Example sentences of "[ex0] be a long time " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a long time until anyone has to think about Christmas shopping . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was a long time — several lifetimes — when the only sound was the clatter of the rain against the window , then Vitor walked to the cot . |