Sentence examples for were being contemplated from inspiring English sources

And rumours abounded that several rival bids were being contemplated, including one by Blackstone.China overtook America in December as the world's biggest oil importer for the first time.

In a conference call last week, Patrick Houel, the chief financial officer for LVMH, disclosed that similar transactions were being contemplated.

Generally speaking, Mr. Powell's visit was accompanied by a host of ambiguous statements and unanswered questions, many of them related to what actions were being contemplated by the Israeli and Palestinian sides.

Longer school days are being contemplated, she said.

More workshops are scheduled, and more commissions are being contemplated.

"I can't even believe this is being contemplated.

Until recently, peace was being contemplated in Ivory Coast.

(Museum officials denied that a name change was being contemplated).

"Many of the systems that are being produced and are being contemplated were designed during the cold war," Mr. Walker said.

The change is being contemplated because MSNBC and msnbc.com are on somewhat divergent paths.

And into this situation, one return to the Seventies is being contemplated north of the border.