Example sentences of "[noun pl] is [art] 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 | But two weeks is a long time when the markets believe that the Government has no clear policy . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Yeah , but eight weeks is a long time . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | Gover is matter-of-fact about it , but 61 years is a long time . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Three years is a long time in world politics . |
| 11 | Twenty years is a long time in the development of sexual experience . |
| 12 | ‘ Twelve years is a long time . |
| 13 | ‘ Nine years is a long time . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ Ah , Maria , six years is a long time to wait , ’ Luke murmured with a faint sardonic smile as he registered her frantic response . |
| 16 | Twenty years is a long time . |
| 17 | Five years is a long time ; people change . ’ |
| 18 | EIGHTEEN years is a long time in the life of a motor car . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | the T V adverts thirty seconds is a long time |
| 21 | 3476 , great , put your handset down , alright , you trundle there , get your coffee , get your , and erm , okay , we 've got 75 seconds , we can either let it mature , or we can access , well I suggest we access , because 75 seconds is a long time . |
| 22 | Because 24 hours is a long time for spectators to stand and watch a race , many attractions were added to the occasion to provide a gala atmosphere , including the famous fun fair . |
| 23 | Eight hours is a long time to wait to play three games , ’ said Sanchez , last year 's runner-up to Monica Seles . |
| 24 | You know , I was on the phone to a customer for fifteen to twenty minutes because they 'd had a bad experience and I was actually making an appointment for Roy to go in and that twenty minutes is a long time , and I think really if anything , it 's just brought to me really , , how little time sometimes , it 's not always the case , it does vary , that , depending on the incoming calls , depending if you 've got got through the emerging paperwork for whatever reason , how little quality time perhaps you do actually spend on the phone , making outgoing calls to sell . |