Example sentences of "take a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since it takes a certain time to reach its working temperature and cool down again , it would not be able to follow the changes satisfactorily . |
| 2 | It takes a little time to sec that you 're not moving forward any more , either because you do n't know how or because there is n't anywhere to move forward to . |
| 3 | Inevitably , this sometimes takes a little time , but the camera crews are becoming remarkably skilled at finding the Members and delay is now minimised . |
| 4 | The Threshold level must be set carefully for the unit to be fully effective , and beware , because getting this absolutely right takes a little time . |
| 5 | Once a nectary has been drained , it takes a little time to refill . |
| 6 | The process takes a little time to grasp but very soon you will quickly put down on paper a series of " main points " . |
| 7 | I imagine they walked in silence for some way after that ; putting a new idea into someone 's imagination , even if that imagination belongs to the cleverest young Fellow of the very grandest college , is like turning on the television — it takes a little time for the set to warm up . |
| 8 | The second — Mr Lawson 's line -that demand is indeed slowing down , but that it takes a long time to affect the balance of payments . |
| 9 | It takes a long time to reach Dynjandi , but the weather improves as the day wears on , leaving me with wonderful views across the Arnarfjörđ3ur , its far peaks wreathed in clouds . |
| 10 | It takes a long time to warm up , a very long time , but then I sleep as though practising for death . |
| 11 | The stitching takes a long time and hurts Stig a lot more than it hurts the rest of us . |
| 12 | Bernie Ecclestone , however , feels guardedly optimistic , ‘ It always takes a long time to get an F1 race up and running in the US , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The chemicals are water-borne and the timber takes a long time to dry out . |
| 14 | It is not fair to expect your local delicatessen to do it for you as it takes a long time to slice the whole ham and Parma must be cut thinly . |
| 15 | This takes a long time and is reflected in the price of the product . |
| 16 | Wild rice has a very nutty flavour and takes a long time to cook . |
| 17 | But it takes a long time to regain trust . |
| 18 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
| 19 | Banks are like supertankers : it takes a long time to turn them round . |
| 20 | Well , the best thing about the course is , I think , that you get an all-round view of how it 's arranged and the time aspect of the information flow — that it takes a long time for information to reach the books and compendia etc . |
| 21 | It takes a long time for an explosion in the southern hemisphere to affect the north ; an eruption in the northern hemisphere has a much quicker impact on us . |
| 22 | But ‘ catch-up ’ in science takes a long time , and the legacy of that Stalinist assault persists in the USSR 's current backwardness in genetic engineering ; it is probably also reflected in the poor agricultural productivity of the country . |
| 23 | Hyperactive children may ‘ grow out of it ’ in time , but this takes a long time and their behaviour tends to get worse before it gets better . |
| 24 | He added : ‘ If anyone has been through a traumatic experience , it takes a long time to unwind . |
| 25 | You may be happiest asking a professional to cut out your mount unless you are confident that you will do it properly , as it is a skill that takes a long time to perfect , and a badly cut mount is as off-putting as a badly made frame . |
| 26 | But that 's the hard way and takes a long time . |
| 27 | Analysis is a very slow process and it takes a long time to weed through the past and try to discover what things happened to you that affected you . |
| 28 | ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep . |
| 29 | I soon discovered that a lot of the local children stuck together and that outsiders were n't made very welcome — even if you come from another part of Cornwall it takes a long time to be accepted . |
| 30 | There seems to be a memory for elaborate patterns and sequences which takes a long time to develop . |