One reason is that it takes a long time;

VOA: special.2010.04.13

"It's a big deal. How big a deal you have to measure piece by piece but clearly it is the first major change in our health care system since nineteen sixty-five so that's a long time coming."

VOA: special.2010.03.27

"It will for a long time, at least while I am alive. And it is not just trucks and heavy machinery.

VOA: standard.2009.09.02

"It took us a long time to get here. It is going to take some time for us to work through this.

VOA: standard.2009.04.05

Henderson says that is another reason why it takes long time for him to build a guitar.

VOA: standard.2010.07.06

Al Masri said there is the belief among many Palestinians the peace process died a long time ago and is waiting for someone to bury it.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"It is simply a continuation of something I started a long time ago.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

"The U.S.data should remind us that this recovery is not likely to be V-shaped It seems to me that we are going to see rising unemployment for a long time yet,"

VOA: standard.2009.08.05

"And it's a tough mission, but I think it is an attainable mission as long as we take the time to make sure that the mission is out there and laid out pretty well.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

"People have been demonstrating these sets for a long time. But the reason it is coming out now is because of a new standard for Blu-ray players that can show movies in 3D."

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

We have got to do something,". Earlier Saturday, in his weekly internet address, Mr.Obama said the country has had a long and important debate on health reform, but it is time to act.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

But she said it is time to go beyond disaster relief to long-term development to counter a so-called "youth tsunami" of an estimated one million Haitian young people who will enter the job market during the next five years.

VOA: standard.2009.04.14