Sentence examples for it bought time from inspiring English sources
The administration thinks it bought time, to get past the economic crisis and its reelection, and it will have a much stronger position from which to veto any extension of the upper-bracket tax cuts.
It bought time in Georgia, Oklahoma and Tennessee, which vote in the Super Tuesday contests on March 6.
When Senator Obama's campaign sought to make one last push with a 30-minute infomercial, it bought time on three major networks, using money harvested on one platform — the Web — to buy time on another — broadcast television.
It bought time on network shows like "60 Minutes" and "Everybody Loves Raymond," programs that would be nearly out of the question for public service announcements surviving on donated time.
This early wave of international resistance changed the game: it bought time for activists to organize an effective opposition in the US, which was seen as all-important in the global calculus of the Washington-led deal.
But it also had to promise to go beyond its universe of 36 million cable homes, which is less than half of ESPN's, so it bought time on Fox Sports Net to provide half-hour weekday updates and on CBS to offer one hour of taped coverage on three Sundays.
"It buys time to work everything out," Mr. Laidler said.
It buys time on ESPN, for example, for the telecasts, then sells advertising.
