Before long, she is cheating on her boyfriend and swooning into Song s arms and bed.

Before long, an effort to document and publish the truth will be necessary.

Before long, allies in the war against fascism split apart in a Cold War.

About 1 million people per year will soon die from smoking in China and India.

Not long after that, it was annexed by the Normans.

But, without a new leadership that is willing to implement them, it will be a long time before Libya turns a new page.

You watch. It doesn't take long before two guys here this one and one that will show up over here start to fight.

King David lived to be 70, a long time in his era.

It will not be long before even Europe's more respectable conservative parties reach for rhetoric about foreigners coming here to feast off of our taxes.

As a result, it will likely be a long time before we can assess the success of whatever law the US Congress ultimately enacts.

It wasn t long before several states violated the Stability and Growth Pact.

It is anticipated that given these multiple shocks, including drought, freezing rains, and flooding, there will be a considerable lag time before most pastoralists will begin to recover.

And the Talmud saw this a long time ago, saying, We see things not as they are, but as we are.

Provisions like those setting up a Commission of 25 and perhaps soon 30 members will probably be changed before long, because they are simply not viable.

While knowledge of the plan was initially confined largely to Kenyan government officials, it was not long before its contours began to be revealed.

Unfortunately, many countries have committed themselves to precisely this illusion, and it may be a long time before they take heed of Greenspan s most important lesson.

I have been waiting here for a long time.

They have long become obsolete.

After an eight month revolution that devastated the country, Libyans are demanding real reforms.

Before too long, Russia s managed (read authoritarian) modernization will also have to allow for the rule of law and a functioning separation of powers, or the country will remain dependent on oil and gas prices and mired in a brutal struggle for power, influence, and money.

In fact, it had been a long time since I'd seen you.

It's been forever since I didn't go to the beach.

I haven't been fishing in a long time.

Time passed, and they thought he had surely forgotten them, Then as time passed, at the end of almost two years, they thought, Well, perhaps our father has died.

This change comes at a crucial time for the world economy.

It takes children a long time to break into the system.

It took me a long time to explain that I'm not her and that she's not me.

On one hand, this is a long time coming.

The line is huge, so I guess I just have to give up .

It's been a long while since we had such fine weather.

Holding a referendum would require considerable time and resources.

History The original TADS 1 was released by High Energy Software as shareware in 1988, and was followed by TADS 2 not long after.

I lost hope in freedom of the press in Jordan a long time ago.

For too long, Africa has remained the backwater of development.

They've been around a long time, have been very important to coast communities.

Not long after, I was fitted with hearing aids.

But it has been a while since Indians and Chinese had much to do with each other.

Joseph Kony has been doing this for a very, very, very long time.

Immunization of children was provided long before independence.

I think this has been a long time coming, tensions between the two states have been rising exponentially over the years, and it's kind of like a bubble that had to burst.

As 2005 draws to a close, we recognize that there is not very much time before the Tribunal is supposed to complete its work in accordance with the completion strategy.

Political departments are understandably reticent to announce the effect of armed conflicts on treaties when they are currently embroiled in a conflict, and considerable time often passes before the effect of a given armed conflict on a treaty becomes an issue in the judiciary.

They are unique. They are useful sometimes, often a long time after the fact.

Apart from traditional diplomacy, they should have transmitted the feelings of its public to those on the other side of the border.

Such comprehensive strategies should have been put in place long ago.