Example sentences of "it have taken a long " in BNC.

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1 It has taken a long time to reduce the effects of that defect but it is now under control .
2 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
3 It has taken a long 10 years ' work to get Australia to where we are now yet it can disappear so quickly .
4 It has taken a long time getting Australian rugby to the top and we are n't about to throw that away in one game , ’ he added .
5 Surprisingly , it has taken a long time to arrange something that most would have considered to be basic .
6 It has taken a long time for such unashamed aspiration to reach these shores , yet now , that mentality which is increasingly being demanded by the British in pursuance of their leisure activities , has finally arrived .
7 It has taken a long time for those engaged in mainstream adult education to attribute any significance to the Women 's Movement .
8 It has taken a long time to get justice but the compensation will give financial security to my family and give us sufficient breathing space to try and rebuild our lives .
9 Having said that he was very immature the report added that there had been considerable improvement , but it had taken a long time ( he had only been at school for four terms and had had a change of teacher ) .
10 It had taken a long while , Harry thought as he glanced fondly at Cora-Beth , before he had got over Madeleine 's rejection of him and the shock of her marriage to Dunbar .
11 It had taken a long time for the initial hostility and suspicion between them to wear off .
12 Some of you er you know it 's taken a long time to get this message over .
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