Example sentences of "[noun] take [art] [adj] time " 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 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 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 | A CAB interview with scant attention to emotional problems is generally lengthy because forms are complex ; because benefit calculations take a long time ; because contacting the Department of Social Security on the telephone takes even longer and calculating an equitable distribution of debt repayments longer still . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ The pace of life is slow there — things take a long time in changing . |
| 7 | But some memories take a long time to go … especially when they 're being preserved by Historical enthusiasts . |
| 8 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 9 | The reason why some people take a long time to learn the Technique is because it is much simpler than they think . |
| 10 | Very good very good now a lot of people take a long time to get that . |
| 11 | Oh it 's obvious that safety 's involved , I think that er it 's also er road use because er if people take a long time er going forwards and back trying to get into a space to park because they do n't have the basic skills to enable them to do it , then it 's frustrating for other motorists , and obviously accidents can be caused . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I suggest that the Secretary of State take a little time to read our new document , ’ London : a strategy for transport ’ , which might help him and his colleagues to get sorted out on the need for better transport in the capital city . |
| 15 | Will the Secretary of State take a little time to reflect on a previous answer on non-proliferation ? |
| 16 | Why do they insist all babies take the same time ? ’ |
| 17 | Procedure in the High Court remains complex and cases take a considerable time to come to trial . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 20 | 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 ! |