Sentence examples for takes to check from inspiring English sources

I put my JustGiving page together one night in February, in about the time it takes to check Facebook after a day at work.

It has also created an expectation that all tasks can be accomplished as quickly as it takes to check a Wikipedia page.

Microsoft today is introducing a new application aimed at reducing the time it takes to check and respond to email while on your smartphone.

You are out in the open for as long as it takes to check the people in front of you - longer than it normally takes to cross what they call the "UK Border" at airports these days.

Forget about touching and screen at all and fire up the app's QR code reader — if guests have a printed ticket, all it takes to check them in is a quick pass over the barcode.

The relatively small amount of time it takes to check your local hunting authority's website is well worth the money you'll avoid in the form of fines if you break the law.

After the car was about a year old, steps were taken to check the alarming disintegration.

How long does it take to check the immigration status of someone whom the police have detained?

"We get everything from the time it took to check in to how long room service delivery took," she added.

He said he had been assured by business secretary Vince Cable that "great care" was taken to check the remaining licences.

Here the testimony is likely to be more skimpy, evasive and self-serving, and special care must be taken to check it against other sources.