The first option offered par bonds carrying a low interest rate, a long grace period of 26 years and a final maturity of 33 years (until 2038).

Things were better long ago.

The Carraresi period was a long period of restlessness, for the Carraresi were constantly at war.

The meagre concession for Valentine s Day, enabling a pathetic export of 25,000 flowers, was just that meagre and pathetic.

By the usual standards of financial crises, three years is a long time.

Chicago has long been a home for many European immigrants.

NEW YORK Long ago, I worked as an analyst on Wall Street.

It's been too long since Egyptian bloggers came together under the same opinion.

He had gone to the forest long before to meditate.

Historically, urban issues had been marginalized in the development agenda.

For losses which occurred over an extended period, the Panel has used the rate which represents the mean of the monthly rates during the period of the losses.

But Beethoven composed music long after he lost his hearing.

The bad news is that ten years is a long time.

Banks in Kazakhstan have experienced a lengthy period of political stability and economic growth.

Horses can become anxious or stressed if there are long periods of time between meals.

It was constructed over a longer period of time, and contains different layers of writing.

Holders of both state and federal bonds were thus offered a basket of long dated bonds, some with an interest rate of 3 , and others with 6 (with a ten year grace period).

For children in institutions, five years is a long time to wait.

Otherwise, we can expect a long period of stagnation, punctuated by periodic financial crises.

Members have all worked long and hard, particularly over recent weeks.

It was difficult, however, to follow the ramifications of certain acts over a long period.

lCERs may not be carried over to a subsequent commitment period.

Everyone I met, I felt I knew them for as long as I could remember.

We have long understood that it is not income that matters, but consumption.

That was why, long ago, I invested in a European job board.

Rather, the payoff should be based on the average stock price over a significant period of time.

NEW YORK Long ago, I used to run a conference called PC Forum.

Europe s maritime security strategy has long been founded on two key tenets.

The process of conversion of Iranians to Islam which followed was prolonged and gradual.

It is an Islamic legal system that had been used long before the colonial administration.

Often the event is only recorded a long time after it allegedly took place.

It is increasingly difficult to justify a prolonged period of inactivity in the Conference on Disarmament.

The extensive economic and legal reforms have been realized in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a longer period of time.

During much of the previous century, governments provided the vast majority of infrastructure.

Samah Anwar tackles the dress code of Kuwaiti men, who wear a long flowing gown called a thobe.

Mind you, they'd had their fourth anniversary, because it's a long time when you're 16.

What needs to be done has long been clear.

Almost all developed economies have left recession far behind, and the danger of deflation has disappeared.

Ironically, Bob Hoffman, the owner of York Barbell, had been a long time adversary of the sport.

For too long, the Afghan people have patiently waited for a peace dividend .

Let me recall that not long ago even some European countries faced terrorism.

Subject matter Proposed removal of parents of an Australian minor to Fiji after significant passage of time in Australia

Those who have been established for a long time on the territory may have stronger rights than those who have recently arrived.

Not You must kill unbelievers in Mecca, but you can, you are allowed to, but only after a grace period is over and only if there's no other pact in place and only if they try to stop you getting to the Kaaba, and only if they attack you first.

America s current fiscal problems are rooted in a long period of unfunded spending.