This may be less than is needed just to maintain existing services, let alone extend them.
To paraphrase Mark Twain, "fish and visitors go off after three days" and even your immediate family can feel overwhelming when around each other constantly, let alone extended family.
The contract service could not work smoothly without their positive cooperation, let alone be extended to the whole country.
Any entertainment options that extend -- let alone begin -- past 8 p.m. are out of the question, because you are just too tired.
And the Senate has historically been far less vocal about extending rent regulations, let alone strengthening them.
Likewise, the Afghan government has yet to show it has the drive, let alone the resources and skill, to extend good governance in areas from which the Taliban are ejected.
For three decades, as prime-time TV was transformed, few shows — whether fun-trashy or edgy-political — employed cliffhangers, because few shows told the kinds of stories that could extend beyond an episode, let alone a season.
–Still less certain is whether this declaration will extend to plutonium stocks, let alone actual nuclear weapons.
Kitchens and bathrooms are small; there are normally only three bedrooms and no downstairs loo let alone a master bedroom en suite.' Unfortunately, extending them removes some of their charm.
Economic advantages compound, and an early lead is more likely to be extended than merely clung to, let alone overcome.
Back in 1991, his reputation for excellence didn't extend that far beyond Chianti, let alone Italy.
