Example sentences of "be take [prep] [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Usthinks the company doth protest too much : despite the fact that the countdown to its flotation has been under way for some weeks now , and Quality Software Products Plc has finally formally announced that ‘ following last week 's successful launch of Universal OLAS ’ it ‘ has decided to begin the process of seeking a listing on the London Stock Exchange , ’ it still says that ‘ no final decision will be taken for some time , ’ making it sound as if the company is signalling frantically that it would prefer to be acquired if only someone would come forward offering more money than it could raise in a public flotation . |
| 2 | No decision needs to be taken for some time on the location of the European central bank . |
| 3 | For the crucial characteristic of these tests is that they may be taken at any time , according to the readiness of the student . |
| 4 | It goes on to argue that scientists do not know enough about natural fluctuations in fish populations in the wild to be able to advise on how many can safely be taken at any time . |
| 5 | With the tightening of world oil demand which will come in the 1990s and the beginnings of a ‘ catching-up ’ programme of crude price increases , it is to be hoped that measures will be taken in good time to counteract what could be a politically unacceptable and potentially debilitating economic dependence on imported energy , for the US and for the rest of the Western world . |
| 6 | Bookings are taken at any time even up to the day of departure . |
| 7 | This was an intelligence test that was taken at that time by all children who wanted state education . |