Example sentences of "take a longer [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The connection time was very tight and there were some weeks when I rarely caught the 7 o'clock bus to Ferryhill and had to wait for the 7.15am bus which takes a longer route and delayed my arrival even more . |
| 2 | C. nevillii takes a longer time to root than most other species . |
| 3 | Western countries must take a longer term perspective . |
| 4 | Taking a longer timespan , 1971 — 85 , Bosanquet and Gray ( 1989 ) report that the average stay for a patient aged 65 — 74 decreased by 34.8 per cent from 22.1 days to 14.4 days . |
| 5 | It is working in partnership with Norway 's Statoil on other opportunities , including possible projects in the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan , as part of the process of taking a longer look ahead at business prospects than the average City scribbler cares to take into account . |
| 6 | Well , here we are taking a longer view . |
| 7 | Taking a longer view , in 1985 295,000 mortgagors , 4.6 per cent of the total , were two months or more behind in their payments . |
| 8 | Some rays , which took a longer time to travel , left the white hole earlier ( when it was smaller ) while others , which took less time to travel , would have left the white hole later ( when it was bigger ) . |
| 9 | Britain 's businesses took a longer Christmas break than their European competitors this year , with millions of workers taking a two week holiday . |
| 10 | An engineer took a longer view : |
| 11 | He had taken a longer walk than he intended and by the time he returned to the coast road at Newlyn it was quite dark . |
| 12 | However , the difference in performance between foreign- and UK-owned plants disappears if we take a longer time-span . |
| 13 | For the finance community , what they 've got to do , too , is take a longer term view about projects and give the companies an opportunity to grow and ride the pitfalls and the the peaks and troughs . |
| 14 | So you modify your behaviour , delegate , see , take a longer term view of things . |
| 15 | The carts in which the other members of the three households were riding had been forced to take a longer route to the spot . |
| 16 | If you need to take a longer amount of time off , for example for longer term care of young children or relatives , you may not need to resign . |
| 17 | With new exams approaching , it is timely to take a longer view of what the pass standard entails and of how students might be helped to attain it . |
| 18 | The B types have the ability to take a longer view of things . |
| 19 | Should research be concentrated on topics from which an immediate use is seen , or is it possible for those who provide the funds , to take a longer view . |
| 20 | This is seen as an important means of getting away from the elitist concept and encouraging everyone to take a longer view , even if his or her immediate task involves short-term objectives . |