Sentence examples for prolonged case from inspiring English sources

The time factor is important and you do not want a prolonged case.

Moussa: Well, I cannot really answer this question, but it would be a prolonged case of civil war and tension and destruction of Libya.

This wizened sentinel, to whom the movie returns again and again, remains silent except for a prolonged case of the hiccups, whose sounds (the movie's title is a pun on "hiccup") supply witty, deflating punctuation.

Several people close to Mr. Ayling said he had grown tired, mentally and physically -- he suffered a prolonged case of the flu in January -- and he had been increasingly frustrated with the speed of the airline's rebound.

"If you take Epstein-Barr virus, which causes glandular fever, only about 10-15% of people tend to go on to have a prolonged case of the disease leading to CFS.

The Gulf spill is more like a prolonged case of cancer in an organ hard to operate on.

For prolonged cases, he states the impetus for such behavior is the "longing for nurturing, sympathy, care and concern that they feel unable to get in appropriate ways," and that the admiration of forum members is a strong motivator to continue.

Among the reasons for this, she said, are that defense lawyers tend to be paid by the hour and have incentives to prolong cases, that early settlement offers have until now been considered a sign of weakness and that delay can be a way to wear plaintiffs down.

After he had a work accident in 1991, the agency prolonged his case for years, ignoring judges' orders, according to court rulings.

MasterCard's chief executive, Robert W. Selander, said in a separate statement that the settlement eliminated "the uncertainty, time commitment, and expense of a prolonged court case" and kept the company's balance sheet intact.

Lise Grande, the UN humanitarian coordinator for Yemen, said on Friday that humanitarian agencies "fear, in a prolonged worst case, that as many as 250,000 people may lose everything – even their lives".