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.
Likewise, he pointed out that these negotiations will not be allowed to drag on forever.
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Lawsuits have been filed about that already but are likely to drag on for years and years.
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.
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.
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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Annan has said the ongoing crisis in Syria cannot be allowed to "drag on indefinitely" but resisted setting any sort of timetable.
Housing had actually proven to be a drag on GDP, with purchases and construction completely breaking down as consumers went on a deleveraging cycle to fix their balance sheets.
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Even if the demand for housing falls no further, weakness in residential construction is likely to remain a drag on economic growth for a time as homebuilders try to reduce their inventories of unsold homes to more normal levels.
The engine constantly throttles up and down, not only to counter the drag on the satellite from residual air molecules in near space but also to smooth the flight of the vehicle to minimise the noise in the gravity measurements.
Precision is unlikely, but at least money needs some growth to prevent a drag on real growth.
The European sovereign debt crisis is expected to remain a drag on global equity markets again in September.
If equities drop enough so as to be a drag on the US economy, then the situation could get worse.
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