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Example sentences for "longer time"

  • A practical conclusion from these experiments is that a high [p035] concentration of sugar tends to preserve the enzyme in an active state for a longer time.

  • But there are many other substances, some of them containing nitrogen, which are not in the least acted on by the secretion, and do not induce inflection for a longer time than do inorganic and insoluble objects.

  • There were some letters on the table this morning, so she had a longer time to drink in poetry than usual.

  • What degrees the noble lord proposes to recommend, or what advantage he expects from allowing the people a longer time to confirm their habits, I am not able to discover.

  • But it was no longer time: he had sought to drown his sorrow at wearing out his life unoccupied in wine and other pleasures, for which his age and his already enfeebled body were no longer suited.

  • He had sent for here Tellier, who went into Monseigneur's room; but it was no longer time.

  • When handled with especial care milk may be safe for a longer time.

  • In severe attacks with vomiting or frequent foul stools, all food should be stopped for at least twelve hours and all milk for a longer time, and the bowels freely moved by a cathartic.

  • In the case of bottled milk it makes little difference if it stands a longer time, even until the next day.

  • If the fish is very large, longer time must be allowed.

  • Eggs for boiling cannot be too fresh, or boiled too soon after they are laid; but rather a longer time should be allowed for boiling a new-laid egg than for one that is three or four days old.

  • Furthermore, whether associated or not with an organic substance, the contagium of the disease is known to preserve the power of reproducing itself for a period lasting for weeks, months, and even a longer time.

  • When influenza enters a city it continues to prevail, as a rule, from four weeks to two months, but exceptionally it remains a longer time; for example, the epidemic of 1831 was prevalent in Paris for the greater part of the year.

  • Of these, sulphurous acid gas is the cheapest, and upon the whole the best, but it must be used in large quantity, and for a longer time than is customary, if it is to be relied upon.

  • Is there any one of these which may be compressed into a brevity proportioned to the rapid commission of the offence, so that no longer time may be spent in its punishment than in its perpetration, unless, perhaps, reparation?

  • But at Calama, where these relics have been for a longer time, and where more of the miracles were narrated for public information, there are incomparably more.

  • In the mean while, as a general truth, let it be remarked, that large animals live longer than small ones, and this because they require a longer time to come to maturity.

  • It might be satisfactorily replied, that men are much larger and stronger, their bones more hard, their muscles more firm and compact, and therefore a longer time is required for their growth.

  • Still, if necessary, Congress is competent to extend by a general provision exclusive rights to future inventors for a longer time; but the renewal of a patent for a discovery already made and in use, stands on distinct grounds.

  • A longer time will do no harm; therefore, if you intend making the curd early in the day, you may put the rennet in soak over night.

  • With the leaves or husk on, it will require a longer time to cook, but is sweeter and more nutritious.

  • Veal requires a longer time to roast than mutton or lamb.

  • It will require a longer time to freeze than other ices, on account of the brandy.

  • It will take a longer time to bake than white bread.

  • This will require a longer time than by any other method, but they are much nicer.

  • Beets are far better baked than boiled, though it takes a longer time to cook properly.

  • A leg of mutton requires a longer time to roast than a shoulder.

  • Because of this he was charged by the citizens, as well as others, with refusing to end the war, in order that he might retain his command a longer time.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "longer time" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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