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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a long time only" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a duration or exclusivity, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "I waited a long time only to find out that the event was canceled."
Alternatives: "only for a long time" or "just a long time".
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For a long time only dimeric structure of wild-type hCC has been known.
For a long time, only one area of human activity appeared to be immune.
First, any growth may be so anaemic that unemployment will for a long time only worsen.
But it is so complex that for a long time only eccentrics studied it.
It was my first, and for a long time only, experience of modern drama.
"For a long time only people like me could do this, people with parents or grandparents who could teach them.
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Philosophers have expounded on happiness for a long time, but only relatively recently have psychologists taken much of an interest.
People have been working on HIV research for a long time, but only recently has the tone shifted.
Fretting has been known for a long time but only recently the forms of wear which distinguish it from other wear processes have been identified.
The plants stay green a long time but make only leaves, no flowers.
The assertion has thus been around for a very long time - only the proof has been lacking.
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