In California it can take weeks or even months to get approval for an oil rig.
"I think we're talking not days, weeks or even months, but years, " Acheson said.
It can take days, weeks, even months if there is a legal dispute between the principals.
So I can see why the Atlantic would want to discuss it, even months later.
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One official said the high alert could remain in place for weeks or even months.
Several commentators say the negotiations could take weeks or even months, which will make Brussels nervous.
Unable to bridge the divide even months after the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) had expired, the NHL eventually canceled the season.
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Many big acts do not break even until they have been on the road for weeks, or even months.
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That means personal information that's removed from a social networking site is still visible days or even months later.
It can takes weeks or even months, if law enforcement is lucky, to trace a gun back to its origin.
The whole situation over the last few weeks, even months, seems to be such a terrible shame for cricket in Zimbabwe.
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We could release our products weeks or even months earlier, but we really go the extra mile to tune the user experience.
That means people can get 4G service from a site (or sites) weeks or even months before a particular market officially launches.
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Even months later, Time named Wolfe-Simon to its annual Time 100 list of the most important people in the country.
In the current system, such notification could take days, weeks, even months, unnecessarily exposing more of the public to these diseases for longer.
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Convening a focus group or performing traditional market research to gauge the impact of a campaign, in contrast, might take weeks or even months.
And it will take weeks or even months for the winners to form an effective coalition government, said Fadel Lamen, president of the American-Libyan Council.
The second, "white wedding" -- with a guest list at the reception potentially running into the thousands -- could follow days or even months later.
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Whether foreign money was allowed to influence U.S. elections is a central focus of Thompson's probe, which is expected to continue for weeks, perhaps even months.
The biggest companies have been Y2K-ready for weeks, even months.
The survivors will heal in time, but survivors, witnesses, and emergency personnel are all at risk from psychological trauma that can appear weeks or even months after the explosions.
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It may take many hours, days, weeks, even months (depending on your backlog) to go through each pile and e-mail, but once you do it you are on your way.
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Experts also warn that rain may bring secondary disasters such as mudslides and damage to dams in the days or even months after Saturday's earthquake, South China Morning Post adds.
Social amplification and tag-based discovery are core to the Tumblr platform, giving content staying power, with many posts receiving reblogs and likes days, weeks and even months after the original post.
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The suspension ordered by the court does not specify a time period for the same so it could be days, weeks or even months before work can resume on the Chilean side.
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That usually softens up potential jurors, but there are still those who don't want to serve, particularly if the trial is a high-profile one that could take days, weeks or even months.
Some are warning that it could be a matter of weeks, or even months, before electricity is restored to all of the millions who lost it in the wake of the storm.
This comes after numerous complaints that some agencies and businesses have been offering low grade apprenticeships that only last for a few weeks or even months, in exchange for cheap labour and government funding.
It's hard work, really hard work, often requiring tremendous resources (lactation consultants, machines that make you feel like a dairy cow, shields and all sorts of bizarre contraptions) that can take weeks, even months, to get right.
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