In such cases, there may be a lengthy period during which the property is known by both names.

After a lengthy period with little success during the 1990s and 2000s, the team has returned to prominence.

The lengthy period was a result of the two programs competing in different divisions.

You went to an enormous amount of trouble over a lengthy period to sort this out.

She was able to make full recovery after a lengthy period of treatment.

"I would hate to be separated from my work for a lengthy period."

A lengthy yellow light period was needed to clean up the incident.

After a lengthy period of negotiations the system was finally transferred in 1997.

We have to be able to give them a paid apprenticeship for a lengthy period, perhaps even up to two years.

What felt like a lengthy period of silence dragged past.