Sentence examples for fairly protracted from inspiring English sources
The influential scrutiny committee heard that although he was not present at a meeting with parliamentary authorities on 26 November about searching Green's parliamentary office, Quick understood from a briefing with officers present that "fairly protracted discussions" had taken place.
Quick says he wasn't present but having read his officers' statements, he is aware of "fairly protracted discussions" between an officer and the serjeant over the request to search a parliamentary office.
So the battle over the PARCC contract could be a fairly protracted one, if all the parties in play pursue all of their options.
Michael Metz, the chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer & Company, is one of the more bearish strategists on Wall Street; he says the domestic economy is already in a recession, and he expects this downturn to be fairly deep and protracted.
In the settlement, Wells Fargo said it treated all of its customers fairly but that it wanted to avoid protracted litigation and provide "important and meaningful" assistance to borrowers.
Mostly, but not entirely, this is due to the government succumbing to a fairly sharp attack of mid-term blues, something which didn't happen in the previous parliament.The protracted semi-secret haggling between the prime minister and the chancellor over how to present a united front on the euro achieved exactly the opposite.
During the early years of their marriage Mary was fairly happy, despite the untimely death of her three-year-old son, Edward, in 1850 and her husband's protracted absences while he campaigned or served in Congress.
They are also protracted.
Conflicts are becoming more protracted.
He had protracted fevers.
