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The phrase "a lengthy distance" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing a considerable or significant distance between two points.
Example: "The hikers had to travel a lengthy distance to reach the summit of the mountain."
Alternatives: "a great distance" or "a long distance".
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In Marquez's case, elbow-dragging in MotoGP is not uncommon but he has taken it to the extreme, dragging his elbow for a lengthy distance in every corner and leaning body and bike considerably more than his rivals.
Despite a lengthy distance to travel from most team bases, the event promoters offered each team a six-figure sum of money, as well as paying for all expenses.
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With his professed infatuation, a light flirtation evolved into a lengthy long distance courtship of weekly letters, with Fitzgerald aware of her uncommitted dating of other men.
Safety in Jakarta, a dense metropolis plagued by traffic jams and petty street crime, has long been a concern of women who commute lengthy distances to work and often return home after dark.
Safety issues are paramount for girls, and parents are reluctant to allow their daughters to trek the often lengthy distances to pursue their tertiary education.
After Lad's wound is treated, he enjoys praise from the Mistress then travels some distance from home to enjoy a lengthy session of barking.
Then comes the long-distance relationship and, often, marriage despite a lengthy immigration process which can take up to two years.
Genetic distances between well supported clades (mean of 10.6% Kimura 2-parameter) are consistent with a lengthy period of evolutionary independence between the two sibling species [32], reflected in the substantial genetic distance between the two invasive haplotypes (10.1%).
China's No. 2 telecommunications company has won a lengthy struggle with the industry giant China Telecom for access to its domestic long-distance lines, according to a company official.
The observed mean pairwise distance between the samples collected from the HCW was 3.89 SNPs, suggestive of a lengthy carriage time or a nonstrict bottleneck size.
NC cells invade the bowel and migrate through the mesenchyme in a process that is lengthy in distance traveled and time required.
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