Whatever the outcome of Sunday's ballot, observers have warned that nationalist tensions are expected to remain in the region for some time to come.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

"And there have been reported sightings of him for some time now.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

There have been these concerns about BlackBerries for some time.

VOA: standard.2010.08.11

"We have believed for some time that he has been killed. I call today again in the strongest terms for the hostage takers to return Alan's body as soon as possible,".

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Another study author,Ned Sahin, a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University and the UC San Diego School of Medicine, says scientists have suspected for some time that the traditional understanding of the brain needs revision.

VOA: standard.2010.01.28

"These attacks have been on-going for quite some time and the sudden escalation at a time when the regime is claiming that they're going to have democracy and elections and everything is going to be better is very disturbing."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"We should take the Pakistani Taliban, and specifically the so-called TTP, Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, at their word, "Their leaders have been saying for some time that they want to strike targets outside their own region, and they've talked about the United States, they've talked about the U.K.

VOA: standard.2010.05.05