Sentence examples for helping to prolong from inspiring English sources

To Mrs. Suzman's frustration, this led some of her critics to say she was unwittingly helping to prolong apartheid.

But that attitude, and the tacit approval of Prime Minister Maliki, is helping to prolong the economic, social and security quagmires that continue to afflict the country.

This suggested cross-border transmission, in line with government fears that the porous border was helping to prolong the outbreak in both countries.

"I see renewable energy sources as supplementing existing sources, helping to prolong our continued export of crude oil," the Saudi minister said.

The drip-feed effect has been devastating for investors' confidence, helping to prolong the longest and deepest bear market since the second world war.

Meanwhile, helping to prolong the Democratic battle over delegates — instead of advocating that they simply not be counted, as the current rules require — could be the governor's way of making trouble for the Democrats on behalf of Mr. McCain.

The vast pool of disillusioned and desperate young men has doubtless helped to prolong Algeria's Islamist insurrection, for example.

A growing belief that the worst is past, and a waning aversion to risk, helped to prolong the advance in stocks.

She also wants to publicize the need for transplant donors, who can help to prolong the life of those suffering from cystic fibrosis, she said.

It also helped to prolong the so-called "trad boom", of which Ball and the other Bs were the principal beneficiaries.

Indeed, some real estate executives argue that the stumble in 1998 helped to prolong the good times by squelching any possibility of a new wave of speculative building.