Example sentences of "it [modal v] [vb infin] [art] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 2 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 3 | It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings . |
| 4 | Magazines like NI do change public opinion , though it may take a long , long time . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | As this is a new ( as opposed to a rebuilt second hand ) engine it should last a long time and parts are available worldwide . |
| 7 | Together with thick carpet and underfelt , it should go a long way to pleasing the occupants of the flat below . |
| 8 | It seemed that it must take a long time for such peace to be broken . |
| 9 | ‘ It 'll take a long time in the courts , wo n't it , though ? ’ |
| 10 | It 'll take a long time at his age but it 'll mend . |
| 11 | Now that will be hard , that needs a good deal of thought and it 'll take a long time . |
| 12 | Now the trouble with fractions is if you do n't know your tables it can be you can work it out you could get there but it 'll take a long time if you do know your tables you just go , Yeah three fours are twelve . |
| 13 | Shoelaces are difficult ; most five-year-olds manage to tie them , but it 'll take a long time if the only practice she gets is actually putting on the shoes each morning . |
| 14 | Er as we know round about July August time , the remaining nine P C's will be er turned into civilians wave of a magic wand the biggest problem there is the total loss of our skills base overnight effectively , the second thing is it 'll take a long long time to get them trained particularly in relation to A L O work . |
| 15 | It , it 'll take a long time before it starts to buck up . |
| 16 | she can move them but she 's got no use in them , so they said it 'll take a long time |
| 17 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 18 | Murray confirmed only that the deal had been agreed and that it would go a long way towards cutting Rangers ' overdraft of £9.5 million . |
| 19 | If it were made good , it would go a long way towards providing a justification for denying English the place in our educational system which we demand for it . |
| 20 | If you could try to look as if you 're being guarded , it would go a long way . |
| 21 | However , there is an equally wide body of opinion , expressed mainly by manufacturing industries , which oppose such a move because it believes that it would disrupt the long period of uninterrupted production between the August holiday and the Christmas break . |
| 22 | It would cause a long and harsh ‘ nuclear winter ’ with Arctic conditions and continuous darkness . |
| 23 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 24 | It would take a long , long time to heal , if ever . |
| 25 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |
| 26 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 27 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 28 | It would take a long — |
| 29 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 30 | When wireless communications become available for a wider range of portables , the prevalence of Notes and applications like it will go a long way towards tying into networks PCs that are being under-utilised as little more than personal information managers . |