Example sentences of "take a year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr John McDonnell , QC , for the company , had urged Mr Justice Hoffman to exercise the court 's power to the full , saying that it might take a year for the case to be heard by the House of Lords . |
| 2 | This permeability of the gut gradually decreases as the baby gets older , and consequently so do the risks of allergy , although this varies and can take a year or longer . |
| 3 | Pictures of Lorna Lewis picnicking in pedal pushers , marrying in white and christening her baby daughters counterpointed these triumphs , and the couple , who lived their lives from the outside in , saw themselves looking happy in magazines and believed they were happy , although the combination of Hitchcock and post-natal depression persuaded Lorna to announce that she would take a year off to devote herself to her family . |
| 4 | Sri Lankan elephant handlers told the Indonesians that a 50 km drive would take a year . |
| 5 | The suggestions were that Bernie Ecclestone , as vice-president of Promotional Affairs for FISA , was keen Mansell should stay in F1 , particularly if Senna should take a year off . |
| 6 | Rumour in Adelaide suggested he will take a year off and return in 1994 to head a new team run by Honda , which will make its own chassis as well as engines . |
| 7 | I was told it would take a year for anything to happen — but so far nothing has , apart from the issue being worse , plus minor accidents being a weekly event . |
| 8 | Neolamprologus brichardi may take a year or more to settle down and breed . |
| 9 | But , like showbusiness , it may take a year before EuroDisney polishes up its act . |
| 10 | This might take a year or so for planks an inch or two thick and seven years for large oak ship 's timbers . |
| 11 | ‘ The time has come for me to get it sorted out — and I 'd happily take a year out if it meant I 'd have a few more years later on . |
| 12 | That battle could take a year or more , bills mounting all the while . |
| 13 | To remember a year would take a year . |
| 14 | However , the damage to the capital 's generating equipment had been so severe that some Western estimates claimed that it would take a year to restore full supplies to the country . |
| 15 | The report stated that the EFF loan could provide India with US$5,000-US$7,000 million over three years , but that it would take a year to negotiate . |
| 16 | It will take a year for the synod 's decision to be fully ratified and if the June 1994 synod does mark the final step towards ordaining women , not only will nothing happen for six months , but the college of bishops will present three resolutions safeguarding the positions of those within the church who do not agree . |
| 17 | Now you should take a year to go round there . |
| 18 | To do A-Level Business Studies can take a year quite easily for even the averagely competent student . |