Example sentences of "the [adj] [conj] longer [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the medium and longer term , we are optimistic that both productivity and consumption will rise , which in turn will have a beneficial effect on investment , ’ said Mr Brauninger . |
| 2 | Venture capitalists ' optimism or otherwise about the medium and longer term tends to be governed to a degree by the number and quality of the deals on offer . |
| 3 | It thinks in years , not months or weeks : the three or four years it takes to reach a degree ; the similar or longer period needed for a doctorate ; the intellectual shifts that occur over decades , even centuries . |
| 4 | Thus a pupil may be exempted from the national curriculum in the short or longer term ; what exactly he or she will then ‘ receive ’ ( i.e. the relationship of an individualised curriculum to the national curriculum ) is of course a crucial issue . |
| 5 | The over-riding priority in deciding on cuts was that our essential core-funded research activities should not be harmed in the short or longer term , and I am satisfied that this objective has been met . |
| 6 | That concern is heightened if the settlement 's intended to have growth potential beyond two thousand and six , and heightened still further if it 's likely to be the focus of major employment development either in the short or longer term . |