Example sentences of "it [vb -s] many year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it takes many years for a child to master the process of reading , once acquired , the skills are comprehensive and flexible enough to cope with a diversity of written material in a variety of fonts and formats ( including previously unknown ones such as unfamiliar handwriting ) . |
| 2 | It takes many years for a human child to master the process of reading , even though they already possess established linguistic and cognitive subsystems . |
| 3 | It takes many years to perfect and rein-force the practices we saw in these pioneering plants . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's many years since the gods sent me one to tend . ’ |
| 5 | It 's many years since the last train ran from here to Gloucester . |