Example sentences of "it will take [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Informix says it 'll take around a year to productise SNI 's data dictionary , even though ERMS is already implemented for versions of the database which SNI supplies to customers under an existing marketing agreement the two have .
2 It 'll take around a year to see if the drug does help reduce the side effects of radiotherapy .
3 If they lose , it 'll take about a year to recover the cost of the inquiry in 6 penny tolls .
4 It 'll take about an hour and a half .
5 It will take around a fortnight for all the dead sycamores to be felled and the coppicing to be completed .
6 Our craft members are in danger of being poached by the A W E U. An amalgamation may not be some people 's ideal , but it will take away a lot of the friction between the two unions .
7 When these far from straightforward issues have eventually been resolved , the draft will be subject to public comments ( six months ) , then committee revision ( say nine months ) — and , finally , it will take about a year before specifiers can see anything in print .
8 If the skunk has not squirted its glands for some time , then it is primed for about six powerful shots at the enemy , but it is unlikely to use all its ammunition at once because it will take about a week for replenishment and the animal can not afford to risk being cornered empty-glanded by a second predator .
9 I can see them getting 90 at least , and it will take quite a collapse from them to not get the 85 which would just about guarantee the title .
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