Sentence examples for longer rather than from inspiring English sources

But we are planning for it to be longer rather than shorter".

That sounds great, but it is probably down to people working longer, rather than better.

The book would have been far more impressive if he had stayed longer rather than simply passing through.

Personally, I could have lived with the uncertainty a great deal longer, rather than suffering the certainty of Big Sam.

McCall said passenger numbers were back to normal but that easyJet would have to keep prices low for a while longer rather than imposing sudden increases.

"Their longer-term trades often mean they are more successful, holding on to positions for longer, rather than jumping in and out of trades".

And it is well put together, mixing brief and longer chapters rather than striving for a more arbitrary format.

He worries that Eta wants peace only because violence is no longer viable, rather than because it is wrong.

Western society has been obsessed with earning more and more money, often through longer hours, rather than what we now call quality of life.

Now the memory of Watson feels more like that of an old dray horse, just not able to pull the cart any longer, poignant rather than pathetic.

(And Saletan goes a bit too far in comparing Williams to Shirley Sherrod, who talked about ideas she no longer held, rather than ones she still held).