Sentence examples for set a long time from inspiring English sources

They were set a long time ago, when $25,000 was a more unusual number than it is now.

No – she was bored by this boys' own adventure set a long time ago in a galaxy far, far inferior to ours in its equality legislation.

A space opera set "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," the film centres on Luke Skywalker (played by the then relatively unknown Mark Hamill), a young man who finds himself embroiled in an interplanetary war between an authoritarian empire and rebel forces.

"I think the law on Lords not having a vote was set a long time ago.

We can only guess that movie will be set a long time before the events of "Aladdin," since the Genie was trapped in the lamp for 10,000 years.

The events in Portal take place between the first and second Half-Life games; while Portal 2 is set "a long time after" the events in Portal and Half-Life 2. Before Portal, Aperture Science conducted experiments to determine whether human subjects could safely navigate dangerous "test chambers", until the artificial intelligence GLaDOS, governing the laboratory, killed its employees.

Third, set a long time-horizon.

Though we set a long practice time in this experiment, the participants may have continued their sense of practicing incrementally throughout the duration of Tests 1 through 3.

It travels far and wide and is set a long ago time," Sarandos said.

These chemicals often need to set for a long time and require scrubbing afterwards, so be ready for a little extra work.

"Not to know today when the America's Cup will be or where it will be held is not something you would see in other sports organizations, because there the calendar is set for a long time," he said.