The phrase "a considerable lag between" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a significant delay or difference in time or progress between two events or processes.
Example: "There was a considerable lag between the initial announcement and the actual implementation of the new policy."
Alternatives: "a significant delay in" or "a substantial gap between".
Moreover there is a considerable lag between the actual synthesis and the publication of the patent so that recent changes in use have probably not been picked up.
In particular there can be a considerable lag between climate becoming suitable in any one place and colonisation by a species through dispersal [ 3].
We found that there was a considerable lag between the south north Z rate differences and Z rates of a designated area.
Retrospective analysis of the Utah outbreak showed that using the state's usual surveillance methods, which relied on cases confirmed by a doctor's diagnosis, left a considerable lag between when cases began and when the state was notified.
Two vaccine serotypes, HPV16 and 18, are responsible for cervical cancer and other HPV-related cancers, but the impact of the 4HPV vaccine on these cancers cannot be seen immediately as there is a considerable lag between infection with HPV and cancer development.
Additionally, there is a considerable lag time between baseline measurements and diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancer.
However, these authors utilized a single baseline assessment of mood, often with a considerable lag time between psychological assessment and injury.
Nephrology has lagged behind other specialties in clinical translation of basic research advances, and there is also a considerable lag time between clinical advances and their widespread implementation into daily clinical practice.
Our models and the subsequent forecasts do not take into account trends in tobacco consumption, which remains the most important causative factor for COPD in Australia, or the fact that there is a considerable "lag time" between consumption and COPD mortality.
Since there may be a considerable lag time between the underlying condition and the diagnosis of ESRD and because the underlying renal disease itself may have led to the use of analgesics, four index dates preceding the actual diagnosis of ESRD were defined.
The recent experience shows that a considerable lag time exists between the unequivocal demonstration and the increase in the use of important and even lifesaving drugs such as ace-inhibitors for congestive heart failure; nevertheless, rate of use still remains far from the optimal one [ 34, 35].
