Sentence examples for may take about from inspiring English sources

The process may take about a year.

This may take about 10 minutes.

An announced cut of 750,000 barrels may take about 500,000 barrels out of production.

Tumlin said that it may take about three weeks for the appeals court to decide the case, should the Justice Department pursue an emergency appeal.

The only annoyance you may find with the AT&T unit is that whenever it is rebooted, as home networks sometimes are, it may take about 20 minutes to come back online.

"Whatever view one may take about the performance of Mr Atkinson, or any other [referee], respect for their integrity is essential for the integrity of the game," wrote Craig Moore QC, the barrister who chaired the commission.

At the present rate of 8mm a year it may only take about 25 years to raise levels 20cm, enough to permanently waterlog and destroy the land and drinking water of as many as 10 million people in the south of the country.

You may want to take about 3 inches (7.6 cm) of yarn and tie it into the tail the whole way up and down if you want it to look mangy.

"Look up" the word in the average sized desk dictionary where it may "take up" about 1/4 of a page and can "add up" to about thirty definitions.

Reading a random 10% of student concept maps, for example 30 submissions from a 300-person class, may take only about 30 min but yields a variety of insights that can guide decisions about what to clarify or when to embark upon new concepts for the next class session.

So far, I have analyzed employment and earnings adjustments separately, even though the employer may take decisions about employment and earnings simultaneously.