31.   Previous searches have taken four to five months.

32.   People with knowledge of the investigation said that more searches might take place Thursday.

33.   Pieced together, those elements offered a possible explanation for why the search has taken so long with so little apparent progress.

34.   Regardless, a search will likely take weeks, and the playoffs could play a role in whom the Nets choose to succeed Beard.

35.   Searches usually take only a few seconds, and reservations can be confirmed online.

36.   So he advises the Shapiros not to give up, even if the search takes months.

37.   Some think that his search need not take him outside his own home.

38.   State officers said they expected the full search to take three days.

39.   The average search takes two to three months, according to general manager Mary Arcana, although it ranges from one day to several years.

40.   The crew fell behind schedule as the search took more time than expected.