Example sentences of "take a considerable time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wood will , however , eventually become waterlogged and sink though , like seasoning , this takes a considerable time . |
| 2 | Many conditions have to be fulfilled and eligibility established , which can take a considerable time ; so if you can improve the living conditions of your elderly parent yourself , without undue hardship , you would be well advised to do so . |
| 3 | It is important that you negotiate with a man you trust as he has to agree to practise safer sex from test to pregnancy — which may take a considerable time . |
| 4 | In case the reader should think that this small book is about to offer the solution to this problem , let it be stated immediately that a complete integration of all these different disciplinary approaches to the investment decision will probably take a considerable time and much research effort by a range of researchers . |
| 5 | Since this may take a considerable time , speakers typically begin to speak before they have completed all the necessary planning for a particular speech cycle . |
| 6 | As it can take a considerable time to effect the transfer of overseas funds to the University accounts , you are strongly advised to make arrangements well in advance . |
| 7 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
| 8 | Procedure in the High Court remains complex and cases take a considerable time to come to trial . |
| 9 | Allowed to remain in the cool waters of the pool , they take a considerable time to reappear and fulfil their role , and often fall prey to browsing water snails . |