Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] may take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Their word-recognition skills are so finely developed that they may take insufficient notice of orthography while reading , and so develop poor memories of how words are constructed when it comes to spelling them .
2 The producers of all these programmes are inundated with cassette tapes from bands , so they may take some time before listening to them all .
3 Although it may take some practice to get used to the idea of changing the seemingly natural number scale , you will soon find that you automatically consider whether a transformation would aid analysis when you first look at a batch of data .
4 In this way it is possible to re-start the routine that was enjoyed previously , although it may take some days of patience to break the new habit .
5 The activities of moth larvae feeding on the fur or feathers binding the pellets together result in their breakdown even in dry conditions , although it may take several years for pellets to completely disintegrate .
6 Except , of course , for the fact that it may take some while before the matter particle falls into the black hole — in which case the Universe has a temporary and minor energy surplus .
7 Bear in mind that it may take some time for the police to arrive .
8 Although they see it as a step in the right direction , people working in the area fear that it may take another generation before Karamoja cools down .
9 ‘ The yacht is a rather slow model of course , so it may take some time for you to die . ’
10 He is if I may take this question of the appointment of the independent members , he has certainly separated himself directly from their appointment by having this regional instrument .
11 But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge .
12 It is a mistake to be too ambitious to begin with , for when 50 or so near maturity they will require lots of food and it may take some gathering .
13 The trade gap looks appalling and it may take some time before we see a significant drop in consumer spending .
14 Acrylic tends to dry less opaque than it look when wet , and it may take repeated overpainting when thin layers of colour are used to cover completely something underneath .
15 It 's also worth noting that if leather corals are disturbed , especially by introducing them into an unfamiliar aquarium , the polyps will retract and it may take several days for them to reopen .
16 Not everyone suits the same kind of photographic style , and it may take several tries before you find a picture that eventually gets you noticed .
17 But it may take three months , so you are three months possibly on a ventilator .
18 Since it may take many hours to establish what influences the activity of a single cell , this is a far from trivial issue .
19 The potential mobility of non-motorized persons is also enhanced , though it may take some time ( and , probably , more measures ) for the modal split to change significantly .
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