Example sentences of "[noun] take a long time " 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 15 | Sims took a long time to think about answering that . |
| 16 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 17 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 20 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 21 | While some customers took a long time to make decisions , other very complicated projects took longer than anticipated to organise . |
| 22 | Christine de Pizan was born in 1365 and wrote The Book of the City of Ladies in 1405 ; the battle for women 's right to equal education took a long time to win . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | ‘ The pace of life is slow there — things take a long time in changing . |
| 25 | But some memories take a long time to go … especially when they 're being preserved by Historical enthusiasts . |
| 26 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 27 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 28 | The reason why some people take a long time to learn the Technique is because it is much simpler than they think . |
| 29 | Very good very good now a lot of people take a long time to get that . |
| 30 | 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 . |