Sentence examples for sought to prolong from inspiring English sources

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These are precisely the people whom a policy that sought to prolong the amount of education would target.

"The main ally of the Siniora government was the Americans and they didn't seek to end the war but in fact sought to prolong it.

Mr Bowden also collects more evidence to support the theory that Reagan's aides sought to prolong the hostage ordeal until after the 1980 presidential election.

MOSCOW — For a year, Russia's most famous prisoner, Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky, sat in a glass cage in a dingy, third-floor courtroom and listened while prosecutors sought to prolong his time behind bars by charging that he embezzled billions of dollars worth of oil.

He did not explain why he changed his mind, but as a mayoral candidate in 2013, he will be seeking support from the legislators whose eligibility he sought to prolong.

The existing system in Jordan at the time of the transformation sought to prolong life at any cost (even when no effective options existed) and paid secondary attention to quality of life of the patient (e.g. pain control).

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Like Mr. Moneo, Mr. Siza seeks to prolong the architectural sequence to its furthest extreme.

He seeks "to prolong a friendship which summer had almost made an idyll of...

The richer members of the EU might seek to prolong the life of their "temporary" restrictions.

Our existence is a given and for the most part we seek to prolong it as much as possible.

ECUADORIANS have not been gentle to leaders who seek to prolong their hold on power beyond what the constitution allows.

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