Sentence examples for very protracted from inspiring English sources

"It's still positive growth — rather than contraction — but it's going to be very, very protracted".

Negotiation remained the police's "favored option," he said, adding: "It can be a very protracted technique.

If we have a very protracted time when companies are strapped for cash, they may decide not to use outplacement services.

That is why all the detailed analysis of what Brexit would entail comes to the conclusion that divorce negotiations would be extremely difficult, very protracted, terrifically tortuous and not positive for the British economy.

Dr. Pow-Sang has not been involved in Mr. Chávez's care, but, noting that Mr. Chávez was first treated in June 2011, he said, "The whole process has taken no more than a year and a half, as opposed to some cancers which are very protracted and could take years".

It's been very protracted because it's been going on for a couple of months now," he continued.

Other officials said it had been "very difficult" and protracted.

Gravel was the last Democrat to represent Alaska in Congress for 28 years, until Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich defeated Stevens, by now an aged, iconic figure who had just been convicted of seven felonies for taking unreported gifts, in a very close and protracted election result in mid-November mid-November 2008

4 The rate of burn injury per 100 000 population was also substantially higher for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people overall compared with the rest of the population at 14.4/100 000 vs 6.1/100 000. 1 As burns treatment itself can often be very painful and protracted, it is important to ensure families are adequately supported through what can be both a complex and traumatic process.

"A very long, protracted recession is still very much alive".

Volunteers said more people were choosing to claim asylum in France rather than attempt to travel to the UK, but were finding that the asylum process was protracted and very oversubscribed.