Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] is a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | The method can work if there is a long time for the change-over , if both channels can be kept open and if it does not matter that the two systems are being used haphazardly . |
| 2 | I can not get myself to react with critical coolness towards this music ; every tissue , every nerve vibrates in me and it is a long time since I had such an enduring feeling of rapture as when listening to the latter overture . " |
| 3 | Some day we will be married ; I am certain of it , but it is a long time to wait till I am of age and we must think of some other way before then . |
| 4 | In the cases that I have mentioned everything is in order — all the forms have been filled in and returned by the contractor , the work has been completed satisfactorily — but it is a long time before the cheque is processed and the contractor paid . |
| 5 | The intuition behind this result is that , when there is a long time to the delivery date , there is still much time for new information to affect the delivery price , and therefore any single piece of information is relatively unimportant . |
| 6 | The current yield is therefore only really useful when there is a long time to maturity , in which case the capital gain or loss element will be small . |