Example sentences of "will [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 31 | However , the Bill requires those galleries to buy works of art , but it will take a long time to make such acquisitions . |
| 32 | But it will take a long time to change the Romanian attitude . |
| 33 | The others will take a long time to recover . |
| 34 | That will take a long time to go I think |
| 35 | I think it will take a long time before I could go out on my own , ’ Mr Norrie added . |
| 36 | ‘ The scars will take a long time to heal . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ Developing a single European currency will take a long time but it will make the most significant contribution to European , and therefore world , financial stability . |
| 38 | It will take a long time . |
| 39 | Grouped update areas will take an overall time related to individual record processing time , buffer arrangement , update density , i.e. hit rate , and device rotation time . |
| 40 | This procedure — turns are Rate 1 — will produce an overall time of 4 minutes . |
| 41 | ‘ Even at these record levels of investment , it will mean a considerable time before the whole programme is completed , ’ said Transport Secretary John MacGregor . |
| 42 | The ferret can drink and will live a long time should it escape . |
| 43 | There is no right in Community law to have a lawyer present for such meetings , although normally the Commission will allow a limited time to elapse for the parties to acquire legal representation . |
| 44 | Well-designed signs are expensive , but this expense is a good investment in that the signs will last a long time and help overcome the physical barriers of the library . |
| 45 | ‘ Rachel 's cot cost £130 and we bought a horsehair mattress for it which cost £50 — expensive but it will last a long time . |