Sentence examples for becomes prolonged from inspiring English sources

It won't be the first time that a hiatus between Bond films becomes prolonged.

It is a nasty disease, caused by a bacterium called Bordetella pertussis, that starts with an irritating cough and becomes prolonged, uncontrollable and makes you choke or vomit.

Nobody is quite sure where the combination of visionary zeal and relentless drive will come from if Jobs's absence becomes prolonged.

A few, like Stephen Roach at Morgan Stanley, say that SARS could make the difference in tipping the world into a recession if the war in Iraq also becomes prolonged.

Prothrombin time becomes prolonged only when the prothrombin concentration drops below 50% of normal [ 26].

Many women tend to wait until the labour becomes prolonged or delivery difficult before deciding to seek care due to long walking distances to facilities.

A prolonged hospital stay takes into account the fact that patient stays tend to become prolonged after complications [ 41].

Widespread damage to the Port-au-Prince infrastructure and the loss of some Haitian government officials, international aid and UN personnel complicated the immediate recovery efforts, which became prolonged and were widely criticised.

Some of the larger nanoclusters change shape and become prolonged.

In some cases, grief can become prolonged and lead to mental health complications, including depression, in which the bereaved can feel symptoms as varied as extreme sadness, withdrawal, changes in appetite and sleep.

The amplitude gradually decreased and the latency became prolonged as the power of the lens increased (Fig.  2b).