Not only are they likely to drag on for years, but they could involve steep fines.
The need to work off excess inventory was expected to drag on Bristol's earnings into 2003.
By contrast, the real fight between the two countries, over Kashmir, seems to drag on interminably.
Likewise, he pointed out that these negotiations will not be allowed to drag on forever.
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Whereupon only early evening, but Wednesday has seemed to drag on forever excitement shrills through The Economist's corridors.
Lawsuits have been filed about that already but are likely to drag on for years and years.
In fact, talks between government and opposition, if they happen at all, are likely to drag on inconclusively.
Instead, they become forced to retrench and adopt austerity measures which tend to drag on growth further, prolonging recession.
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But instead of moving forward, its legal woes are continuing to drag on.
In contrast, if the affair is left to drag on at a lawyerly pace attention will begin to fade.
The third day tends to drag on a bit but we are very happy where we are at the moment.
Whatever happens, the case is likely to drag on for years - possibly as few as three, but who knows?
But the row has already eclipsed two Tory policy announcements and threatens to drag on for a few more campaigning days.
If the crisis was allowed to drag on and orderly defaults would have occurred, it would have likely started to weigh heavily on China.
The strategy was to build the coalition slowly, allowing the filibuster itself to drag on for months and attract enormous national and even worldwide attention.
Increased protectionism may also be starting to drag on trade.
So Peace IV could become embroiled in the wider EU budget negotiations which are likely to drag on right up until 2013, when Peace III is due to run out.
But as time goes on, the board gets more worried about the uncertainty of completing the merger and the cost to shareholders if it allows the litigation to drag on.
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The government is offering 10 days for this stage of the bill - but if it doesn't get its programme motion, it can expect the debates to drag on rather longer.
But no country wants the conference, which will consist in practice mainly of weekly or fortnightly meetings of national representatives in Brussels, and which will probably open on February 14th, to drag on too long.
Weakening U.S. labor and factory activity has begun to drag on Mexican growth after the economy grew at a more than 4 percent rate in the first half of 2012, although exports rebounded in July.
SYDNEY Australian building approvals were much weaker than expected in February, sending a clear signal that interest rate cuts in late 2011 have failed to spur demand, with housing set to drag on economic growth in the first quarter.
The outlook for the Eastern European economy was questioned after the International Monetary Fund this week reduced its growth assumptions for the region as the crisis in the euro zone home to some of its biggest trading partners continues to drag on.
No one, however, wants matters to drag on: the Zapatists risk losing support if they linger in Mexico city, and the government at the end of March wants to start on tax reform, a pillar of Mr Fox's ambitious plans for Mexico.
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