Example sentences of "may [vb infin] a [adj] time " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any Party wishing to make any such publication or disclosure shall in requesting such consent submit details of the intended publication or disclosure to the Chairman of the Project Committee and may specify a reasonable time within which consent is to be given . |
| 2 | For example a particular combination of kinetic and chemical energy at a certain temperature may give a cleaning time of ten minutes . |
| 3 | A minute may sound a short time , but it can easily mean the difference between life and death to someone in the water . ’ |
| 4 | Similarly , an only child may have a tough time leaving home without the support of brothers and sisters . |
| 5 | But the Chancellor may have a hard time explaining why the pound has to shadow the Deutschmark . |
| 6 | While it is true that the speculation is an essential part of science , and true that new ideas may have a hard time gaining acceptance , it does not follow that untested science belongs in court . |
| 7 | Many French dishes are basically simple but may take a long time to prepare in the traditional way . |
| 8 | treatment may take a long time ; and |
| 9 | A few young people are really ‘ stuck ’ on glue or products and it may take a long time to help them . |
| 10 | There are frictions in the markets for capital , labour , and products , and it may take a long time for changes in the pattern of demand to work their way through the system . |
| 11 | It may take a long time discussing the parents ' child-rearing philosophy and even discussing their own childhood experiences of discipline to unearth the cause of these deep-seated feelings . |
| 12 | Relationships once broken in this way may take a long time to heal . |
| 13 | Non-typists have difficulty finding the desired keys and may take a long time to type even a short word . |
| 14 | It 's business , may take a long time . |
| 15 | Companies which find it more difficult because it 's the centre of their existence , erm , are clearly looking at the situation , but will actually take a very long time to move to the position which you , in your particular group would like them to occupy , and I understand that , changing in I C I is rather different from changing at I B M , and er , therefore it takes longer , but I do see a a consciousness , it 's the same conscious , you 're impatient for change , quite rightly , companies of course , have to keep their employees in an earning capacity , at the same time , er , move towards the position which you would like to them to do , and it may take a long time , but I accept your point , which is with some companies , then in fact , your clearly going to get attention of some kind . |
| 16 | collection of data may take a long time especially if the survey covers a wide geographical area |
| 17 | It is important that you negotiate with a man you trust as he has to agree to practise safer sex from test to pregnancy — which may take a considerable time . |
| 18 | Since this may take a considerable time , speakers typically begin to speak before they have completed all the necessary planning for a particular speech cycle . |
| 19 | To wait until their children are in the secondary stage may seem a long time for delay . |