But independence would be subject to protracted negotiations.
Rules that have been finalized are increasingly subject to protracted legal challenges by the financial industry.
Everyone should be frustrated with the travesty of humanitarian solutions being applied to protracted problems.
We have become accustomed to protracted debates about who should serve on the Supreme Court.
Strategists who've expressed concerns about deflation aren't necessarily predicting a return to protracted, Depression-era downward price spirals.
In these countries, however, outpourings of popular discontent led to protracted bloody struggles between opposition groups and ruling regimes.
Thanks to protracted power cuts, it cannot even keep the lights on in its towns and villages.
Then, aid is typically granted only if the recipients adopt policies that often lead to protracted economic pain.
The Portuguese were eager to establish hegemony over the entire island, and their attempts to do so led to protracted warfare.
That has led to protracted negotiations between the government and carmakers, and in some cases has meant more limited recalls than the government initially sought.
Women tend to run the marathon later in their careers, when they face decisions about motherhood, which inevitably disrupts training and can lead to protracted comebacks.
