Example sentences of "can take up [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , a penalty kick at goal can take up to two minutes out of the match . |
| 2 | Record sales in foreign territories can take up to two years before they are paid . |
| 3 | In addition to the time lag while the act was being understood , it can take up to four years for an insolvency practitioner to lodge a report and then for a disqualification order to be made . |
| 4 | Courtship , he discovered , typically involved several stages , and can take up to five minutes . |
| 5 | A jet engine can take up to six seconds to spool up . |
| 6 | The latter can take up to six months to complete . |
| 7 | It 's a process that can take up to six months , but all this has not deterred hundreds more refugees from attempting the hazardous journey south . |
| 8 | The doctor explained that moles can take up to 10 years to appear , or for existing ones to become bigger or darker . |
| 9 | The baby monkeys can take up to 18 months to mature and it could be that long before Hickery Holler is reintroduced to the group . |
| 10 | Sometimes it can take up to eight miles before it is warmed up enough to stop having to keep a foot on the accelerator at traffic lights , etc . |
| 11 | They can take up to three breaks , but the total length can not be longer than five years . |
| 12 | Both parents help in the excavation of the pit , which can take up to three hours to dig . |
| 13 | However , it is important to know that after infection by HIV , it can take up to three months — or sometimes even longer — for antibodies to appear . |
| 14 | However , it can take up to three months from the time of infection — and sometimes even longer — for your body to produce antibodies . |
| 15 | But for most retirees , acquiring unconditional non-resident status can take up to three years . |
| 16 | ‘ So while getting a document or computer disk from , say , London to Indonesia can take up to three days by post or courier , with electronic mail a valid print-out will be to hand in next to no time . |
| 17 | It can take up to 30 days , dependant on temperature for a biological filter to become established . |
| 18 | This labour-intensive process can take up to ten minutes , and has to be completed before news-hungry outsiders such as Bloomberg get to see the results . |
| 19 | The lymph nodes are very painful and can take up to ten days to burst and then exude a thick yellow pus . |
| 20 | As mentioned earlier , a Court Scheme can take up to ten weeks to implement once the paperwork has been agreed . |
| 21 | It can take up to ten years to readjust to this new market situation . |
| 22 | It can take up to 48 hours to rehydrate properly . |
| 23 | Ideally , you should use factors 12 to 15 for the first few days , while your skin 's natural defences are being activated ( the body produces more pigment cells , or melanin , and skin begins to thicken , which can take up to 48 hours to start becoming effective ) . |
| 24 | Nitrogen can take up to 20 years to pollute water and , therefore , is a very long term problem . |