How long does it take?

Why did it take so long?

Peace will take a long time.

They waited too long to take action.

How long did it take you to learn Arabic?

How long did it take you to translate this book?

It didn t take long for the twitosphere to react lalajohnny

How long does it take to get to the station?

And household deleveraging in the US will take a long time.

But a lot of their approaches, though elegant, take a long time.

Making green energy cheap and prevalent will also take a long time.

People have asked me, It must take a long time to get there?

For peace to take root, long term regional interests must overcome national agendas.

This is a complex, long and intensive task which will take several more years.

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart every day? How long shall my enemy triumph over me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?

I can't do the whole thing because it would take too long, it really would.

We have a long agenda and busy schedule, which will take us months to complete.

His case will now go to trial, and how long that will take is unclear.

As time passes between meals, the body starts to take nutrients from long term reservoirs.

It does not take long for voters to discover that the promises of populists were empty.

If they take control and stick to their guns, Cuba could face another long biology lesson.

In this long term endeavour, it is essential that the United Nations take the leading role.

If this scenario is to be avoided, political leaders must take a long view of economic growth.

This requires long term planning and coordination, because the necessary infrastructural decisions will take decades to implement.

He pointed out that multilateral disarmament negotiations are complex, difficult and take a long time to mature.

The prosecutions entail indictments that are thousands of pages long and include annexes that take up several bookshelves.

Take heed to yourself that you don't forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land.

Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth.

I mean, when we update a status message, we don't really think about how long that's going to take.

So long as Israeli soldiers control the occupied territories, the idea of a settlement freeze will not take root.

(By this reasoning, a lot of bankers have simply decided to take long holidays since last September s financial meltdown.)

We must take a long term approach to ensure that peace is consolidated and not subjected to renewed threats.

It would take too long to work out the conflicts to include a mortgage modification scheme in the rescue package.

We will be able to finish our work tomorrow if speakers do not take too long in making their statements.

this law to include entitlement to take long term leave to care for a dangerously ill child, partner or parent.

In addition, millions of people are suffering unimaginable physical and psychological trauma that will take a long time to heal.

And if we just take one cell's worth of this code and unwind it, it's a meter long, two nanometers thick.

Few Iranians had ever heard of Ayatollah Khomeini until 1978, but it didn t take long for his message to electrify millions.

It is long overdue for the international community to take meaningful measures to restore the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people.

In paragraph 58, the Board recommended that UNICEF conduct a comprehensive analysis of long outstanding contribution receivables and take appropriate action.

UNICEF agrees to take further steps to encourage other United Nations agencies to use its procurement services and long term arrangements.

Therefore, our delegation, reaffirming its long standing position on the Convention, will abstain in the voting that will take place shortly.

Despite these valiant international efforts, there should be no illusion as to how long it will take to rebuild affected communities.

This process does work in the long run. But Germany s reforms took place in a much healthier global economy, and, when the initial divergences are large, it may take too long to restore growth.