Sentence examples for but were extended from inspiring English sources

They were supposed to end last Friday but were extended to allow more time, to enhance the prospects of success.

These tax rates were previously set to expire at the end of 2010, but were extended for two years.

Contracts with all three – which cover about 140,000 US hourly workers – expired on Monday night but were extended while talks continued.

Prodded on Thursday by various officials, including Ahmet Davutoglu, the foreign minister of Turkey, and Nabil Elaraby, the secretary general of the Arab League, about 60 representatives of various factions started talks that were scheduled to last just a day but were extended by at least another day.

The talks had been scheduled to finish on Friday but were extended.

The talks had previously been due to end in November 2014, but were extended to June 2015 after the parties failed to reach a deal.

She's not (yet) a GOP candidate, but was extended an invitation – which she declined.

The pilot was scheduled to end in April but was extended to the end of August.

After a deadline extension, the agreement expired in 2010, but was extended again.

This component started as a PTB-style tokenizer, but was extended since then to handle noisy and web text.

McCosh Hall originally held 44 rooms but was extended in the early 1920s, after a fire destroyed nearby Dickinson Hall.