Six years seemed an appropriate period, neither too short nor too long.

I'm pretty tall.

So you see, if we sacrifice or risk our lives, it is because we in Africa have suffered too long and need your help.

Over and above the tribute it pays to the work of hydrographers, the annual event will allow us to promote a scientific field that has remained in the shadows for too long.

In other words, it is theoretically possible that before too long we will be biotechnologically capable of creating human beings that glow in the dark.

The international community must intensify its engagement in helping the parties to end a conflict which for far too long has tormented the region and its peoples.

A probe inside a test device could transmit information by heating a plate of metal to incandescence, an event that could be recorded at the far end of a long, very straight pipe.

I don't think they lasted very long.

Things were better long ago.

Etymology The Hadean was a very violent period in the history of Earth.

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

I have loved a weird and long story to learn what I know so far.

But it's been very exciting. It's been very happy.

But there are still very lengthy procedures there that slow things down.

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.

This is an astonishing amount of progress in a remarkably short period of time in human history.

Waiting 10 years for the payoff from education is too long when you need to meet daily needs, when you've got siblings to look after or a business to help with.

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.

It's actually part of a very long story, a great story, that began billions of years ago.

And in summer, it's almost manic hunting and working activity very long hours, very active.

For example, chronic wounds often remain in the inflammatory stage for too long.

The issue of Security Council reform has been on the agenda of the General Assembly for a very long time.

He welcomed the fact that the period of deportation detention 28 days was very short.

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.