Collecting statistics on large systems can take a long time.

对大的系统收集统计数据会占用较长的时间。

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For a long time he was living alone, like a pilgrim, taking care about the monastery, collecting the garbage and trying to make the whole place brighter.

长期以来他独居在此，像个朝圣者一样照管着修道院，打扫垃圾并试着让整个地方更加生气勃勃。

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I have been collecting examples of self-defeating beliefs like squirrels collect nuts for the winter for a long time.

我长久以来一直在收集那些自我危害的观念的例子，就象松鼠为冬天收集松果一样。

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Hadley, an Army veteran, began collecting black history items a long time ago and finally opened a museum in Thomasville, the only one of its kind in southwest Georgia.

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The new man at the wicket Shane Shillingford did not last long, going for a duck in similar fashion to his predecessor, this time Botha collecting at gully.

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