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。
It took me a very long time to get over the shock of her death.
我过了很长时间才从她去世的震惊中恢复过来。
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。
He had decided long ago that he would put his trust in socialism when the time came.
他很久以前就已决定，他到时候将信仰社会主义。
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。
Anaya lay in the bed for a long time.
阿纳亚在床上躺了很长时间。
For a long time, the bow was just a bent stick and string.
很长一段时间里，弓只由一根弯曲的棍子和弦组成。
The colour will slowly disappear if the stamps are put in the light for a long time.
如果把邮票长时间放在光线下，颜色会慢慢消失。
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