave it running overnight . |
| 49 | But this takes a long time and a lot of convincing . |
| 50 | Also the fragility of the grammar — there are a number of features that are not covered by the grammar and it often takes a long time to reject the sentence . |
| 51 | Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone . |
| 52 | If the WC cistern takes a long time to fill , it is possible that a high-pressure type of ballvalve has been fitted instead of a low-pressure type ( page 38 ) or that there is dirt in the valve orifice . |
| 53 | It takes a long time to visit every house in the neighbourhood — and enjoy some hospitality while one is there . ’ |
| 54 | However , if that application process takes a long time , it is felt that one can not upset that person 's lifestyle — he may be married — and he is allowed to stay . |
| 55 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 56 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 57 | Takes a long time to learn anything new , but perseveres . |
| 58 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
| 59 | If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated . |
| 60 | He was however er reasonably clear as to the speed at which local authorities tend to deal with these matters , he said that it always takes a long time and getting any answer out of the local authority might well take somewhere between six months and up to two years , he thought that perhaps eighteen months was a reasonable guess before he would actually manage to get somebody if Paul were to move as er , it maybe well occur to here or a different local authority then of course the application would just go back to square one and that would lead to more delay . |