Sentence examples for it will be a protracted from inspiring English sources

"I don't know how long this downturn will last, but I don't think it will be a protracted period of time," Mr. Marchand said.

For Kenneth D. Lewis, the former chairman and soon to be former chief executive of Bank of America, the days and months ahead will be a protracted ordeal.

It will be a long, protracted rise to the massive multi-billion dollar promises.

It is anticipated that there will be a protracted period of change and that dual-stack IP networking will be utilised for a considerable time.

Strengthening the role of any putative state to take on its enabling role and establish governance mechanisms will be a protracted, incremental exercise, one likely to take decades to reach a basic level of functioning [ 46- 49], with no guarantee that it will happen [ 11].

The pressure is reflected in what many say will be a protracted period of contraction, a period already begun.

Their blueprint, unveiled on Monday, will allow them to stake out their position one day before President Obama outlines his immigration proposals in a speech on Tuesday in Las Vegas, in the opening moves of what lawmakers expect will be a protracted and contentious debate in Congress this year.

"This will be a protracted fight," he predicts.

It will be an enormous culture jam, a protracted war of ideas, ideologies and visions of the future.

The only question is whether it will be as protracted and violent as Europe's mid-20th century retreat from a newly assertive Asia and Africa.

"We don't know whether it will be protracted over a very long period of time, in which case the adjustments will occur in the normal manner without any significance, or whether they'll occur more abruptly," he said.