Example sentences of "[noun sg] take [art] long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This trend will be most prevalent among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 2 | This trend will be most prevelant among larger companies that find downsizing takes a long time due to the complexity of their computing environment . |
| 3 | It seemed to Lefevre that the splash took a long time in coming . |
| 4 | The overriding benefit , however , is its readiness to take the long view . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Also the carbs on the SD1 V8 engine take a long time to return to idle when you take your foot off the throttle . |
| 9 | Persuading a child to take a long course of medicine is usually a struggle , as children often dislike the taste . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The legal process takes a long time and the task of getting new Regulations approved remained incomplete when I retired . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Cardiff was , of course , built on mud flats , and nature takes a long time to change . |
| 14 | He was a perfectionist , and the job took a long time . |
| 15 | The golden pavilion and the peacock feathers flared and were gone in an instant , but the Hill of Heaven took a long while to cave in , and Hell burned with a black , acrid smoke billowing out of its throat . |
| 16 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 17 | Yes but you know I mean a tr a tree takes a long time to mature does n't it ? |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 20 | The dock company in due course took a long lease of the area in question from the Secretary of State for Defence , although the ports authority insisted that the necessary planning consent be obtained before the lease was signed . |
| 21 | These services are still delivered through the traditional hierarchical structures with decisions being ‘ handed down ’ and information from the ground level taking a long time to reach and influence the making of decisions and policy . |
| 22 | In the UK , the Government took a long look at the spectrum before launching a fifth and sixth TV channel . |
| 23 | All fairly straightforward though the coded letter we recovered from his baggage took a long time to crack , while his shaving kit will never be the same again after each piece was stripped to its component parts by one participant . |
| 24 | DS Stuart Finn took a long drag on his cigarette and nodded at the board . |
| 25 | The Geometricks styler took a long time to heat up . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | And the City took a long time to wake up to Europe 's moves towards monetary union ; its bid to host a European central bank was made later than most others . |
| 28 | The gizzard-stone treatment meant that food took a long time to digest . |
| 29 | The College in Coleman 's reign took a long time to recover from the difficulties of its early days . |
| 30 | And sewed on the sewing machine and then painted them all with raw linseed oil but raw linseed oil took a long while to dry but they soft . |