Sentence examples for drawn-out debate from inspiring English sources

The drawn-out debate had threatened to delay NATO's operation beyond its planned 30 days.

"After decades of legalised discrimination, and ongoing social stigma, LGBTI Australians will face an angry, drawn-out debate, one likely to multiply existing disadvantages and stigma.

Ms. Gillard's popularity too has taken a beating during the drawn-out debate, and the proposal was laden with incentives designed to reassure voters that they would not be bearing the burden.

Throughout this past year, there has been a drawn-out debate over the true nature of Trump's appeal — do people like him because he stirs up racial resentments, or because he speaks to their economic struggles?

Mr. Steinbrück's image as a former finance minister who shepherded Germany through the first days of the financial crisis has been battered by a drawn-out debate over his private earnings from a book and, more recently, a comment that Ms. Merkel benefited from a "women's bonus".

Tensions are already emerging between the White House and some Democrats about how much emphasis the president and Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. should give their gun control measures and whether a drawn-out debate over the Second Amendment could imperil the rest of the party's initiatives, particularly on immigration.

But some senators saw political advantage in drawing out debate, thus preventing the Senate from addressing other pressing matters.

Republicans now routinely draw out debate on what used to be formalities, in order to exert what Mr. McConnell would describe as leverage to "shape" objectionable measures.

McConnell vowed to return the Senate to regular order when taking over as majority leader, and to allow an open amendment process, which draws out debate and makes it harder for the controlling party to funnel through legislation they favor.

Indeed, the conservative Daily Mail commented in an editorial, "The bitter irony is this long-drawn out debate comes when the Internet — which, being global, has no regulatory restraints — is driving newspapers out of business".

The bitter irony is this long-drawn out debate comes when the internet - which, being global, has no regulatory restraints - is driving newspapers out of business.