Sentence examples for stretch to years from inspiring English sources

The time it takes to have a manuscript approved can stretch to years.

But for those who end up entangled in a deportation dispute with another country, the legal limbo can stretch to years.

When walking through our judicial system, the course is hard to predict; there is uncertainty on all sides, impressions and judgments, and a timetable that can stretch to years, with countdown that stops and starts (Davis had been a couple of hours away from execution twice before).

Usually at least four months elapse after it issues a deportation notice before it takes any further action, but this period often stretches to years, according to lawyers.

After they moved into the run-down former Kiev Cinema in 2000, waiting lists for popular productions like "One Totally Happy Village" stretched to years.

Weeks stretched to months stretched to years, and more years and more years and more years.

And worst-case penalties stretch to 20 years in prison.

Scotland's absence from a major tournament will stretch to 16 years.

Their client now faces the prospect of swapping his billionaire lifestyle for a jail term that could stretch to 20 years or more.

His one-year stint stretched to five years, and Mr. Bell was determined to do more.

That four-year sentence ultimately stretched to 105 years after repeated escape attempts and other erratic, less-than-model behavior that raised questions about his competency.