Example sentences of "[noun pl] be a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | But three months is a long time in Euro-politics . |
| 2 | ‘ Ten months is a long time to be apart and then to be brought together to compete against such a good , experienced team as the Lions , ’ said Grant Fox , New Zealand 's masterly goal kicker . |
| 3 | ‘ If he was a priority , six months is a long time , especially for a child . |
| 4 | If a week is a long time in politics , two days were a long time in the right hon. and learned Gentleman 's life last week . |
| 5 | But two weeks is a long time when the markets believe that the Government has no clear policy . |
| 6 | Five weeks is a long time to spend on a boat with only 20 people , and the scientists traded stories and theories the entire time . |
| 7 | Yeah , but eight weeks is a long time . |
| 8 | The ‘ Beeb ’ has been kind to its commentators — thirty years is a long time in television — and they in turn have served it well , adjusting cleverly to the growing informality of broadcasting without ever quite forgetting the august institution in which ‘ they serve ’ . |
| 9 | Gover is matter-of-fact about it , but 61 years is a long time . |
| 10 | In the beginning Lorna 's illustrious co-stars frequently appeared ; Paul Newman came once , Jo remembered , but three years is a long time in Hollywood and now lunches were becoming more intimate . |
| 11 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 12 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 13 | ‘ Twelve years is a long time . |
| 14 | ‘ Nine years is a long time . |
| 15 | Ten years is a long time in the world of books , but I do remember there was not nearly such a fuss over the original 1983 list : a rather uncomfortable party in some medical establishment , a few diary paragraphs and that was it . |
| 16 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 17 | Twenty years is a long time . |
| 18 | Five years is a long time ; people change . ’ |
| 19 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 20 | But twelve days was a long time . |
| 21 | And Peter Brook 's powerful adaptation of William Golding 's Lord of the Flies was a long time on the shelf before securing a release in 1963 . |
| 22 | Thirty years was a long time to stay with one company . |
| 23 | Twenty years was a long time to bear dependence if your spirit craved something stronger and your intelligence rebelled at continual submission to powers who neither , Anna felt , knew or cared how she and Peter lived . |
| 24 | Ten years was a long time , Mary thought . |
| 25 | The relative speed with which emancipation came about after he ascended the throne gives the impression that he addressed himself to it with enthusiasm , but even in Russian politics six years was a long time . |
| 26 | Nonetheless , two microseconds is a long time compared with many things that happen in and around the atomic nucleus , and the muon has a chance to initiate several fusions before it dies . |
| 27 | These whirlwind developments were a long time in the planning but the results came with staggering speed and remarkable good nature and co-operation which finally sees the rugby world totally united once again but with a new combined force lurking below the equator . |
| 28 | Wise men are a long time in the ship |
| 29 | " The police are a long time getting here , " he said . |
| 30 | the T V adverts thirty seconds is a long time |