Sentence examples for Lapse of time from inspiring English sources

But the long lapse of time was hard to bridge.

Of course, the trial was necessary – the lapse of time did not erase the offence.

"It's not so clear that the lapse of time always favors the defendant," Mr. Rosen said.

There was a considerable lapse of time before the history of Greek writing resumed at Byzantium.

Because of the great lapse of time, the landscape in the identified areas had also changed significantly.

Resistance develops in a population only after a lapse of time measured in several or many generations.

This, though, is not the greatest lapse of time between an exaggerated report of death and the reality.

She was pregnant a year later -- which lapse of time, although abbreviated by today's standards, she calls "an accomplishment in and of itself".

You may think you know them through and through but then, after a lapse of time (in which you have aged), they startle you again.

"Making people relate to a certain mood or emotion, or to give them an escape for a brief lapse of time, I guess that's my mission," he said.

Other letter writers said the media were too fixated on the lapse of time in reporting the accident and should be asking President Bush the tough questions.