Sentence examples for lengthy set up from inspiring English sources

Lengthy set up times between bands (a norm for rock shows) stretched out the entertainment for several hours, and Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti didn't hit the stage until after my friend had to leave.

But current checking methods, generally involving laser scanning, are expensive and require lengthy set-up.

It's a big, slow story, but King knows how to keep a pulse of suspense throbbing even in the lengthy set-up.

Traditionally, laser frequency is locked to the reference through analogue loops, which may require a lengthy set-up and a manual search for the reference to which to lock the source.

Elsewhere, Paloma Faith playing herself in quasi-caricature strikes a discordant note, while a mournful appearance by a portly football-icon lookalike provides a lengthy set-up for a single joke.

Existing eye-tracking technologies tend to require a lengthy set-up process, a problem which is not an issue with Sideways.

He also contends that many rivals are saddled with "lengthy set-up and heavy maintenance requirements" which makes them "extortionately expensive".

Seems that the NFL required prerecorded music to eliminate the possibilities of technical snafus and lengthy set-up time... and the guys complied but went through the motions of performing live, fake-playing their unplugged instruments on stage.

Both players had their chances in the deciding frame of the evening but Trump held his nerve after a lengthy safety exchange to set up a nail-biting final session.

Zak Hardaker, the Leeds and England full-back, is in danger of a lengthy suspension after the Rugby Football League set up an investigation into an allegation that he called James Child, the referee for last Friday's Super League defeat at Warrington, a "fucking fag".

After lengthy talks, they agree to set up a joint banking supervisory body for the eurozone as a prelude to forging closer ties between the bloc's banks.