Sentence examples for were seeking to extend from inspiring English sources

Technically, advocates for alternative schools were seeking to extend a five-year waiver they had received in 1995 that exempted them from taking the Regents.

The two had both worked in driving sustainability and were seeking to extend that into the food market.

In 2006, Ogilvy & Mather were seeking to extend the campaign further, by creating one or more viral videos to host on the Campaign for Real Beauty website.

For composers such as Ralph Vaughan Williams and George Butterworth, English folk-song became a dominant feature of their work; at the same time, song-writers were seeking to extend their art by moving beyond the piano to develop richer forms of vocal accompaniment.

A bipartisan coalition of senators is seeking to extend the legislation to small business.

"We are seeking to extend [existing] sanctions... and say to people, 'Take advantage of this help'".

Canada is seeking to extend its territory by about half a million square miles.

He was seeking to extend his lead atop the ranking, where he is closely followed by Lleyton Hewitt and Andre Agassi.

He would be seeking to extend the guarantee of licence fee money to six years for S4C as well.

CBS is seeking to extend the show at least through a ninth year, which would be the 2004-2005 season.

Despite her lack of progress, developing countries are seeking to extend Mrs. Ksentini's mandate for three years.