Sentence examples for primary drag from inspiring English sources

While mortgage refinancings have created business for some financial services firms that package and sell bundles of debt, Merrill's slow business highlighted a primary drag on the markets themselves.

Thus, the housing sector has been the primary drag on growth: Residential construction has fallen from a peak of 6.2% of gross domestic product to 4.2%.

When the Republican primary dragged on into March, even the GOP's most dedicated spinners stopped DJing the Great Conservative Base Shuffle.

As the Democratic presidential primary drags on, Hillary Rodham Clinton has fired warning shots across Wall Street's bow.

He told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "I believe it's getting to the point where it's going to become counter-productive if the primary drags on.

"The longer this G.O.P. primary drags on, the better the numbers for Team Blue," Mr. Moulitsas wrote as he introduced the plan, Operation Hilarity, on Wednesday.

And on the health front, as the 2008 Democratic primary dragged further and further into spring, the New Yorker's Ryan Lizza told The Times: "The campaign charter planes are like sealed chambers of airborne disease.

As the Republican primaries drag on, some in the party are longing for a savior — an elder statesman or wise veteran who has the stature to quietly pull a candidate aside and nudge him out of the race for the good of the party.

The main drag, Padre Boulevard, is lined with single-story shops painted in primary colors which sell T-shirts and surfwear.

The main drag of Oceti Sakowin is Flagpole Road, where you can find the primary medic tent and the Sacred Fire, which serves as camp center.

QUESTION FROM MEGAN SCOTT : Does the Obama camp want this GOP primary to drag on?