Example sentences of "it [vb -s] take time " in BNC.

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1 Also , before the 1991 Budget , the tax benefit was simply not a big enough incentive , and it has taken time for companies to respond to the new , more generous tax environment .
2 IT HAS taken time for people around Europe to grasp the full meaning of what has been done , and continues to be done , in their name by their political leaders .
3 Subscribers may have noticed the scepticism with which we have tended to greet analysts ' forecasts for IBM Corp 's earnings , and invariably their forecasts have proved too optimistic — but it seems to take time for the true awfulness of the situation to sink in with them .
4 It does take time , about two hours for each member of staff when preparation and writing is included but it has been an investment that has repaid the school with great dividends .
5 But it does take time , you ought not to hurry over it .
6 It does take time to become familiar with all the features of the ORIGINAL shaping section but , with patience and practice , you could soon be knee deep in patterns for a whole variety of made to measure designer garments !
7 what I would like to say is , that on the , er , er it is question of culture , it does take time , er , in my experience , I 've been very interested in theological debate that 's run with the ordination of women .
8 But it does take time , and I think , you know , this puts the , this gives the framework in which this can usually open the opportunities and the methodist women are not short of confidence , and I think that 's why I married an anglican , you see .
9 Because because there 's so many there 's so many things that are going on at the moment that it it does take time .
10 And she said er well it does take time for them to dry out does n't it , she said ?
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