Example sentences of "[adv] [be] long than " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since they had all been longer than I in Kampala , they were taking what all expatriates ( including all American Embassy staff ) take : chloroquine plus proguanil hydrochloride ( Paludrine , a British ICI-manufactured drug not yet approved by the American Food and Drug Administration ) . |
| 2 | They can take up to three breaks , but the total length can not be longer than five years . |
| 3 | For instance , if A is longer than B , then it follows that B can not be longer than A ; hence , ’ — is longer than — ’ is an asymmetric relation . |
| 4 | We would still be wasting a lot of space because some names , addresses etc are longer than others and our " slots " must be large enough to hold the longest . |
| 5 | All we 've been asked to do is secure this ship until help arrives ; which should n't be longer than this time tomorrow . |
| 6 | Export credit finance should be considered where a project requires capital goods and associated services to be imported because the term of the loan can sometimes be longer than the term for commercial funds |