Example sentences of "[vb infin] longer " in BNC.
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| 1 | Customs said that while in many cases a final answer can be sent within this deadline , letters requesting advice on more complex issues ‘ may need longer consideration ’ and in such cases it may only be able to send an acknowledgement within the ten days . |
| 2 | A form is provided overleaf but we would welcome longer letters if you prefer . |
| 3 | If lifetime employment is common in Japan we would expect longer periods to be spent with particular firms and less mobility between firms . |
| 4 | Would it look longer ? ’ |
| 5 | In Chapter 11 we showed that an increase in the after-tax wage ( as for example when income tax rates are cut ) will have a substitution effect , tending to make people work longer hours , but an income effect , tending to make them work fewer hours . |
| 6 | In practice this means that response times will become longer as demand increases , and they will also become more variable . |
| 7 | On this theory some potencies would contain more shape-specific molecules than others and some would contain longer chain polymers than others , so some potencies might be expected to be more efficacious than others in treatment . |
| 8 | One problem was that shorter torsos made for better balance when running , but longer torsos could enable longer intestines to become a more efficient non-ruminant digestive system . |
| 9 | In one clutch of eggs from , for example , a giant tortoise , there will be some hatchlings which , because of their genetic constitution , will develop longer necks than others . |
| 10 | The UK may have longer to wait than other countries , since a flush of lamb marketings is likely this autumn to beat the ending of the variable premium . |
| 11 | You 'll also have longer to repay . |
| 12 | In families where the mother tended to intervene often in the first observation period , the children did have longer quarrels and more frequent physical fights in the second observation period ( six months later ) than in families where she intervened less . |
| 13 | What they do n't seem to realise is that we do n't keep spares in the office , so all we can do is send them on to Ablex anyway , so you 'll have longer to wait . |
| 14 | ‘ They should have longer prison sentences for drink drivers . |
| 15 | These may also have longer points . |
| 16 | After a great number of generations , tortoises on the arid islands will have longer necks than those on the watered islands . |
| 17 | Care-giving can also have longer term effects on labour market participation . |
| 18 | Only Heath , John Biffen and Paul Channon would have longer service on the Conservative benches . |
| 19 | You you 'd all it means is you 'd have longer lines of communication to an even worse bureaucracy , and I think if a bureaucracy which can produce this situation of opting out as an alternative is any example to have , I would choose to be away from it . |
| 20 | As you get fitter , you 'll find that you can manage longer journeys in surprisingly short times . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry I could n't stay longer but it was getting rather boring . ’ |
| 22 | Well he 's just gon na make them stay longer is n't he ? |
| 23 | I know that it has only been a couple of weeks but my word , it does seem longer , and so much has happened to you , has n't it ? |
| 24 | Similarly any path filled with impediments and matters of diverse interest will seem longer than an uninterrupted and invariant passage . |
| 25 | Why does it seem longer ? |
| 26 | The time interval between the arrival of successive waves at the spaceship would get longer and longer , so the light from the star would appear redder and redder and fainter and fainter . |
| 27 | We are disappointed they did n't get longer but at least they are out of the way for a while . ’ |
| 28 | She could wear longer trains on her high-waisted gowns , and longer toes on her shoes . |
| 29 | I mean I 've been in more pubs than I 'd say longer than most people who drink a lot and er you know it 's just be I think music and and song is the big addiction in Ireland not the drink but because er it it the chances of a music session starting in a pub is just you know the chances are that it probably will at some stage of the day . |