Sentence examples for be allowed to drag from inspiring English sources

That work must not be allowed to drag out.

They will not be allowed to drag us back to the past.

He also failed to repeat Mr Jiang's warning that "the Taiwan question must not be allowed to drag on indefinitely".

But America vowed after Sept. 11 that the terrorists would not be allowed to drag us down to their level.

Today Mr. Powell made it clear that the latest process would not be allowed to drag out that long.

The French president, François Hollande, has insisted again that the UK's negotiations to leave the EU should not be allowed to "drag on", as he prepared to meet Theresa May in Paris.

There was much criticism that the Milosevic trial was allowed to drag on too long and remained inconclusive.

Nevertheless, he said, "I'm critical of the fact that the program has been allowed to drag on for 40 years and to consume so much money".

If it is allowed to drag on, early successes might have the perverse effect of taking enough pressure out of the system to undermine further reforms.

The UK has been allowed to drag its heels on delivering clean air for far too long," said Jenny Bates, air pollution campaigner with Friends of the Erath.

Another lesson from the way that the dispute has been allowed to drag on and especially the way that Argentina's government has failed to keep the bridge open is that South American integration remains a much-hyped mirage.