Sentence examples for this took longer from inspiring English sources

To make doubly sure that the glow was due to the presence of the drug and not some other effect, a modified version of the French side-chain test was used, though this took longer and was more cumbersome.

This took longer and was more expensive than using an off-the-shelf storytelling package such as Creatavist, but what we achieved was both a unique look and feel for the product, as well as our own "pattern library" – allowing our developers to easily create further stories on new topics with other writers.

This took longer than expected: On October 22, Tokyo-based media and interactive content provider VAP [JP] will release Japan's first "gravure idol" Blu-ray.

Given the enormous creative energy some robot geeks regularly demonstrate, this took longer than I expected: A robot hobbyist (who is Japanese, I believe) created a humanoid with an iPhone head.

In this model erlotinib treatment also led to an improvement in blood flow (Fig. 3D); however, in general this took longer than in SQ20B xenografts, on the order of 6 days rather than 4 days.

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.