1.   A lengthy period of training is required.

2.   After a lengthy period of care at home, she was first admitted to hospital, then to a nursing home.

3.   Paul should expect a lengthy period of recovery from surgery.

4.   She became seriously ill and had to be institutionalized for a lengthy period.

5.   Some displays may remain in place for lengthy periods.

6.   The West had now to adapt itself to a lengthy period of Cold War competition with the USSR rather than prepare for an imminent crisis.

7.   Mr Hamilton submitted that there were situations where injuries could continue to be sustained, such as damage to hearing from excessive noise levels over a lengthy period.

8.   And after a lengthy period with no surgeon-general, some commentators have begun suggesting that the nation no longer needs one.

9.   Both joints have required arthroscopic surgery and lengthy periods of rest and rehab.

10.   A. Cucumbers that have been stressed by lengthy periods of hot temperatures and poor or dry soil may develop a bitter taste in late-season harvests.