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It will take a while for any other country to copy Brazil, where ethanol already accounts for 40% of the fuel used by cars.

Maybe it will take a while for the news to sink in, and at the actual ceremony, it might be a blast.

I'd have to wait around for her life to fall apart and that could take a while.

It may take a while, but then again; life is a journey. It's an ongoing process, so you might as well enjoy yourself.

The reformers seem to have won the argument, though it may take a while longer for that to become clear.

Did you always know that this activity was fun for you, or did it take a while to figure it out?

So some rational investors are beginning to see value emerging, but it will take a while for the market's confidence to be rebuilt.

Often the user interface does not seem to support making calls asynchronously, since the UI is blocking on a call that may take a while.

Don't be silly. They just take a while to open up to new people.

That tightening of credit still looks at least several months off, if not longer, and could take a while to unfold.

Peter Orszag: I would agree with Bill that this is going to take a while.

It may take a while for the application to complete some initialization and respond with the next screen.

Note that this technique can take a while to perfect, but practice makes perfect.

It may take a while to fully comprehend what this new capability entails, but you are encouraged to think on it for a bit.

I think we are going to take a while to wait until they get back to the good quality they used to renowned for. " Said another US citizen. "

With Germany about to enter its own election campaign, it may take a while to say yes to America.

Mr. Lee said he thought it could take a while, though, before China takes more dramatic steps to liberalize trading in its currency.

Also, because shyness is a habit, it's going to take a while to condition your mind to think more confidently.

Foreign players with a distinctly different football cultural upbringing may take a while to settle into playing a different style of play.

all this could take a while. i guess i`ll have to take the cake back.

Finally, structural reforms will take a while to have impact but efforts to boost productivity, growth and employment should start today.

It's going to take a while to distill these ideas into the perfect product and a viable market.

It may take a while to adjust to the fact that you're going to have a baby.

If anyone leaves you money in an inheritance, it may take a while for the courts to sort things out.

"This could take a while, " one of my travelling companions muttered.

This may take a while to clean up. A new world record for the number of dominoes toppled in one go has been set in the Netherlands.

It may take a while, since the files you're grabbing include a complete Linux source tree.

If the mail file contains significant amounts of data, it may take a while to make this data available within Microsoft Outlook.

To judge from the pace of the deal-making so far, it may take a while.

I have to add that this is a process prone to a lot of trial and error, so it might take a while until you are satisfied with the results.

It's going to take a while for them to understand that you are serious and truly thankful.

Most of the country's debt need not be refinanced for years, so it would take a while before higher rates fed through.

it may take a while to see improvements on the physical level since that is last place that usually shows up.

Of course it will take a while, Dick, he said. It did.

It may take a while, but people will soon notice that you're becoming a confident and lively speaker.

It will take a while to repair the confidence of the general public.

Although it's not that prohibitive for this small class, if the class had many more fields, it would take a while.

The pecking order of winners and losers among the broadcasters will take a while to fathom.

Mr. Badger: Well. . . Sometimes these things take a while. But as soon as it arrives, I'll come directly to your house first, hmm?

This process will take a while, so relax and let the system do its job.

This is not a big problem. Listeners might take a while to get used to your style of speech but your actual pronunciation is amazingly good.

'It's going to take a while to work through the housing bubble, but we can mitigate some of the issues, ' Mr. Bush said.

This economic healing will take a while, and there may be setbacks along the way.

it may take a while to get used to the short follow through.

If you do choose to get a global view, understand it might take a while for Performance Expert to return data.

"Transportation will take a while to improve, another two to three years to completely solve this bottleneck, " said Zhang.

Note: If you have large mail or news folders, some of these operations may take a while. Please be patient.

That will take a while, but it ensures that the list is consistent with the data at Amazon.

Villages have been wiped out, schools wiped out, but it will take a while to make sure we have a good understanding of what the needs are.

It may take a while to realize that someone routinely comes up with such time-saving insights.

Let me see. Oh, my God. This is going to take a while.

Understanding for yourself that a process should be difficult or will take a while to conplete gives you the stamina to keep at it.

This may take a while for me to explain, but you all should know.

So it may take a while for the property of struggling borrowers to trickle onto the market.

However, it will take a while to fully implement and until then the international financial system will stay under stress.

That resulted in long wait times, and restaurants even had signs up warning customers that their food may take a while.

Large sites may take a while, but this one should only take a few seconds.

China's recent history is less reassuring, so it will take a while before foreigners feel secure keeping their savings in yuan.

This will take a while depending on your internet connection.

Also, companies will most likely find another place to manufacture cheaply. But that could take a while.

It will take a while for these energies to unify throughout all of your universe .

Like any change it will take a while for it to become a habit.

But that will take a while, and modern businesses run "just-in-time" inventory policies with very little slack.

But those projects take a while to get going, leaving the industry with too much, too soon.

It might take a while but, I guess I'll manage waiting till then.

The potency of Serie A could take a while to be restored fully.

but I think it's gonna take a while before the stimulus package kicks in, before the housing market can begin to recover.

Domestic customers may take a while to notice, but energy-intense industries will squawk.

If so, revolution is going to take a while.

The first few times it may take a while, but it will get easier and faster with practice.

Some people won't respond to email (or take a while to respond) but reply immediately when you contact them with Twitter direct messages.

Running the above command will take a while, and it will be largely dependent on your network connection speed.

e. g. This speech may take a while, so please bear with me.

The update process may take a while if many updates need to be installed.

Fortunately, I have my own places to hide out while I wait for emotional maturity to show up, which could take a while.

It may take a while to get accustomed to less salt, but once your tastes adjust, you may not want to go back.

It's gonna take a while to enter them all in, so I don't know whether to stick to the new cellphone or the old cell phone.

It will take a while for this surplus to be cleared.

An egg that is almost white. It has markings on it that resemble cracks, but it is rather tough. It looks like it'd take a while to hatch.

Note that it may take a while for the server to send you the first newsfeed items after you subscribe.

This will quite possibly take a while, so go watch a TV show or do some web surfing while you wait.

Unlike in fashion, in central banking the underlying trend can take a while to spot.

Of your symptoms will take a while, I'm afraid.

Thunderbird will download all your Gmail emails - this will take a while.

This may take a while, depending on the number of users you are exporting.

Custom events are again a feature of XForms that take a while to fully appreciate.

We also realize that the outside-in SOA model may take a while to develop.

Be patient, since it will start the application server in debug mode and could take a while.

Self-censorship has become ingrained, and overcoming that will take a while.

But it's going to take a while for America to catch up.

Turning the new knowledge into treatments will still take a while.

This will probably take a while, since you may not even know what each service is doing, let alone how it relates to other services.

She's running it now, crossing it with make and model, but that could take a while.

Oh, and find food. Reaching the Sorcerer seems like it could take a while.

Be warned, this is long list and for those with slow internet connection, it might take a while to load.

So "Meh! " could take a while to catch on - and some people may hope that it never does.

Applying marked changes. This may take a while. . .

It's going to take a while for the dust to settle.

It does take a while to get used to.

To teach is to know it may take a while.

No problem. It will take a while. Please wait a moment.

The paper is jammed in the copier and it has to take a while to warm up. I'm afraid you have to wait a moment.

This does take a while to get used to if this is new to you.

It's an itch we know we are gonna scratch Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch But wouldn't it be beautiful?

Ben Gordon , who had five points, said it could take a while to adjust to the new faces.

IF we take all the weapons so far, easy. making new stuff will take a while. what it gonna be ?

This may take a while depending on the amount of data in your account.

It can take a while for all users' purchases to be processed but it's a start.

It may take a while, but I am sure we can run down the order and find out who issued in.

She might take a while at the inspection.

Traceroute may take a while to complete.

It may take a while, but someone will come along who approaches the game the way I did.

Some things take a while to percolate.

JULIE: Well, that could take a while.

But right now we're selling a lot of cows, and selling a lot of calves, and it'll take a while to build that back up.

It will take a while to break the habit that has been around a long time.

The full import may take a while to sink in.

But that too will take a while to appear.

Tracy: That could take a while.

Trust me, it'll take a while before it's lit.

If you have to display a 50 lines code, this may take a while to manually convert HTML symbols.

It might take a while to change the conversation habits that's been ingrained throughout your life, but it is very possible.

This operation might take a while but will make the geometry displayed be faster.

Although this might take a while I think it is a really low budget project.

This could take a while.

you need to sit down, this may take a while.

However, it can take a while before external metrics show results.

Your trip may take a while but you will get there in the end.

I have some long term goals that will probably take a while to accomplish (like killing my day job).

At the same time, new bosses need to take a while to make strategic decisions.

It will take a while to learn the ropes, but soon you will be working here like a pro.

It may take a while, but it can save some serious head scratching in the future.

It can take a while to actually think about it and realize their advice makes no sense at all.

I'm going to see some friends from out of state The very trip that you were supposed to take a while

"It's going to take a while to get in place a programme that, one, is effective and, two, doesn't waste taxpayers' money, " said Bush.

Monine: This may take a while. . . . Let's talk about the people here.

This is a one-time step that can take a while, but is worth it.

The medical scanners picked up some deadly radiation poisoning. Would you like us to attempt a healing? It will take a while.

It will take a while. As for the team, we are not there yet - but you have to remember we have a lot of issues, such as injuries.

Note: It may take a while for the application to complete some initialization and respond with the next screen; please be patient and,

Coming to another country to study requires a big adjustment and it take a while to fit in.

Do not talk when the teacher is talking. (Be patient! Fixing this might take a while. )

Gonna take a while for this egg to hatch