1.   It takes an average of nine months to get a green card application processed, officials said.

2.   Take the average of those ratios and multiply by a hundred.

3.   Take averages of the classes.

4.   And diagnosis, the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association says, takes an average of five years and seven doctors.

5.   At the present time, it takes an average of six months before an applicant is granted an oral interview and test.

6.   Because a thermopile sensor takes an average of five temperature readings, it must be left in the ear several seconds longer than necessary with a pyroelectric ear thermometer.

7.   A similar survey published by Age Net Inc. and distributed by the drug company Merck-Medco also found seniors taking an average of seven medications daily.

8.   Hauling all that over one trail took an average of three months.

9.   In cases where no error was found, it took an average of nine years from the time of sentencing to execution, the report found.

10.   It now takes an average of two years between commission of the crime and sentencing.