Early signs suggest a prolonged fight.
Soft-drink and restaurant groups were ready for a prolonged fight.
Best Buy had sought to avoid having a prolonged fight with Mr. Schulze during the holiday season, which the company felt would be debilitating.
Yet both the Ministry of Defence and Downing Street dropped hints to journalists, and when the hints were taken up the name was confirmed.Mr Kelly was the victim of a needlessly prolonged fight between the government and the BBC.
Bush meets Blair in Washington The US president, George Bush, and the prime minister, Tony Blair, were today assessing the progress of the war in Iraq after a week of fierce combat, amid growing signs that the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, has dug in for a prolonged fight.
Shell will need to be ready for a prolonged fight.
It's clear the Chinese are gearing up for a prolonged fight.
The battalion was immediately greatly outnumbered, exposed in bad terrain and had insufficient supplies for a prolonged fight.
The process to release them in New York is shaping up to be a prolonged fight.
The administration hasn't bothered to change its tune since then, indicating that it is gearing up for a prolonged fight.
However, the owners seem certain to wage a possibly prolonged fight with the NLRB in court and to respond to any attempt by the players to return to work under terms of the old agreement with a lockout.
