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The phrase "as long as expected" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something will continue or be valid for a duration that meets the anticipated or predicted timeframe.
Example: "The project will proceed as long as expected, ensuring we meet our deadlines without any delays."
Alternatives: "for as long as anticipated" or "as long as predicted".
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She spent 10 days in the hospital, twice as long as expected.
The traffic is horrendous and the journey takes twice as long as expected.
Meanwhile, each unfolding and refolding of the sun shield has taken twice as long as expected, further delaying work.
As long as expected inflation doesn't rise much further, you should find something else to worry about.
With security lines, like the ones here, frequently not as long as expected, people are not racing through the airports the way they used to.
The changes will help Electronic Data accelerate efforts to finish the project, which has so far taken twice as long as expected.
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Numerical examples demonstrate that proper planning of rehabilitations allows to extend the lifetime of a structure – as long as the expected costs for such efforts outweigh the expected future benefit.
She said: "We needed to double the capacity expected because assessments are taking twice as long as we expected".
I was less faithful to the other, unspoken part of the understanding, and never visited as often or for as long as she expected.
As long as the expected return is higher for hedge funds than fixed income, we will continue to see money shift from fixed income to hedge funds.
"Even then it took a year of quite hard work, twice as long as I expected, but I enjoyed it all," said Garfield.
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