The phrase "a while to refine" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the time needed to improve or perfect something, such as a process, idea, or product.
Example: "The project took a while to refine before we were satisfied with the final outcome."
Alternatives: "some time to improve" or "a period to enhance".
In the urgency post I talked about creating artificial deadlines that get you to dig into the same creative urgency while giving yourself a buffer to refine your ideas.
And while we work as a company to refine our storytelling and our deft bond as an ensemble, memories swirl around me -- memories of my father and wonderings about what it was really like for him to have made and be making these little selves my siblings and I were.
While CPMw allows to refine the module search, it still differs significantly from our approach.
To this end, he collaborated with Emmy Award winning writer Winnie Holzman to develop the outline of the plot over the course of a year while meeting with producer Marc Platt to refine the structural outline of the show, spinning an original stage piece rather than creating a strict adaptation of Maguire's work.
"While we'll continue to refine the expansive, attacking play for which the club is famous," said the Irishman.
Over the years, while P.M. Dawn continued to refine their sound, they stood increasingly alone musically and lyrically.
Previously, the service was running as a private beta while the Austrian startup continued to refine the service — specifically its natural language processing technology and "deep service integration".
While Path is allowing users to refine their friends down to an Inner Circle, it won't introduce other circles for users to corral their friends into.
These will be used to refine the query, while other displayed results have no effect on the reformulation.
Some, like Mr. Rucci and Yves Saint Laurent, prefer to refine their ideas, while others like to leave something unpolished.
