Sentence examples for adjournment long from inspiring English sources

The next day I flew to Barcelona and Boris showed the magical square to the spectators during the adjournment long before Kasparov could perform it on the chessboard.

A10 A Trial in Fits and Starts The Pakistani trial of Ahmed Omar Sheikh, who is accused in the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, convened in secret for a few minutes, then broke for a long adjournment, for the second week in a row.

Between 1867 and 1940, the annual sessions lasted on average four months; now they normally run a full year, with three long adjournments.

Its 15 December adjournment ended the longest congressional session since 1982.

Their reaction came after Paul Thomas QC, the prosecutor, explained the situation to the jury after yesterday's day-long adjournment in proceedings.

The courts typically work six days a week and try to reduce adjournments that lead to long delays in cases.

Did they really not know until 2013?" He suspects that, as he wrote in his complaint, they were "seeking long, undue adjournments of these cases to procure a guilty plea from plaintiff".

"Imagine if this was a physical health condition and that had not been talked about by the House of Commons other than in adjournment debates for a very long time," she added.

Either way, I was repeatedly told that my arrest was "not a big deal" and that the case would get thrown out as an ACD (Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal) so long as I don't get arrested again for six months.

The arbitrator will be barred from granting routine adjournments, a problem that has caused long delays in the past.

Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at 6 30 PM.