Example sentences of "[is] [verb] to take [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The work is expected to take six months .
2 Demolition of the flats is expected to take six weeks .
3 The survey is expected to take two months to complete and will be carried out through questionnaires sent to venture capitalists and advisers throughout the EC .
4 The relocation is expected to take two weeks .
5 The Argus will leave with the helicopters on board next week and is expected to take seven days to reach the Croatian port of Split .
6 Well 204/20–1 was spudded by the drilling rig Ocean Valiant on September 14 and is expected to take 35 days .
7 The case is expected to take three days .
8 Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit .
9 In response , the Lord Chancellor established a review of the financial conditions for legal aid in November 1989 , which is expected to take three years to complete its work .
10 The procedure is expected to take 2 hrs .
11 It 's expected to take two months just to identify and catalogue the antiques so they can be matched with items reported stolen.Two men are helping police with their inquiries .
12 It 's expected to take 9 months to complete .
13 If you know in advance that a customer is going to take six months to pay you instead of one and you still want to make the sale , then consider loading your price to cover your finance costs .
14 Of course , as a scientist who 's planning an expedition that 's going to take 200 years to get underway , Charles has his critics within the Oxford establishment .
15 But if you practise it sitting down , your voice 'll be very different , the speed of your voice will be different , and if you do n't practise it out loud you wo n't be able to get any idea of whether it 's going to take three minutes or not .
16 The tunnelling of Phase 1 of the project from the gorge site is scheduled to take three years to three and a half years to complete .
17 The whole route is estimated to take eight hours but there will be checkpoints along the way for refreshments .
18 The whole programme of taking the aircraft apart is estimated to take eight weeks .
19 The relocation will be in three phases , each of which is planned to take eighteen months .
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