Example sentences of "would take a long [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second alternative would take a long time to achieve . |
| 2 | Then he would move to another par of the bed , away from the cold wet patch that would take a long time to dry and leave a stiff yellow stain on the mattress . |
| 3 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 4 | The difficulty here is that this would take a long time to carry out , besides which , there is the problem of access . |
| 5 | Once food has cooled to 5°C or colder , if any food poisoning bacteria are present most will grow only very slowly and it would take a long time for them to reach large enough numbers to cause a problem . |
| 6 | The English host was able to cross unhindered , although it would take a long time to do so in its entirety . |
| 7 | Given the long times required to charge the larger rods , you can see that after getting a first qualitative result with the smallest rods within a few weeks , a proper quantitative analysis to test the variation with rod diameter and current , and so establish the nature of the effect would take a long time . |
| 8 | Starving the defenders out seemed to be the only course , and that would take a long time . |
| 9 | She helped me as much as she could , but I knew it would take a long time to reach Estella 's level . |
| 10 | This form of socialism , based upon the accountability of the state to society rather than vice versa , would take a long time to develop , but it was this form of socialism that supporters of perestroika hoped the Party Conference would develop further — as indeed it did . |
| 11 | However , he stressed that economic growth was still heavily dependent on continued flows of external assistance , since the programmes under way would take a long time to carry out . |
| 12 | It would take a long time to get our grill out because I do n't think it would move any more . |
| 13 | The Eradicator may well be the solution ; tests conducted by Ray have certainly proved encouraging , and it would take a long string of coincidences to attain the results he has achieved by any other means . |