Sentence examples for cannot continue for much longer from inspiring English sources

The phrase 'cannot continue for much longer' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that a situation has gone on for a long time and is unlikely to be sustainable in the future. For example, "We have been trying to reach a compromise but I'm afraid we cannot continue for much longer."

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This cannot continue for much longer".

Syria's path is as unclear today as it was a year ago, but it's doubtful the current state cannot continue for much longer.

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In the words of the then health secretary, Frank Dobson, arrangements for long-term care of older people were so unsatisfactory that they "cannot be allowed to continue for much longer".

I cannot imagine that our representatives, on the right and on the left, will allow this situation to continue for much longer," they said.

But that can't continue for much longer.

It's probably too much for this ambiguous state of affairs to continue for much longer.

"In terms of being commercially viable, I doubt these fisheries can continue for much longer".

And they may not continue for much longer.

This cannot continue for long.

Nadal and Djokovic, surely, cannot remain silent for much longer.

The only certainty is that they cannot stay lucky for much longer.

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