It requires hundreds of steps, and it takes a long, long time.

It takes children a long time to break into the system.

Picasso once said, It takes a long time to become young.

How long do you think it takes to go from here to Tokyo?

Because that's how long they say it takes for this dough to become leaven.

Let's figure out how long it takes a racecar to go a certain distance.

And, well, sometimes it takes a long time for a dream to come true.

Money takes a long time to earn, but you can spend it in no time.

Dismantled warheads should only be stored for so long as it takes to safely effect their destruction.

You hear about Mars, it's a problem communicating to Mars because it takes light long enough to go there.

They have to be defeated. We should defeat them, however long it takes, because otherwise they will not disappear.

The two are related because the profit actually takes long enough that if it isn't fun, you wouldn't have the time to do it.

It takes a long time for the muscle to contract, and a very short time for the limb to fly out.

The cropping of oilseeds takes place annually, thereby reducing long term investment requirements.

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

However, in most developing countries, business registration takes a long time and is costly.

UNICEF regularly reviews its long outstanding contribution receivables and takes appropriate action to collect.

When paying for orders by cheque, customers are advised to leave their cheques undated because of the long time it takes to process them.

We should not forget that the reintegration process takes time and requires long term support.

Now, imagine what that could be. I have to say honestly this is not something yet the building can do because it takes too long.

This is because of the length of time it takes to implement the project and the commitment of resources required for such a long period.

But the distances on the universe are so large and the time scales are so large that it takes a long time for this to form.

We must let those in distress know that we will be steadfast and that we will be there for them for as long as it takes.

It takes time.

To one group he said, I'm going to time you to establish norms, averages for how long it typically takes someone to solve this sort of problem.

To borrow a phrase from Carrie Fisher, which is in my bio there I'll just toss it out again These days even instant gratification takes too long.

It takes a long, long time to make these scores, and right now I'm working on a piece that's 180 pages in length, and it's just a big chunk of my life, and I'm just pulling out hair.

Whether it's mathematics or music, it takes that long to be able to begin to change something in a way that it's better than what was there before.

Protected areas do rebound, but it takes a long time to restore 50 year old rockfish or monkfish, sharks or sea bass, or 200 year old orange roughy.

It takes wide ranging and co ordinated efforts from a wide range of authorities to protect Denmark against possible terrorist attacks on an effective and long term basis.

That's all it takes.

This system takes a long time to develop, slowly throughout the course of childhood and into early adolescence.

It won't be long. It won't be long.

But it takes a lot of time, and it takes a lot of straw because they're really tight.

That is how we train musicians, barbers, doctors, and scientists. Consider how long it takes an adult to learn to speak a language or a musician to master the violin.

It takes longer, on average.

But it takes some persistence.

It takes what we know, and it twists it.

She passes that virus on to baby, and it takes a really, really, really long time as the redwood trees for that serious meme to get out of our operating system.

It takes advantage of the others.

That is now the central question of George W. Bush s second term. Until recently, the Bush administration answered with an evasive cliché as long as it takes and not one day longer.

So, it turns out we actually had this idea nine years ago, and that's about the time constant for how long it takes to do these kinds of things, so I think we made a lot of progress.

They waited too long to take action. Because it normally takes a year or more for the full effects of monetary policy to be felt, central banks need to act preemptively, not reactively.

European Central Bank President Mario Draghi s promise to do whatever it takes has succeeded in providing a temporary calm. But Germany has consistently rejected every policy that would provide a long term solution.

It takes effort. You need to think.