Children are often eager to contribute to our output but many lack the judgement necessary to assess the longer-term impact it may have on their lives.

According to the Institute's philosophy, these initial results can then be leveraged by more senior leaders to create longer-term and wider-scale impact.

The longer-term impact is harder to assess.

You have to put this into two stages: the immediate impact on the financial markets and the economy, and the longer-term impact.

The insurer says it is expanding the program, even as it continues to study its longer-term impact.

I respect those decisions, but they have had some longer-term impacts.

"That, undoubtedly, will have some longer-term impact on growth."

And several industry executives speculated about the longer-term impact on Los Angeles, which has long been where nearly all television shows are produced.

Whether the Saudi pledge has a longer-term impact on the price of oil remains unclear.

We have all seen the grim estimates of what the longer-term impact could prove to be.