1.   The whole programme of taking the aircraft apart is estimated to take eight weeks.

2.   Minke whales are estimated to take as many cod as fishermen are allowed to catch.

3.   However, a civil case considered to be moving on the fast track is estimated to take six months to resolve, officials said.

4.   The shipments from Colorado to South Carolina are estimated to take at least a year, assuming that Hodges agrees to let the trucks in.

5.   With disruptive repairs estimated to take five months, the studio feared financial ruin because of the difficulty of filming in the daytime.

6.   Construction is estimated to take two to three years.

7.   The first section alone is estimated to take four to six months to build.