Sentence examples for brief extensions from inspiring English sources

Instead of passing a replacement, as might happen anywhere else, Congress has approved a series of brief extensions of the old law nine of them, to be exact.

The widening division between House Republicans and Senate Democrats raises the prospect that they will be unable to reach agreement to finance the government through Sept. 30 and will instead have to rely on a series of brief extensions.

It has also allowed a law to lapse that encouraged private investment in infrastructure by offering a tax break on bonds that finance it.Meanwhile, the repeated brief extensions of the highway bill make it difficult to plan for the long term or to embark confidently on projects that might take many years to complete.

Democratic leaders blamed the administration for any problems, saying its refusal to agree to a brief extension of the law had caused any lapses.

A brief extension to his term would require a change in state law to which they might be more amenable, officials said.

Still, she said, the United States might consider "a final brief extension of the mission, if it allows the monitors to withdraw safely".

If Mr. Macklowe fails to get an appropriate bid, he may be forced to sell, or engage in a tough legal battle with Fortress, which has given him a brief extension on his loan.

Separately, Sally Morgan, the chair of schools inspectorate Ofsted, is said to be stepping down in September, having received a brief extension to her term of office which was to have expired next month.

The US agricultural department has asked for a brief extension of the ban - applicable to cloned animals alone, not their progeny - to give it time to talk to international trade partners and retailers in the hope of avoiding a consumer backlash.

After prosecutors and the company's lawyers were unable to meet last week because of the moratorium on air travel, the judge gave them a brief extension and ordered them to file a report by Tuesday outlining how to proceed with the remaining aspects of the case.

But even a brief extension in the shuttle's life will be financially costly and the political costs of another fatal accident would be huge.The main problem is that after the destruction of Columbia it was agreed that if the shuttle were to fly after 2010 it would have to go through "recertification".