Sentence examples for behind longer from inspiring English sources

Companies who don't behave ethically will be left behind longer term so they can't afford not to".

It comes on the day a key report said NHS funding cuts may be behind longer waiting times but Wales was not lagging behind the rest of the UK.

Many more inmates are behind bars longer than they should be.

The reason behind these longer holds involves a short lesson in anatomy.

These days, "leading from behind" no longer has quite the same rhetorical punch as a term of derision.

Mandatory minimum sentences sometimes keep drug offenders behind bars longer than violent criminals.America's drug war also does it few favours abroad.

Maxi dresses with allover prints and simple silhouettes are everywhere, and women are opting to wear them most often with shoes that disappear behind the longer hemlines.

If he is found to have been sane, the presiding judges can sentence him to up to 21 years in prison, with a provision to keep him behind bars longer if he is still considered dangerous.

The average sentence increased by 13percentt during the 90's, and with more prisoners staying behind bars longer, it took several years for the drop in crime to be reflected in the prison population numbers.

The human toll is daunting, dramatically documented in The New York Times by Matthew Purdy in columns about people being separated from their families, spending decades behind bars, longer than convicts serving minimum sentences for manslaughter or rape.

While big jets can follow each other at about three-mile intervals, smaller jets — vulnerable to the wake turbulence from large jets — must stay five miles or more behind, creating longer waits between takeoffs.