71.   The project took several months from design to completion.

72.   The project will take at least two years.

73.   The project will take up to two years to produce a rough draft.

74.   The project has taken about five years to complete.

75.   The project is taking shape on a steeply sloping site.

76.   The project never took off, but the spirit of it harked back to the days when artists and scientists worked side by side.

77.   The project took a year longer than planned, and unexpected structural conditions caused the price to rise, too.

78.   The project took two years from first putting pencil to paper to the opening of the cafe, last February.

79.   The project will take at least five years of development before construction begins.

80.   The project could take as little as a year and a half to two years, Ms. Brooks said.