Modifying Another Word

• too: For too long, many jewels of art in mental health have been denied public showing.

• no: Each file should take no longer than 5 or 6 minutes to download with a 56k modem.

• so: And so we come to the present " G " Company, known for so long as " H " .

• very: Soon, very long aerials, held on tall poles, began to appear in the village.

• much: Details of the voters roll may be held for much longer.

• relatively: Since there are 13 actin subunits per helical turn, myosin V has a relatively long step length of 74 nm.

Infinitive complement

• get: The script takes too long to get into the mode of excitement.

• come: It didn't take me long to come around.

Modifies a noun

• term: Are the customer's problems short term or long term?

• period: For a long period he didn't come to the studio at all.

• time: Be prepared for the paint to take a long time to dry.

• way: We are a long way from a single " life science industry " .

• distance: This type of actuator can be designed to travel over very long distances with precise step sizes.

• journey: You are advised to confirm any event which you may wish to attend, prior to making any long journeys.

Used with adjective complement

• take: Each file should take no longer than 5 or 6 minutes to download with a 56k modem.

• last: ADSL modems can therefore tolerate impulses of arbitrary magnitude whose effect on the data stream lasts no longer than 500 ms.

• spend: Are you tired of spending long, hard hours putting together your text newsletters?

Preposition: than

• minute: It is recommended that each side should have a track no longer than seven minutes.

• hour: What happens if they need to park longer than 3 hours?

• word: Quotes longer than 40 words should be separated from the main body of text and indented from the text in a new paragraph.