The control of a monoline system is much less precise than a two-line system because the line itself tends to twist up before it moves the scroll, leading to a somewhat vague control response with considerable lag.

Mr. Stiles said the rise in long-term interest rates would act as a natural brake on growth, but with a considerable lag.

As a result, a political response to economic crisis does not arise automatically, but may only emerge with a considerable lag, and its content will be highly variable from polity to polity.

There was a considerable lag before the checks started rolling in, and Didion remembers, "I was making graphs.

The considerable lag between summer moisture and large-scale SSTs provides a basis for developing long-range forecasting of drought conditions in Canada.

Kuwaitis Eager to Fight The fact that American advisers have been working here for only the last two weeks may indicate that there was a considerable lag before American units here began to coordinate and train the Arab forces they will have to fight with should war come.

Extrapolating from this, the Black Death may be seen as partly responsible for Eastern Europe's considerable lag in the move to liberalise government by restricting the power of the monarch and aristocracy.

"People will pay more, but there will be a considerable lag," said Philip Evans, a banking specialist at the Boston Consulting Group.

On a less serious level, we tried to anticipate how,we would react if a book did poorly, or if there was a considerable lag in production.