The phrase "a longer term implications" is not correct in English.
It should be "longer-term implications." You can use it when discussing the effects or consequences of a decision or action that will be felt over an extended period.
Example: "The policy changes may have longer-term implications for the economy that we need to consider."
Alternatives: "extended consequences" or "long-lasting effects."
Is there a longer-term implication?
Bread and butter issues, like disabled people forced to pay the bedroom tax, often feel like more of a priority than a complex problem with longer term implications.
The one-day operation model is integrated with the MDP by using the value of a state of commitment and battery at the end of a day to ensure longer term implications of the decisions within the day are considered.
"Danny Kennedy's response to recent legal cases displays a serious weakness as a minister and will have longer term implications both for ministerial authority and the ability to investigate allegations made by civil servants and others," Mr Murphy said.
The longer term implications are even worse: a declining standard of living, a diminished respect for their talents, and a weakening of labor's political power.
Project leaders are aware of the influence of outside models, with some referencing the chronic care or the Chronic Care Model as an influencing factor, and are cognizant of the longer term implications of the projects (The project is a model for all future chronic care programs).
Injuries, particularly to the spine, have both immediate and longer term implications; the injury can not only prevent an athlete from competing, it can impair preparation and training and in some cases led to retirement from the sport.
A stuttering national economic recovery and continued public sector job cuts will add upward pressure on unemployment in some cities, which could have significant longer term implications.
The longer term implications of the great melt of 2012 are hard to call, say climate scientists who caution that more research is needed.
Although construction of safe nuclear power plants may be feasible, and may help meet rising energy needs in the short term, ignoring the longer term implications of nuclear power may lead to even bigger problems.
