Example sentences of "it takes [art] long time " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | It takes a long time to warm up , a very long time , but then I sleep as though practising for death . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But it takes a long time to regain trust . |
6 | The problem with weight loss is that it takes a long time to get what you want . |
7 | Banks are like supertankers : it takes a long time to turn them round . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | He added : ‘ If anyone has been through a traumatic experience , it takes a long time to unwind . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | ‘ When the mortars wake me at night , it takes a long time to go back to sleep . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | ‘ There are only one hundred mountain guides in the country at the moment , probably because it takes a long time to qualify and the standards are very high . |
15 | These days it takes a long time to get into the ‘ left-hand seat ’ or captain 's position in a major airline ; indeed , as time goes on more and more airline pilots have to recognise the possibility of reaching retirement before they achieve command . |
16 | That 's something we , we , that 's what we found and one of the things we have got is this youth bus actually operating in the town and it erm , it 's running three nights a week , we ca n't cover every bit of the town , but it goes to different area 's of the town , The Stow , and Old Harlow , I mean we 've actually got quite good relationship 's with , with , with the young people in Old Harlow , but erm , I mean we ca n't cover every night , I mean there is a problem , of erm , you know , you you get from a position where you recognise it , you , you , you need to start catering for a particular group and it takes a long time getting there . |
17 | So it takes a long time think more egalitarian . |
18 | He added almost apologetically , " It takes a long time . |
19 | I 'm Emma with her silly little clever-clever theories of love and marriage , and love is something that comes in different clothes , with a different way and different face , and perhaps it takes a long time for you to accept it , to be able to call it love . |
20 | Food photography is all about presentation and it takes a long time , which is why we have a new home economist on the team . |
21 | It takes a long time to get used to it . ’ |
22 | Maybe it takes a long time to get to the phone . |
23 | It takes a long time to visit every house in the neighbourhood — and enjoy some hospitality while one is there . ’ |
24 | This is because its chronicity can be achieved only by delivering a massive insult or repeated dosing so that it takes a long time for the acute ulcer to heal and often leads to the death of the animal in the acute phase . |
25 | If the property does not sell at all , or if it takes a long time to sell , the local authority search result may become dated . |
26 | And and sometimes it takes a long time , does n't it . |
27 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
28 | But it 's like pouring kettles of hot water into a cold bath it takes a long time for them to make an impression . ’ |
29 | ‘ Suffolk folk will tell you it takes a long time to get to know them , and I soon found out it 's true . |
30 | The people are generally friendly but shy and it takes a long time to gain their confidence to the point where they will teach a visiting scientist the secrets of their art . |