Example sentences of "[pron] will take [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The European Community has laid down tough standards for water purity which will take many years to achieve in countries like the UK . |
| 2 | The names on the Warwickshire team sheet are changing , and Bob Cottam 's statement that it 'll take five years to get it right is looking accurate . |
| 3 | The survey points out that only three biotechnology medicines have been approved in the US during the past year and only 14 in the past decade , and at this rate , it will take 13 years for the 21 medicines now awaiting approval to be passed . |
| 4 | It will take four years for trials on the designer tree to be completed . |
| 5 | We estimate that , given the current rate under Project 2000 , it will take 14 years before all nurses have that opportunity for advancement . |
| 6 | It will take 100 years to change the mentality here . |
| 7 | The Government has recently accepted a recommendation by the British Association of Accident and Emergency Medicine for a doubling in the number of trained consultants , currently 216 , but it will take 10 years before they are all in place . |
| 8 | After a standard for TMC has been agreed , perhaps in 1991 or 1992 , it will take many years , perhaps five to ten , until RDS-TMC receivers first reach the market . |
| 9 | If the work is to be comprehensive , thoroughly researched and well constructed it will take many years . |
| 10 | It will take many years to phase out existing cars that run on high octane leaded petrol . |
| 11 | This exercise can not be completed overnight ; it will take many years to accomplish . |
| 12 | Hunting has now been banned , but experts fear it will take many years for their populations to recover . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It will take some years to complete that process , but that is a necessary price to pay for the flexibility that the legislation gives us . |
| 15 | It will take 20 years or longer to sort out so much confusion and , musically , what will be left ? |