It takes about five minutes -- trust me, I'm not known to be a patient guy, and it didn't take more than a few minutes when I bought a rifle this past November.

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It takes about five minutes.

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It takes less than five minutes to throw together in a food processor and the ingredients cost next to nothing, it's wildly versatile and it keeps for a week or two in the refrigerator.

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According to the U.K. border agency, it takes between five to 10 minutes to register for IRIS and a registered traveler entering the U.K. by passing through the IRIS barrier can clear immigration in about 20 seconds.

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It takes President George Bush just five minutes to deliver his weekly radio message each Saturday.

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It may have taken you five minutes to buy them, but it takes six hours to approve them.

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It takes him half an hour to get dressed now instead of five minutes because he has to use his teeth.

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What's more is that it's really easy for them to do, and literally takes five minutes to set up.

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Even in such conditions, it takes less than 30 seconds to boost itself into operation, compared with five minutes or more for existing fuel cells.

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The file download clocks in at just over an hour (at least on our retail units ahead of launch), and the install takes another five minutes, so we'd suggest you grab it ASAP before the rest of the world is trying to hungrily snap it up as well.

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