The phrase "exceed the length of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that an action or result exceeds what is typical or expected in terms of length. For example, "His commute time exceeded the length of his work shift."
"Both exceed the length of most experts' professional careers," she said.
That's why a message is so limited in length: it must not exceed the length of the message used for internal communication between tower and handset to set up a call.
A disc of music by Copland, Xenakis, Brant, Boulez and Cage comes with spoken introductions, which in some cases rival or exceed the length of the performances, and such volubility was fairly typical.
Legislation was enacted last September in New Jersey, which followed Massachusetts's lead: most notably, for marriages that last fewer than 20 years in New Jersey, alimony payments can no longer exceed the length of the marriage.
And the length of your cycle ride between stops for some other activity should not exceed the length of time they are content to do that". "That's typical childseats with an upright backrest.
To both spur and serve this demand, manufacturers are developing colossal new offshore wind turbines with blade spans that exceed the length of a football field – including the end zones.
To date, the wall is incomplete; when it is complete, it will cover approximately 700 kilometers, exceeding the length of the Green Line.
It would be interesting to know at what precise point in history -- early in the 18th century, probably -- the sum of serious Shakespeare criticism exceeded the length of the oeuvre itself.
The war in Iraq has already exceeded the length of American involvement in World War II and is the nation's longest conflict fought with an all-volunteer military since the Revolutionary War.
The mouth is located on the end of a snoutlike projection, which varies in shape from short and stout to long and slender and sometimes exceeds the length of the rest of the body.
The richest treatment of these themes — and other, more searching considerations — occurred on "The Office," a BBC Two sitcom whose impact vastly exceeded the length of its run: a mere twelve episodes in 2001-02 and a two-part coda, "The Office Christmas Special," the following year.
