It would have been very big because of the length of the Eurostar trains.

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Storms of this severity and length are very unusual and it has not been safe to sail since Thursday.

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The trouble is that it does not - cannot - mean that in an environment in which banks are finding it very difficult to get unsecured loans from anyone for any length of time.

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Will Geddes, managing director of threat management company International Corporate Protection, told CNN this week that it is "very difficult" to secure a marathon because of the length of the route.

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Will Geddes, managing director of threat management company International Corporate Protection, told CNN earlier this week that it is "very difficult" to secure a marathon because of the length of the route.

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At 63 inches diagonal length, it is the largest PDP panel yet produced and looked very impressive although perhaps a little too large for the living room.

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Near the top of the lift the windchill made it feel very cold and I wouldn't have wanted to be sitting there for any length of time.

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It was a black box, run by a tiny team at a very long arm's length from the group's much bigger broker-dealer.

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