Sentence examples for Prolonged investigation from inspiring English sources

G.M. cautiously welcomed today's announcement of the indictment, which came after a prolonged investigation.

A prolonged investigation by the Justice Department could give PeopleSoft time to complete its acquisition of J. D. Edwards.

Its decision, removing any threat of a prolonged investigation into the deal on competition grounds, clears the way for the government to accelerate the country's planned nuclear renaissance.

Well, consider that the prolonged investigation dovetails exquisitely with that crucial but unspoken mission of the G.O.P. in Florida: to keep black voter turnout as low as possible.

The guilty pleas, entered in Federal District Court in Greenbelt, Md., followed a prolonged investigation of a sophisticated black-market operation.

"The country already knows the political motivations of this prolonged investigation and its aim to do me harm," Mr. Acevedo said.

Colonel Jordan, 51, was the only officer to stand trial on charges related to the detainee-abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib, which led to prolonged investigations and charges against several soldiers.

Since taking over at the C.I.A. in 2006, General Hayden has taken several steps to soothe anger within the agency's clandestine service, which has been buffeted in recent years by a string of prolonged investigations.

The International Olympic Committee, after completing its own prolonged investigations that reiterated what had been known for more than a year, handed Russia penalties for doping so severe they were without precedent in Olympics history.

What followed is the stuff of movies, suffice to say that after lengthy and prolonged investigations, Green paid £363m to help plug the pensions gap.

The feds may not formally veto the deal but could try to kill it through prolonged investigations and hearings, just as they did when Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa attempted to buy the bankrupt, once high-flying Global Crossing a couple of years ago.