Sentence examples for protracted controversial from inspiring English sources

Nor would the soundtrack have been exactly that Gold dreamed of when the protracted, controversial battle for the £701m Olympic Stadium was finally won following a succession of legal tussles and political bungles.

"It appears that the confirmation process would be protracted and controversial," he said.

The debate was protracted, "contentious and controversial".

Moreover, the risk estimate for the group of all other cancers was only just compatible with the prediction of standard risk models, leading to controversial suggestions that the risk of cancer resulting from protracted exposure to radiation in the workplace has been underestimated.

A protracted silence.

They are also protracted.

Conflicts are becoming more protracted.

The result was protracted economic weakness.

Long, protracted courtships are not uncommon".

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Another protracted silence.