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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a long time certainly" is not standard in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts where you want to emphasize the certainty of a long duration, but it would be clearer with rephrasing.
Example: "It has been a long time certainly since we last met."
Alternatives: "definitely a long time" or "certainly a lengthy period".
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I've loved Rome for as long as for a long time, certainly from the age that you are now.
Migrating just over 2m items of content was going to take a long time, certainly more than office hours.
With the exception of the United States, the working class remained a massive, recognisable bloc for a long time – certainly well into the 1970s.
Sixteen years is a long time — certainly longer than the sixty days of congressional inaction contemplated by the War Powers Act.
The country has been on the EU's naughty step for a long time, certainly since 2004 when Athens sensationally announced its previous government "misreported" expenditures.
It's been a good ride and a long time, certainly months.
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But if we are honest, the factors influencing the cultural selection of technology have been complex for a very long time, certainly at least since our ancestors began to embellish tools, living structures, and the landscape with symbols.
And I haven't felt that in a long, long time, certainly not in television.
That memory lasted a long time and certainly won the manager no support in the office.
Maybe it had been on the wall for a long time, but certainly not when his mother died.
By any reasonable standard, that's going to be a long time coming — certainly not in 2013, and probably not for at least two to three more years".
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