Example sentences of "longer than [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No longer than a fortnight , hopefully . |
| 2 | ‘ Well ’ , came the reply from Adam , ‘ he said that if you stayed longer than a week he 'd hit the roof ! ’ |
| 3 | A Japanese boy could now expect to live 75 years , three years longer than a boy born in England or Wales . |
| 4 | Learning to change the habits of a lifetime will take longer than a week or a month . |
| 5 | Woosnam should further have improved his score at the 17th but putted feebly one just longer than a 5ft 4in Woosie . |
| 6 | The six cylinder engine is 6 inches longer than a four cylinder and will not fit a 4 cylinder chassis without a great deal of modification , but a 6 cylinder , 3-litre car engine will fit a 6 cylinder Land Rover and made a good conversion . |
| 7 | Although anti-abortionists would maintain that it is morally wrong to dispose of a child even if it will live no longer than a week at the most , many more people doubt the right of a mother to dispose of a child with Down 's Syndrome who stands a very good chance of living a lengthy life . |
| 8 | No-one stayed longer than a few weeks . |
| 9 | I would take bus trips from the island to towns in southern Tunisia but they never lasted longer than a day . |
| 10 | For the ones that manage to survive very few live longer than a year ad so the bird trade is perpetuated by owners buying a replacement bird . |
| 11 | Their new roll-A-Perm takes a little longer than a general set but the results last up to eight weeks . |
| 12 | IF Mr Deaves can not sell his mansion , he could qualify for state handouts for even longer than a year . |
| 13 | Sir , If you please to send me a scarlet Cardinal [ a short red cloak ] , and let it be full yard long , and rather longer than a yard long , and let it be full , for it be for a large Woman , they tell me I may have a long one , and a handsome one , for 11s but I shou 'd not be willing to give more than 12s , but if you have any as long as that , either duffil or cloth , if it is cheaper , I shou 'd like it as well as , for I am not to give but 12s for it . |
| 14 | This took no longer than a couple of seconds to see and understand , a near-abstract image accompanied by a few words . |
| 15 | This is , in all probability , a condensed reconstruction as the events in Jerusalem may well have lasted longer than a single week . |
| 16 | The piece of branch was thirty times longer than a nome . |
| 17 | Your attack has lasted longer than a day or two , despite your self-help , or if you are having repeated attacks |
| 18 | Dolly , quick-witted , did n't take longer than a second to come up with an answer , and one that did n't incriminate Joe . |
| 19 | Results indicated that the ‘ houseplant group ’ lived significantly longer than a matched control group , perhaps simply because the plants gave them some extra purpose in life . |
| 20 | Interesting high-profile autobiographies that drop names like confetti : in Well , I Forget The Rest ( Hutchinson , £17.99 ) , Quentin Crewe , thrice-married , confesses : ‘ It has never taken me longer than a week-end to fall in love , usually less . ’ |
| 21 | In fact , with the advance of telecommunications , it is easy to stay longer than a weekend and work from Bendinat . |
| 22 | The FA-MAS was a compact weapon which was no longer than a man 's arm and only weighed eight pounds ; it held a magazine of twenty-five rounds and could fire automatically , on single shots or in three-round bursts . |
| 23 | This exchange of ideas during the class in no way impeded the work of the children , as these conversations never lasted longer than a few minutes and even if two children spoke together they continued their work . |
| 24 | The Assembly on the other hand met only four times in each prytany ( tenth part of the year , i.e. a bit longer than a month ) ; extra meetings could no doubt be called ( though the word usually taken to refer to such meetings , sunkletos , may just mean a meeting called at short notice ) . |
| 25 | Despite being slap bang in the middle of the historic capital men 's style , it will have a decidedly younger edge than many of its neighbours , targeting young British men who Tarling believes are rejecting fashion for its own sake and returning en masse to classics that will last longer than a season . |
| 26 | When there is less money around , you need to know that the jacket you buy will last longer than a season . |
| 27 | We , in our turn , live 70 times longer than the smallest mammal , the shrew , and 1200 times longer than a fly . |
| 28 | Where " events " last longer than a few hours or one day , the need for order in the relationship is increased . |
| 29 | The sound echoed longer than a cuckoo 's call . |
| 30 | It seems as if I have been here a lot longer than a few years , and I do not think that I could ever fit into an institutional regime again . |