Example sentences of "[det] [vb mod] [vb infin] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may take some time , and in a waterway as busy as the Thames a floating body is likely to be seen . |
| 2 | Right , in the long run , they 've got to cover all their costs , right , they will be driven out of business , but that may take some time . |
| 3 | That should save some time . |
| 4 | The company has been operating independently since January 1 , and is not yet being treated as a discontinued operation by Tandy , although that should happen next time the company reports . |
| 5 | If so , this may take some time and finance to organise , and planning permission may have to be obtained from the local authority . |
| 6 | Even if in the long run ostlers and grooms become garage mechanics and assembly-line workers , this may take some time and the social dislocations could be very severe . |
| 7 | This may take some time but patience will be rewarded far more than a loss of temper . |
| 8 | However , as the entry of a new hotel is a relatively slow process from planning appliction to operation this should give sufficient time for existing hotels to develop appropriate strategies . |
| 9 | This should give enough time to devise a workable document . |
| 10 | This should allow ample time to enable each branch to finalise its comments on the plan . |
| 11 | Fourteen days would seem to be a more reasonable period though the landlord may be concerned that this could leave little time for it to make a considered response where the notice is subject to a time restriction . |
| 12 | None of this need take much time . |
| 13 | This would give sufficient time for preparation for release if the Parole Board recommended it , having considered risk . |
| 14 | Accordingly I went ahead and circulated all potential volunteers with a call for the weekends of June 12-13 and June 19-20 , which at the time was two months away and I assumed this would allow enough time for SNH approval to come through . |
| 15 | You could still transfer stitches by hand tooling but , except when working small motifs , this would take more time than would be worth the effort . |
| 16 | During those meetings it was emphasised by all participants that a great deal of work would need to be done in the translation of medical textbooks , and that this would take considerable time . |
| 17 | This will enable first time buyers to choose a home and buy a share of it — usually 50 per cent — with a housing association paying rent on the rest until they wish to increase their stake in the property . |
| 18 | Although the centre is also anxious to attract women , this will take some time . |
| 19 | This will take some time . |
| 20 | In some cases , this can take considerable time . |
| 21 | fears about not bonding with or loving the child immediately — this can take some time , as it does with some birth parents . |
| 22 | ‘ Although that might take some time , of course . ’ |
| 23 | That could fall next time because Huntingdon — with 93,000 voters way over the 69,281 limit — is likely to be split in two . |
| 24 | But they wo n't start talks until the blockade is lifted , and that could take some time . |
| 25 | During times of recession he did everything possible to avoid making men redundant , preferring that all should work short time . |
| 26 | Possibly Mr Andreotti sensed that little will change this time round . |
| 27 | Unfortunately all the O N D information erm on that and that binds is post code er referenced erm and to extract the data erm in a meaningful sense for Greater York will require the reworking of all the basic data and that will take some time . |
| 28 | Unfortunately Mr Miller wants to show me round his shop , and that will take some time . |