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frames- [ARG1 Average maturity of the funds ' investments] [rel lengthened] by [ARG2-by a day] to [ARG4-to 41 days , the longest since early August ,] according to Donoghue 's .
- [ARGM-TMP When] demand is stronger than suppliers can handle *T*-1 and [ARG1 delivery times] [rel lengthen] *T*-1 , prices tend *-2 to rise .
- Douglas Stoneman , vice president of Shell Canada , noted that producers would prefer *-2 to avoid [ARG0 hearings] into competing proposals that *T*-1 [ARGM-MOD would] [rel lengthen] [ARG1 the regulatory review process] and bog down development .
- It estimates 0 [ARG1 the time between college graduation and the awarding of a Ph. D.] has [rel lengthened] by [ARG2-by 30 %] [ARGM-TMP over the past 20 years] , [ARGM-ADV with the average gap now ranging from about 7.4 years in the physical sciences to 16.2 years in education] .
- The price movements get bigger as [ARG1 the maturity of the securities] [rel lengthens] .
- Mr. Ireland said 0 current demand for used aircraft is strong , partly because [ARG0 surging orders for new aircraft] have [rel lengthened] [ARG1 waiting lists] .
- Kemper officials declined *-2 to identify the firms but acknowledged a long-simmering dispute with four securities firms and said 0 [ARG1 the list of brokers 0 it wo n't do business with *T*-3] [ARGM-MOD may] be [rel lengthened] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in the months ahead] .