Example sentences of "it can [verb] [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it can take 10 years for a material to get on the list while officials develop a standard , which specifies physical and chemical properties of materials . |
| 2 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 3 | The Swindon Works only closed in 1986 and since it can take many years for asbestos to affect people 's health , she expects to be dealing with similar cases well into the next century . |
| 4 | As we have already seen , it can take several years for a product to come on stream , let alone break even in reported accounts ; seven or more years is possible in some industries ( see Tomkins et al. , 1978 ) . |
| 5 | The ponderous patent application process seems to be unsuited to a fast- moving technology as it can take several years from initial application before a patent is finally granted . |