Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tobacco industry plans a long time ahead . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | All money purchase schemes are potentially unpredictable , and are especially likely to lose value through monetary inflation ( and not least if the annuitant lives a long time ) unless the annuity is fully index-linked , which is not the case under present legislation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 10 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 11 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 12 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 13 | WHATEVER its origin , groundwater spends a long time in an aquifer . |
| 14 | But ‘ catch-up ’ in science takes a long time , and the legacy of that Stalinist assault persists in the USSR 's current backwardness in genetic engineering ; it is probably also reflected in the poor agricultural productivity of the country . |
| 15 | I I ca n't comment on on comments that you are referencing , however I will say that in Maryland er we displaced an incumbent vendor who had been there a long time , er that vendor was a bit upset as you might imagine with being displaced as a vendor , and in Maryland we had a situation that kind of evolved into the same kind of political row you would expect when a company loses a long time business . |