A nuclear power plant can take 10 15 years to build, and a coal fired power station around five years.

By 2014, suppose that 10 of the 40 year transition to solar power has been achieved.

This may take five minutes, it may take an hour.

Since 2005, an eleven year school programme has been replaced with a twelve year one primary education takes four years to complete (starting at age six), middle education (secondary) takes five years to complete upper secondary then takes three years.

It actually takes a little longer. It takes five days.

But what does it take?

How long does take off last?

This could take a year.

It takes time.

So, if we think of the transition in our society of the movement from the land to the cities, which took 200 years, then that same process is happening in 20 years.

This may take a while.

It takes years to reform institutions.

And this can take quite a while.

And this will take time.

This will take two years.

So how many hours does it take?

So, how long does that take?

It will only be a moment.

Take some of this.

It'll take me just a minute.

This will just take a minute.

It only takes a second.

Only a second.

It'll only take a minute

That won't take long.

It takes a long time sometimes.

Some trials may require longer time, others less.

This may take time.

The procedure takes about two hours.

Recovery would take years.

This takes time.

All my life it may take me! ...

All of it will take time.

Doesn't matter how many, it takes time.

Suppose this takes two seconds.

That takes about two seconds to make.

The survey takes over a day.

Takes about a minute.

Again, this takes a finite amount of time.

Nonsense. It won't take a second.

It won't be long. Just two weeks.

It won't be long now.

Well, I hope he paid you. What for?

This won't take a moment.

It won't take long. You'll have to wait.