very long

"Sedimentation occurs, for example, on the hard-to-reach seafloor over a very long period of time. In addition, clay particles are only a few micrometres or less in size. As a result, conventional microscopy methods are not suitable for the observation of clay particles during sedimentation," explains Dr Rebecca Kühn, a geoscientist at MLU, lead researcher of the study.

"I’ve known the founder, Tom Vernon, for a very long time, since I was 17 or 18," Essien explains.

I've been a Swiftie for a very long time, but that was just, I've never been more proud in my life watching my sister up there in front of this crowd full of thousands of people like 60,000 at Arrowhead.

"They're not politicians for very long, the structures that make them world leaders evaporate incredibly quickly," Blanchet told the BBC.

“I don’t like the strawberry and orange cremes in a box of Roses or a box of Quality Street but I do like the coffee ones. I remember they took the coffee ones out a very long time ago but as a kid I remember them,” he added.