51.   The colored bracts will hang on a lot longer than the leaves.

52.   The Bulls plan on playing a lot longer.

53.   The net effect was that it took a lot longer to produce this insightful column than it should have.

54.   The much bigger task of writing the music took a lot longer.

55.   The scaffolding around the renovated New Jersey Nets may stand for a lot longer than what was originally believed.

56.   Then he gets serious and it takes a lot longer than five minutes.

57.   Then he came into Ooo So Pretty and listened to people sing the business blues for about an hour, a lot longer than his schedulers had planned.

58.   There were a lot of coaches on that staff who had been there a lot longer than I had been.

59.   These coaches have coached a lot longer than I have, obviously.

60.   These days, the tour takes a lot longer than it used to.