Example sentences of "it takes about [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Normally it takes about six days to arrange a visit , even if you cable both ways .
2 Yeah , it 's it 's it 's the build up to it as well , there 's a lot of excitement , I mean , most people it takes about six months to build up to the big day , and then finally it 's there and it all happens and , I think that makes it a lot , exciting for a lot of women .
3 It takes about 18 months to qualify for the short-term benefits like unemployment and sickness benefit .
4 It takes about two hours to watch it
5 As it takes about two years to convert an idea to law through our parliamentary system , new legislation is often implemented at a time when the circumstances which gave rise to the idea have substantially altered .
6 The nearest star , called Proxima Centauri , is found to be about four light-years away ( the light from it takes about four years to reach Earth ) , or about twenty-three million million miles .
7 IT TAKES about five minutes in New Zealand to comprehend why the All Blacks are the best .
8 It takes about five minutes to set it up before you retire to bed , and if you come back downstairs for something you have to cancel it and start all over again .
9 It takes about five years for a top amateur to become a real Tour de France rider .
10 One the flour and water are mixed to a paste , it takes about 10 minutes for the heat to develop .
11 As eating-time continues , the body sends out more and more satiety signals , but it is estimated that it takes about twenty minutes for a meal to have its full effect in filling our stomachs and sending out all the other physical signals of sufficiency .
12 It takes about 2 hours to reach the top of the Hahnenkamm , but it 's worth it for the view .
13 It takes about 15 minutes to do this so you will have to be realistic about how frequently you could schedule it in .
14 It takes about 15 minutes , from start to finish .
15 It takes about three hours to make a basic card , but can take weeks to produce the more exotic patterns .
16 They actually just feed this information , it takes about three minutes on average to input the data off this into the computer , and it goes straight into the mainframe computer .
17 It takes about three days to get a call out and I remember DeFries did n't answer any of David 's calls because I think he knew what was going on .
18 I , I , I would suggest that it takes about three months to work out what your best arrangement of categories is going to be .
19 They say it takes about three weeks for a cure to work , and most Baden packages are based on this , although some are streamlined to 14 days .
20 The Black & Decker Cordless Drill has hammer action , 10mm chuck capacity , its own charging unit ( it takes about 3 hours to recharge ) and weighs about 1.5kg .
21 ‘ We will give franchisees all the training in selling and fitting them — it takes about 30 minutes to install one — but we find many people are keen on DIY and would want to do their own . ’
22 It takes about 30 years from planting for a tree to grow enough bark to be harvested .
23 It takes about 20 minutes to reach Jubilee Gardens after finishing .
24 It takes about 20 minutes to work and can give almost total pain relief .
25 It takes about 20 minutes to adhere — time enough to correct mistakes .
26 Now both Stan and I have the same policy that erm we will write out It takes about ten minutes , or maybe a little bit longer with me , cos I 'm not as clever as Stan .
27 It takes about ten minutes in the car .
28 Wh w when testing a new drug , you 're trading off th th the the level of testing you can do , it takes about a hundred millions pounds to produce a new drug , it takes about ten years from test tube to getting a licence .
29 and it takes about eighty records at a time because it 's using forty five letters with the
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