Prolonging Sentence Examples

We considered letting nature take its course but we felt guilty in prolonging the family's agony.

A simple, practical boundary between the three oceans can be obtained by prolonging the meridian of the southern extremity of each of the three southern continents to the Antarctic circle.

The revolving masses are truly balanced by balance weights placed between ' the spokes of the wheels, or sometimes by prolonging the crank-webs and forming the prolongation into balance weights.

Hesse, after vainly prolonging the struggle, was induced to surrender.

When elected pope, or rather anti pope, by the cardinals of Avignon, on the 28th of September 1 394, it was he who by his astuteness, his resolution, and, it may be added, by his unswerving faith in the justice of his cause, was to succeed in prolonging the lamentable schism of the West for thirty years.

In the elections of 1881 the Centre gained five more seats, and in 1883 a new law was introduced prolonging and extending that of 1881.

Laws had been passed prolonging the period of both the Prussian and Imperial parliaments from three to five years; when they were laid before the emperor for his signature he said that he must consider them.

When, therefore, the government at the end of 1897 introduced the necessary measures for prolonging the existing arrangements provisionally till the differences with Hungary had been settled, scenes of great disorder ensued, and at the end of the year the financial arrangements had not been prolonged, and neither the bank charter nor the Customs Union had been renewed.

The sales of Domains and Daira lands were to be restricted to E.300,000 a year each, thus prolonging the period of liquidation of those estates.

The capacity for hardening is an invaluable property not only in regard to cutting-tools, but also in prolonging the life of parts subjected to severe friction.

They resolved to prolong the war as the best expedient for prolonging their power.

Arguably, it has actually made the killing worse by prolonging the agony.

Both were situated east of the extant excavation units prolonging their east-west axis.

Treatment can alter the natural history of opioid dependence, most commonly by prolonging periods of abstinence from illicit opioid dependence, most commonly by prolonging periods of abstinence from illicit opioid misuse.

I will, however, without hopefully unnecessarily prolonging the subject try to respond to a number of points made.

As temperature decreases drug metabolism and excretion also decreases thereby prolonging recovery.

The UN accused the warring parties of deliberately prolonging the war as they looted gold, diamonds and other goods.

What happens if saving a life means prolonging suffering in ways that do not seem to be in a child's best interests?

Structural analogs of LFM developed for use in organ transplantation are effective in prolonging graft survival in different animal model systems (15 ).

The rejection of this bull by certain bishops led to a new party division and a further prolonging of the controversy (see Jansenism and Quesnel, Pasquier).

After the revolution Tirpitz was one of those against whom German popular animosity was chiefly directed as being the inspirer of the naval and world policy which led to the war, and also the most powerful influence in prolonging it.

What happens if saving a life means prolonging suffering in ways that do not seem to be in a child 's best interests?

Once oil is applied to warming pulse points, it has a higher chance of intensifying throughout the day, prolonging the fragrance as it works naturally with your body's chemistry.

Medical therapy often consists of supportive care with the goal of making the infant comfortable, rather than prolonging life.

A perinatal hospice is like its adult counterpart in that it seeks to give every dying individual a comfortable and dignified death without deliberately prolonging or shortening the his or her natural life.

Green and blue ink are a bit more resistant to break down because they only absorb red light, prolonging the fading process.

The best way to fix watch problems is to avoid them by taking good care of your watch and prolonging its life for as long as possible.

Dean knew he was only prolonging the chore of relating their failure.

He discloses as a great secret the use of a concave speculum in front of the aperture, to collect the rays passing through it, when the images will be seen reversed, but by prolonging them beyond the centre they would be seen larger and unreversed.

A small number of desensitizing lubricants exist for the purpose of decreasing stimulation and prolonging sex.