Sentence examples for this take longer from inspiring English sources

Speaking on a visit to Australia, Hague cast doubt on claims the hostage-taking was in response to France's military intervention in Mali: "That is a convenient excuse, but usually operations like this take longer to plan".

But speaking during a visit to Australia, Mr Hague cast doubt on claims the incident was linked to Mali, saying: "That is a convenient excuse, but usually operations like this take longer to plan".

This takes longer than you'd think.

It's like putting on a Broadway show every night, except this takes longer.

If this takes longer than you expect, you'll be ruined before you can make your killing.

While this takes longer than simplex ranging systems, it has the benefit that it does not require central clock synchronization.

The second is that this takes longer than the three to six months originally mooted by the new Iranian leadership.

Granted, this takes longer, as I have to stop, process the map, and mentally calculate a route.

For relatively low molecular-weight polystyrene, the load bearing capacity is already exceeded at short ageing times, whereas for higher molecular-weight grades this takes longer.

(Sometimes this takes longer than I'd like).

This takes longer than expected, causing Claire and Cameron to fear that their respective spouses or going to miss the plane.