1.   As presented, it is too long by a full serving and too bland to be satisfying.

2.   But even if a particular practice turned out to be illegal, the Presidential race would be long over by the time the election commission caught up with it.

3.   Complicating matters for firefighters is a wildfire season made unusually long by the unchanging weather patterns.

4.   I wanted to love this novel, even if it is too long by half.

5.   Many Okinawans were not satisfied with the sentence, even though it was somewhat long by Japanese standards.

6.   NO NIGHT IS TOO LONG By Barbara Vine.

7.   Paul DiPietro and Bellows closed out the scoring, but it was long over by then.

8.   The Indian Wars were long over by then.

9.   The show is too long by half an hour.

10.   WORK SMART, NOT LONG By Maria Zate.