Sentence examples for long time up from inspiring English sources

It plays single, arrhythmic, unison-drone notes that last for a long time — up to a half-minute, say — and then change.

They can live for a really long time – up to 30-40 years – in the largest aggregation of mammals on the planet.

ON HEALTH BENEFITS: STATEMENT "Now health benefits for public-sector workers in New Jersey, for a long time, up until this past spring, were free, and I mean free".

For example, they noted that "Audits can take a long time, up to several hours for large residential houses.

While depthMap provides a common platform for VGA on a low-end computer system, the measurement may take a relatively long time (up to hours) on such systems depending on the geometry of the floor plan (or street plan).

Intensifying forest management to achieve short-term objectives could produce a reduction of stand productivity that would influence tree growth for very long time (up to several centuries), if such management is continuously implemented at the same stand.

Standing balance as the longest time, up to a maximum of 30 s, that the cohort member could maintain a one-legged stand with eyes closed.

Standing balance time was measured as the longest time, up to a maximum of 30 seconds, for which participants could maintain a one-legged stance in a standard position with their eyes closed.

Standing balance time was measured, using a stopwatch, as the longest time, up to a maximum of 30 seconds, participants could maintain a one-legged stance in a standard position with their eyes closed.

If Senate memory serves, it was long-time "up-or-down confirmation vote" advocate John Cornyn who stated: "What the American people want and expect is that we...will not degenerate into partisan finger-pointing or name-calling, nor obstruction".

A basic challenge for biomolecular simulations is the necessity to study comparatively large and complex structures in the order of at least tens of nanometers for comparatively long times up to the microseconds scale.