Example sentences of "take about the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It takes about the same time to do a simple drawing on a 2D machine as on a drawing board . |
| 2 | The leaf area/weight was as efficient in the sense that it took about the same time to detect comparable differences . |
| 3 | The authority had not found out about the incident involving the cadets at Leek until they were in hospital , but tests on the water taken about the same time showed toxics from algae present . |
| 4 | In order to find out what the substantive law is , we must still go back to the time when Law and Equity were administered in different courts ; we may still have to picture to ourselves distinct proceedings taken about the same matter in those courts , and work out the result of those separate proceedings . |
| 5 | Every chassemarée would have easily held 60 men and the landing would have taken about the same space of time … |