Rather than setting out the conditions for stabilisation, it would protract or even increase instability, requiring an even more important international presence for a longer-term. |
Men and women are encouraged to protract their sexually active lives, regardless of desire. |
I repeat we do not want to protract the conference but I can see no reason why it could not end for instance in January, if need be. |
Recently the chancellor made clear that he was willing to risk investment in the new green economy to protract the life old way of doing things. |
His strategy was to protract negotiations until the enemy were exhausted, while assembling the forces necessary to crush them. |
To deprive a successful litigant of interest on his or her legal costs is to encourage the losing side to delay and protract the assessment process. |