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Federal Court decisions in two cases stemming from the protracted lockout are expected next week.
There follows a protracted period of silence, punctuated with the odd sigh but mostly consisting of concentrated chewing.
During this protracted night watch, they employed a camera armed with an enhanced lens to achieve an advanced degree of magnification.
I did have some level of anxiety at going underwater for protracted periods.
Fungal or mycobacterial infections usually have an indolent and protracted course but can mimic bacterial arthritis.
He particularly wanted to thank all who canvassed over a protracted period.
Well, by all means I'll drink your beer, even if I'm sorry to hear that you've been afflicted with protracted spells of mirthlessness.
Being locked up for protracted periods with only your own thoughts for company can become torturous.
It can ill-afford to remain simultaneously engaged on two fronts over a protracted period.
In consequence, a nuclear submarine proceeding at quite high speeds for protracted periods could become substantially out of trim.
We can expect a protracted tug of war, which may drag on until the review deadline draws near.
No, I wouldn't bet on anything at this point other than this will be a prolonged, protracted and vigorous fight.
The earlier versions are famously protracted and meditative, pondering unanswerable questions concerning life, death and desire.
Clearly this approach was not sustainable over a protracted period of time and inevitably British soldiers had to adopt a more vigorous stance.
I could have just said that there were lots of other options for GPs these days, but that would have simply protracted the conversation.
And protracted booms promote the most aggressive and most bullish to the top echelons of power.
It marked the beginning of what has turned out to be a protracted political struggle.
Since oil accounts for half the Venezuelan government's revenue, it's the prize in a protracted struggle for power.
And yet, 40 percent of us will die after a period of protracted debility and feeble dementia stretching on average for some seven to 10 years.
This newspaper has argued that a protracted battle between two outstanding candidates is not inherently damaging to the Democrat cause.
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Examples from Classical Literature
In consequence of the protracted mildness of the weather, Indians from Thunder Bay visited the office.
They frequently come to the bow of a boat from considerable distances to ride in the bow wave and may ride for protracted periods.
The process of conversion was, for decency's sake, protracted and ostentatious.
The protracted inactivity on the battlefronts of Italy had allowed the hospital to remain for many months unutilized.
If the enterprise were as heroic and commanding as it is protracted and unwearied!
The cyclops illustrated was born to a 17-year old neuropathic primipara, after a protracted labour.
He was now worn with fatigues, and by the protracted anxieties of his situation.
Our good-byes at castrati before starting were affectionate and protracted.
The storm had protracted the length of our voyage for several hours, and it was midnight when we landed at Cobourg.
The meeting was protracted, and at one o'clock Mr. Gould suggested an adjournment for luncheon, the meeting to reconvene at two.
This pastoral letter gave rise to a protracted discussion for and against the Presbyterian side of the question.
After a protracted struggle he had been stripped of his Dorsetshire estate.
In one of their walks, which had been protracted more than usual, they were returning homewards by the eldrich Stone.
I shall prove that Hermippus protracted his life by the use of such an arcanum.
Their feudal service was now commuted for an escuage, which fell very short of the expenses incurred in a protracted campaign.
In the beginning of the 19th century the town fell into the hands of the Fula, but only after a protracted and heroic defence.
I watched Ganesha, and I joyed to see that his struggles were protracted beyond those of the others.
Adams gratefully protracted the handshake that accompanied these inquiries.
Horses on the race track undergoing protracted and severe work in hot weather often succumb to heat exhaustion.
In this tedious and protracted inquiry he had no instructor, nor assistant, nor adviser.
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