Example sentences of "[vb -s] taken [adv] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The even more extraordinary notion , that clients ' opinions could be used to reshape social work practice into a more effective intervention , and that social policy itself could be responsive to the views of its recipients , has taken even longer to achieve respectability amongst social commentators . |
| 2 | It has taken too long to persuade the police that racial attacks even exist for the press to adopt some absurd pretence to being colour-blind now . |
| 3 | It has long been clear that IBM Corp 's latest restructuring into 13 somewhat autonomous business units has taken too long and has not gone far enough , and the company has called an extraordinary board meeting for this Tuesday to decide what cuts need to be made to meet 1993 targets . |
| 4 | One of the reasons that this report has taken so long to appear is that , scanning the literature arriving in my library , I kept coming across new relevant areas of work . |
| 5 | Oh I 've forgot to say under advisory committee , I , this has taken so long , I 've completely forgot about it . |
| 6 | Secondly , at the time when the flight from the land became a cultural European fact , a time evoked in rural England by Laurie Lee in Cider with Rosie , David Thomson witnessed the same poignant development in Ireland , but with undertones of old scores and the curious mixture of religion and politics that has taken so long to biodegrade . |
| 7 | I am sorry it has taken so long to send you a copy and return your slides . |
| 8 | Many of us may wonder why it has taken so long to achieve the last two objectives , but I am delighted that the proposal is now to go ahead . |
| 9 | But the final reconciliation has taken so long . |
| 10 | The MPs called on health boards to act quickly to ensure adequate cover in a number of important related areas and said : ‘ We are concerned that it has taken so long to achieve such important improvements in the balance of medical staffing . ’ |
| 11 | And it 's taken that long for Dave to get his arse in gear and he 's a so slow . |
| 12 | I 'd like to know why it 's taken so long for this union to work again er , with the regulations in public services . |
| 13 | I 'm sorry that it 's taken so long . |
| 14 | The reason the programme 's taken so long , was to find a time when he 's available . |