Example sentences of "can take [art] long time " in BNC.

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1 The trouble has been , however , that with the longer construction periods for nuclear stations and the further period before their cheaper running costs will allegedly show up , it can take a long time to see which way the scales really tip .
2 An old person who is bedbound may get pressure sores or ulcers in a very short time and these can take a long time to heal ( see page 78 ) .
3 Reconciling yourself to making the final decision can take a long time and be very painful .
4 Be warned though : commercial music can take a long time to clear and can also be expensive .
5 It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family .
6 The solvents persist for many years , and can take a long time to be degraded or removed ; the good news is that , unlike some other forms of pollution , spillages of volatile organochlorines are apparently becoming rarer as awareness of the consequences of poor practice increases .
7 Cuffs and hem are knitted , and though this does n't suit everyone — the knitting can take a long time to dry out if it gets wet — I do n't find it unacceptable .
8 Like a wound in your own flesh , a clean cut heals quickly , but a jagged , ragged , bruised gash can take a long time to heel and is open to infection all that time .
9 Biodegradable : Materials will degrade if buried , but this can take a long time ( plastics can take hundreds of years ) .
10 It is much easier to improve ‘ performance ’ on such measures by decreasing the denominator than by increasing the numerator , which can take a long time , involves risk and has to be discounted for taxation .
11 The flight action is superb although it can take a long time to get to grips with all the features of the program .
12 Defending a petition can take a long time and be expensive .
13 Fan assisted cabinets have a very rapid recovery following an air change , whereas plate evaporator designs can take a long time to return to the correct storage temperature .
14 But it also makes everything quite difficult to fully understand as it can take a long time to see what is really being said .
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