11.   Although the work has been completed, the damage will take many years to repair.

12.   But the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed that ruling, saying any damages should not take the pay raise into account.

13.   But the emotional damage could take longer to repair.

14.   Fixing all the damage will take at least two years, said environment minister Pavle Gantar.

15.   Hotel workers initially guided audience members out of the building, but let people back in after determining no major damage had taken place.

16.   The damage already has taken its toll.

17.   The damage is taking place on a far larger scale than flooding this summer in Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

18.   The peat mat is so delicate that damage can take generations to recover, says Lombard.

19.   Damage would take months to repair, an official said.

20.   McKinnon, however, said the damage will take years to repair.