Example sentences of "[noun] take [art] long [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ascending its professional hierarchies takes a long time . |
| 2 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 3 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 4 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 5 | Hyacinth took a long time to respond . |
| 6 | Bert took a long sniff and looked at Yanto . |
| 7 | Shiona took the long way back to Loch Lomond , via Perth and Comrie and Loch Earn , stopping for a meal at a wayside hotel , then heading south via Glen Dochart just after nine o'clock . |
| 8 | The overriding benefit , however , is its readiness to take the long view . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Turner took a long breath . |
| 12 | Although the academic study of Roman law took a long time to have practical effect , by the 1170s and 1180s it was occasionally cited authoritatively in some at least of the courts of the south . |
| 13 | Jake took a long swig from his glass . |
| 14 | Horace took a long view of excellence ; a very rough idea of his aesthetic commitment to the tradition of Greek letters , and some understanding of the initially cool ( or possibly baffled ) public reception of his Greek-inspired Odes , might be gained if we were to try to imagine one of our own Augustans studiously engaged , while everyone else relied on the staple measure of the heroic couplet , in the production of poems imitating the intricate court metres of the Nordic skald , such as the Drottkvaett , or the Dunhenda . |
| 15 | His philosophy took a long time to be appreciated , partly because he never pushed his own work , which was subsequently overshadowed by that of Wittgenstein . |
| 16 | Mr Gillis took a long look from one tip of the arc of boys round to the other . |
| 17 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 18 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 23 | They were pulled into the stewards room after the race as officials took a long look at an incident early in the straight.A ban would have ruled the pair out of the Cambridgeshire and the Arc , but no action was taken . |
| 24 | Bodo took a long mouthful of beer . |
| 25 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 26 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 27 | Teclis took the long view . |
| 28 | An engineer took a longer view : |
| 29 | Connor took a long swig of beer and wiped his mouth before replying . |
| 30 | Li Shai Tung took a long breath , calming himself . |