Example sentences of "longer than [pron] [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition there is a mass of evidence that a very high proportion of people in their sixties and seventies are physically capable of remaining longer than they do in the formal labour market . |
| 2 | Who 's going to stay in prison longer than they have to ? |
| 3 | There is a perception amongst informed people in the community that there may well be a shortage of long stay beds in Leicestershire and you do need to bear in mind that the National Health Service is increasingly going down the road of not keeping people in hospitals longer than they have to because hospitals are perceived as being very , a very expensive way of providing beds and you have to take that into account because that 's a fairly clear national policy and you are likely to see an acceleration in that process from what I read in the national press . |
| 4 | Investors may have to wait longer than they anticipate before enjoying maximum premiums . |
| 5 | ‘ My hope with some people is that they do n't stay any longer than they need to . |
| 6 | People complain that these tests seem to take longer than they need to . |
| 7 | But I 'm not remaining in your debt one second longer than I have to . |
| 8 | But I 'll tell you this , ’ she glared at him , her heart pounding , ‘ I 'd rather work around the clock to get the money back to my father in time than spend one minute longer than I have to with a selfish , bad-tempered misery who was obviously born an expert at everything . ’ |
| 9 | I 've no intention of staying over there longer than I have to , and Sorrel 's away for the weekend herself . ’ |
| 10 | One feature of tendon repair of which there is no doubt , is that it takes longer than you think for tendons to repair well . |