Example sentences of "it could take [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The half life of the parietal cell is 23 days in rats and presumably much longer in man and therefore it could take many months for resoluion of an increased parietal cell mass . |
| 2 | It could take fourteen weeks to complete the gruelling journey on foot from London to Rome in the Middle Ages . |
| 3 | It could take all night , writes Dan Conaghan . |
| 4 | It could take all night . |
| 5 | But erm it could take that length of time . |
| 6 | Fire chief Hugo Ernst said it could take four days to retrieve all the bodies . |
| 7 | The Banking , Insurance and Finance Union has resolved to cooperate with a scheme for voluntary redundancies but says it could take industrial action if the job losses are made compulsory . |
| 8 | The time needed to reach a solution to a problem is much longer ( i.e. it could take several hours or even days ) than the implementation/repair ( i.e. replacing a module or a board/panel can take only 30 minutes ) . |
| 9 | Once upon a time it could take several hours to install a network interface card . |
| 10 | If you try working out the return on a single room , using the well-known 1:1,000 room rate:room cost ratio , assuming a realistic annual occupancy rate ( say 65 per cent ) and providing for interest and tax , you will realize that it could take several decades to recover the original cost . |
| 11 | A spokesman for Pilkington , the major glass manufacturer , said yesterday that it could take several weeks for new windows to be installed . |
| 12 | It could take some trial and error to discover the correct interval ; and you may need to chart the person 's pattern . |
| 13 | ‘ So it could take some time ? ’ |
| 14 | It could take some time . ’ |
| 15 | Before 1 January 1926 it could take three forms : coparcenary , or tenancy in common , or joint tenancy . |
| 16 | THE United Nations dealt a new blow to the starving millions in Somalia last night by saying it could take three weeks to stop bandits raiding food supplies . |
| 17 | It could take three years or even more , depending on the exact nature of the change and , of course , the priority given to it . |