Sentence examples for prolong the discussions from inspiring English sources

People involved in the negotiations said a deal could come as soon as this week, but cautioned that volatile markets in the wake of last week's terrorist attacks against the United States could prolong the discussions.

There had been some expectation prior to the team's visit that Iran would seek to prolong the discussions as part of what some Western diplomats have called a pattern of delaying and extending negotiations to buy time while its nuclear engineers enrich more uranium.

As with all great barroom chats, the answers didn't matter, only our ability to prolong the discussion with quips ("It's not a village," Ray said. "It's a hamlet!") and additional rounds of drinks.

His mention of Roosevelt on Monday could indicate that he is laying the groundwork for a return, or could merely be a tactic to prolong the discussion of his political future to avoid being viewed as a lame duck.

If the discussion item is not important to you, do not prolong the discussion by being a devil's advocate.

Madam President, I do not want to prolong the discussion, but an explanation of vote means, I am explaining why I voted in such and such a way.

That book, a case for going to war against Iraq, portrays the Clinton administration (in which Pollack served) prolonging the discussions while recoiling from the big decisions, equivocating, shifting ground, always looking to keep options open.

You prolong the guy".

Why prolong the illusion?

That will prolong the recession.

"Don't prolong the catastrophe.