Example sentences of "[to-vb] a [adv] long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those actively interested in diamonds will have to wait a very long time before they will be able to put their hands on these cosmic ornaments . |
| 2 | You mean I 'll have to wait a very long time . |
| 3 | This can be contrasted with the centesimal scale where we may have to wait a fairly long time to ascertain the action of the remedy . |
| 4 | One problem is that appeals to the European Court from decisions of DGIV tend to take a very long time , and there is also some doubt as to whether the Court is an appropriately constituted body to act as a review tribunal in the sense described above . |
| 5 | It is a worthwhile form of enquiry but , in this area , it is likely to take a very long time before the scientists can reach a consensus which will seem in the least convincing to non-scientists . |
| 6 | So it 's going to take a very long time , because it has been male orientated , but until we get the attitude of the work place , which is encouraging their piers to apply for jobs instead of , oh , of course , I do n't think I will apply for that job . |