Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [vb mod] [verb] [num] years " in BNC.
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1 | However , it has been suggested that on the present basis it would take 46 years to clear the backlog in housing disrepair … |
2 | It has been alleged that at this rate it would take 300 years to examine all the programmes outlined in Table 15.1 above . |
3 | Thus if you set aside £25 per month it would take two years to accumulate the £600 minimum for the Gift Aid scheme . |
4 | Even with the best economic policy it will take two years from this point to go through the unavoidable stages of deflation and recession to reach the start of recovery . |
5 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |