11.   An outlet sale can thus take seconds, while a phone sale can take three minutes or more.

12.   And in another echo of Coke strategy, Anheuser says it understands the need to make large investments of money and patience overseas before sales take off.

13.   And, she added, sales are generally taking longer to make.

14.   At first, sales take off, revenues grow pleasingly and the entry is praised as a smart move.

15.   A forward sale takes place when miners sell gold borrowed from central banks which they will replace later with metal mined from their own deposits.

16.   Absorbing central bank sales may take time.

17.   After a strong first half of the year, sales statewide took something of a breather during the third quarter.

18.   But how much better things might have been if the sale had taken place long ago.

19.   But instead of tracking only sales, the systems also track the cashiers, looking for unusual patterns even as sales are taking place.

20.   But sales took off.