Example sentences of "[vb infin] [art] very long time " in BNC.

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1 However desirable this might be , in a highly complex and differentiated society such as ours this undertaking would need a very long time given our present methods , resources and interests .
2 → When you think of Fender 's seeming unwillingness to bring the reissues of the Indie-cred Jaguar into this country , Jim , I think we 'll probably wait a very long time before a Bass VI emanates from anywhere other than the Fender Custom Shop — a facility available to the wad-carrying fanatic .
3 ‘ You 'll wait a very long time to do that , ’ he gritted .
4 You could spend a very long time , trying to understand that woman . "
5 The effects of hormones may themselves take a very long time to appear .
6 Litigation , on the other hand , can take a very long time .
7 Alas for him , the speech proposing the loyal toast can sometimes take a very long time .
8 However , this can take a very long time to accomplish — some flyers never manage it — and will bring you closer and closer to the next stage to be conquered — the nose-in hover .
9 ‘ That did n't take a very long time , ’ said Masklin .
10 The process of separatism growing into a global force would thus take a very long time .
11 ‘ It will take a very long time before we can fully cooperate ’ , said Czech-born Thomas Messer .
12 Of course , that will take a very long time indeed .
13 It would take a very long time to implement and would be very costly .
14 The move towards economic sanctions is necessary , unfortunately , but sanctions will take a very long time to work .
15 Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind .
16 New trees are being planted but it will take a very long time to repair the damage .
17 Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama .
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