Sentence examples for prolonged hearings from inspiring English sources
As we noted in Heart of Atlanta Motel, both Houses of Congress conducted prolonged hearings on the Act.
But they fully intend to hold prolonged hearings on the issue, taking political advantage of rising public discontent with the casualties in Iraq and the cost of the occupation.
Yesterday's committee vote, after unusually prolonged hearings, also reflected a sense of unease among moderate Republicans about Washington's shortage of friends in the world.
But some doubts were raised Tuesday, when White House officials said that Howard H. Baker Jr., the chief of staff, was seeking assurances that Judge Bork could be confirmed and thus would not become embroiled in prolonged hearings that might distract the Administration from other issues.
These are all the day-to-day issues affecting everyday residents who may sometimes feel that their own worlds don't fit into the City Hall galaxy of sweeping policy decisions and prolonged hearings on the fate of IKEA or Walmart.
However, the jury heard that the business relationship had turned sour, leading to a series of prolonged court hearings in which each party tried to recoup costs from the other.
The Legislature's presiding officer, Judith A. Jacobs, a Democrat, said that the legislators had gained enough information to draft reforms and saw no need to prolong the hearings.
He was repeatedly shifted between different prosecutors and public defenders, causing the attorneys to have to start over, his mother adds, and sometimes officials didn't even show up to his pretrial hearings, prolonging things still further.
My first attorney's incompetence in my case prolonged the outcome of my hearings and trials and left me in limbo for almost a decade.
When challenged about this sort of practice, lawyers will argue that the trajectory of many legal transactions is impossible to predict – cases can be quick and relatively low-cost or they can be prolonged and extremely complex, requiring contested court hearings with all the associated expense.
