Example sentences of "[vb mod] take several [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 2 | Assessment of feeding difficulties should take several stages . |
| 3 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 4 | More complicated enquiries might take several days . ’ |
| 5 | The time needed to reach a solution to a problem is much longer ( i.e. it could take several hours or even days ) than the implementation/repair ( i.e. replacing a module or a board/panel can take only 30 minutes ) . |
| 6 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 7 | Resistance could take several forms . |
| 8 | If you try working out the return on a single room , using the well-known 1:1,000 room rate:room cost ratio , assuming a realistic annual occupancy rate ( say 65 per cent ) and providing for interest and tax , you will realize that it could take several decades to recover the original cost . |
| 9 | ‘ But we could be dealing with something that could take several generations to come out . ’ |
| 10 | However , in December 1989 , the Irish Supreme Court , following an appeal from SPUC , granted an injunction against USI , prohibiting them from distributing information until the European Court makes its decision , which could take several years . |
| 11 | The headquarters ' engineers want to develop an electric version of the HST , which will involve considerable redesign and could take several years to complete . |
| 12 | Councillors are hoping for a settlement without the need for court action but are prepared for a legal battle which could take several years during which time both sides could run up massive costs running into many tens of thousands . |
| 13 | His solicitor , Cameron Fyfe , said : ‘ The court recognises that Mr McTear will not survive to see his case to its completion , as this process could take several years . |
| 14 | Interviewing her could take several days . |
| 15 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 16 | The appeal could take several months , particularly in cases where a local inquiry was held . |
| 17 | This may take several hours during which she will lay small groups of eggs , which the male fertilises and covers with more bubbles . |
| 18 | They march in columns so long they may take several hours to pass one spot . |
| 19 | A short adventure may take several hours to complete , and that does n't count the times your character was killed and you had to start again . |
| 20 | Since the Validation program may take several hours to run , it is recommended that it is run overnight in batch mode . |
| 21 | This may take several minutes , but do not be impatient otherwise the sauce will be pale and uninteresting instead of a rich dark brown colour . |
| 22 | The whole process of sorting out the lengths of rope , tying in , and tying off the coils may take several minutes in a party of novices . |
| 23 | Standard MRI techniques require repeated sampling of the nuclear magnetic resonance signal in a series of experiments which may take several minutes to complete and are therefore only suitable for the study of static organs . |
| 24 | A reasonable duration period should therefore be set for MINTEG otherwise it may take several runs before anything is deleted . |
| 25 | It may take several operations . |
| 26 | Since the cancers may take several decades to appear , some of those children may still be at risk . |
| 27 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 28 | This discussion may take several forms , including speech , writing , sign language or even ‘ talking inside oneself ’ . |
| 29 | Such terms may take several forms . |
| 30 | However , please remember that some holidays require visas or inoculations , which may take several weeks to obtain . |