These differences are exacerbated by the long time lag between when applications are filed and patents are granted.
由于专利从申请到批准，需要很长一段时间，所以目前这两家的专利数差距还会进一步拉大。
It's been a long time since these two teams faced each other in the playoffs.
这两个队已经有很长时间没在夺标决赛中相遇了。
She looked at the key quite a long time.
她盯着钥匙好长时间。
It is the economy's worst performance for a long time.
这在很长一段时间内，都将成为最糟的经济表现。
It has taken a long time to wade through the "incredible volume" of evidence.
已经花费了很长时间来研读这宗“卷帙浩瀚”的证据。
The house stood empty for a long time.
那所房子空了好长一段时间。
The marriage had been distinctly dodgy for a long time.
这桩婚姻长期以来明显不和美。
The programme is designed to help people who have been out of work for a long time.
这项计划的目的是为长期失业者提供帮助。
Since the roads are very bad, the trip took us a long time.
由于道路很差，这次旅程花费了我们很长时间。
They took a long time to mend the roof.
他们花了好长时间修缮房顶。
You will feel more buoyant and optimistic about the future than you have for a long time.
对于未来，你会比很久以来所感受到的更加快活、乐观。
Time how long it takes you to answer the questions.
记一下自己回答这些问题所需的时间。
It's the best news I've heard in a long time.
这是我很长时间以来听到的最好消息。
It took a long time to wash the mud out of his hair.
花了很长时间才把泥从他头发上洗掉。
It took me a long time to thread my way through the crowd.
我花了很长时间才从人群中挤过去。
The traffic took a long time to clear after the accident.
事故过去后很长时间交通才恢复畅通。
It took a long time for the wounds to heal.
伤口过了很长时间才愈合。
She lay in the deep bath for a long time, enjoying its sensuously perfumed water.
她在装满水的浴缸里躺了很长时间，享受着水的宜人芳香。
For a long time this problem has been swept under the carpet.
很长一段时间这个问题一直被掩盖着。
It's been a long time since I heard a blackbird's song in the evening.
我已经好长时间没在晚上听到黑鹂的鸣叫声了。
There is a long time lag between when I do the work and when I get paid.
我做工作和领薪水之间相隔很长一段时间。
Shoppers began arriving long before the 10am opening time.
离上午10点开门时间还早，顾客就陆陆续续地来了。
Macfarlane had wondered for a long time how the Industrial Revolution came about.
麦克法兰早就想知道工业革命是如何发生的。
However, the process took a long time and was labour-intensive.
但是，这个过程花费了很长时间，并且这个过程还消耗了大量劳力。
We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.
我们对这些变动抗议了很长时间，但最终不得不屈服。
We protested about the changes for a long time, but in the end we had to submit.
我们对这些变动抗议了很长时间，但最终不得不屈服。
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