Example sentences of "take [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The smear test takes less than five minutes and normally only causes slight discomfort . |
| 2 | First gear , for example , gives over 60mph without exceeding 6000rpm , and around the peak of the torque curve a 20mph increase takes less than 2secs . |
| 3 | WITH only five sides in contention , it should be possible to devise a World Cup which takes less than three years to complete . |
| 4 | The smear test takes less than five minutes and normally only causes slight discomfort . |
| 5 | But it still takes less than five minutes altogether . |
| 6 | Certainly this played a major part in persuading Angela Sommerville , an interior designer based in London , to put her country cottage on the market and switch allegiance to an apartment in Bendinat in Mallorca : ‘ Door-to-door access from my Knightsbridge home to my apartment in Mallorca takes less than four hours . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The operation takes less than fifteen minutes . |
| 8 | It takes less than five minutes to put up as it all erects in one — a great advantage . |
| 9 | VauDe Space takes less than five minutes to put up as it erects all in one |
| 10 | Hence , learning takes just as long as it takes to present and record the examples . |
| 11 | Recording an album inevitably takes longer than expected . |
| 12 | Solid matter takes between 10 and 20 days to digest ( cattle waste takes longer than waste from pigs ) , and the size of the plant has to match exactly the input of slurry , which varies according to the season . |
| 13 | But hang on to your water and electricity shares for the winter , just in case economic recovery once again takes longer than the boffins say . |
| 14 | This route is the first of this level which is higher than 10 metres and takes longer than one minute to climb . |
| 15 | Making love takes longer than having sex , ’ says a married 30-year-old engineer . |
| 16 | Her own physical ‘ coming down ’ process takes longer than yours , and unlike most men , her capacity for further climaxes is theoretically unlimited . |
| 17 | Cultures can of course be changed but it usually takes longer than the organisation is prepared to wait . |
| 18 | The hon. Member for Gordon does not seem to understand either that primary legislation would be required or that such primary legislation takes longer than five minutes to be put on the statute book . |
| 19 | It takes longer than that . |
| 20 | Once the modules in the package are in this state , the only difference noticed by users carrying out normal operations is that should one or more such modules be required in a transfer of a package out of LIFESPAN , the transfer takes longer than usual , since these modules must first be brought back online . |
| 21 | If , therefore , the normal population in this age group was screened at five year intervals , and assuming that the polyp/carcinoma sequence takes longer than five years , 190 cases of cancer or premalignant polyp would be found per 50000 examinations — that is , 1 in 263 : a higher detection rate in the normal population than that achieved by annual colonoscopic surveillance of extensive longstanding ulcerative ulcerative colitis . |
| 22 | It usually takes longer than with oesophageal tumours and constitutes a considerable workload . |
| 23 | Remember that finishing off ( e.g. by adding footnotes or bibliographic references ) always takes longer than you anticipate , so allow enough time for this . |
| 24 | My radiator is working , I think it just takes longer than the others to heat up . |
| 25 | One feature of tendon repair of which there is no doubt , is that it takes longer than you think for tendons to repair well . |
| 26 | So you can test it more thoroughly but in that case , A you put the costs up and B it takes longer before it gets actually , before patients get the benefits of it . |
| 27 | degree of injury is pertinent ; the repair process takes longer when extensive areas of tissue have been damaged |
| 28 | It clearly takes longer if you do it with another person or as a group but even then 15 to 20 minutes is adequate unless you are tackling some really contentious issues . |
| 29 | Ergo , the manufacturers no longer dare market food that takes more than 10 minutes to prepare . |
| 30 | An appeal can also be made if the council takes more than eight weeks to come to a decision — this is called an appeal against non-determination . |