Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [art] long 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 | It was September , when the days take a long time to wake up and the green of the trees is brushed with gold . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ The pace of life is slow there — things take a long time in changing . |
| 6 | But some memories take a long time to go … especially when they 're being preserved by Historical enthusiasts . |
| 7 | We have asked to do so , but changes take a long time to come into effect . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The climatic extremes of the far north mean that forests take a long time to regenerate . |
| 12 | Hard disks last a long time but they do n't last for ever . |
| 13 | 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 ! |