Example sentences of "and it [modal v] take [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accent or dialect can communicate place of residence during acquisition of language ; and it may take time for the listener to become accustomed to a different dialect . |
| 2 | When you first do this it can seem quite a risk and it may take time for fluency to grow , but it is worth it ! |
| 3 | The bisexuality within us all is presently unresolvable for you and it may take time to resolve itself . |
| 4 | People who speak little or no English may not understand the need for speed , and it may take time to get the information translated . |
| 5 | For those who live at the home of British Motor-racing , it may sometimes be noisy and congested and it may take time to be served in the local shop . |
| 6 | If a site is being destroyed slowly , only a few finds are brought to the surface at any one time , and it may take years of plotting before the whereabouts of the site becomes apparent . |
| 7 | I had a slow-growing tumour in the lung and it would take time to reach obnoxious proportions , but as sure as the moon will rise and set and the tides with it , so my tumour would go on grinding away until … |
| 8 | Most of the party leaders were in any case inherited from Balfour and it would take time to find men of the new stamp , even if this were possible . |
| 9 | Macromolecules in solution are usually much smaller and it would take years for them to overcome the Brownian motion and form a sediment . |
| 10 | There would be bad , and good , effects and it would take weeks , even months , for her to assimilate them . |
| 11 | And it will take years to rebuild our Reserves of foreign currency which were frittered away propping up the pound . |
| 12 | And this unelected government should not be making so many new and fundamental laws , for some of these will be an embarrassment to an elected government and it will take time and trouble to repeal them . |
| 13 | There are not enough local entrepreneurs , and it will take time before a new elite is generated in eastern Europe . |
| 14 | They 're only 17 and it will take time . ’ |
| 15 | Petersfield Rugby Club are helping Mrs. Bulmer organise a May Ball as a fund-raising event , and it will take place in a specially erected marquee at Penns Place adjacent to the club on May 1st . |
| 16 | The talk is called ‘ Sharing a Vision , Church and Miners Together ’ , and it will take place at 7.30 on Monday , January 18th at St Bedes Pastoral Centre , Blossom Street , York . |
| 17 | Bigger groups are likely to find economic recovery patchy and it could take time for higher earnings and dividends to feed through to investors ; while the more volatile smaller businesses , having been hit harder on the way down could spring back faster , Hardman says . |
| 18 | The housing is designed to handle all major makes of medium format camera , although other camera systems can be accommodated to special order , and it can take lenses from 40mm to 120mm macro . |
| 19 | A tremendous amount of condensation remains after a building is completed and it can take weeks and weeks to dry out if left to itself . |
| 20 | These doctors are busy and it can take time to arrange examinations . |