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How to use the word extension in a Sentence? Page #5

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The Federal Court in Belem, Brazil, lifted the production embargo on Alunorte under the civil lawsuit on Wednesday ... Alunorte is still subject to a production embargo imposed by the same court in a parallel criminal lawsuit, alunorte is expecting an extension of the civil decision to the criminal case shortly ... (but) will continue to produce at 50% capacity until the production embargo under the criminal case is lifted.

Norsk Hydro

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It took him an entire career to get to 18, so now that I've had another extension to my career — one that I didn't think I had a couple of years ago — if I do things correctly and everything falls my way, yeah, it's a possibility.

Tiger Woods

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I absolutely hope that the UK might stay in the EU, i hope this period of extension will be used for Britain to calm down and rethink things a bit, perhaps for politicians to be more responsible with the promises they make, and then look at the issue again later this year.

Frans Timmermans

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's an extension of the Jeff Sessions campaign to further strip the immigration courts and immigration judges of their authority.

David Leopold

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The extension was seen as a beacon hope, i think there will be a mobilization of voters who want to take part in what will be the most important and high-profile election in the history of the European Union.

Tom Brufatto

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I know that there is huge frustration from many people that I had to request this extension, but the choices we now face are stark and the timetable is clear. So we must now press on at pace with our efforts to reach consensus on a deal that is in the national interest.

Theresa May

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It's true that the majority was more in favor of a very long extension. But it was not logical in my view, and above all, it was neither good for us, nor for the UK.

Emmanuel Macron

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In my view, a short extension would not bring much, there is no appetite to return to a new European Council every six weeks to decide whether to renew the extension.

Detlef Seif

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The duration of an extension - it has got to be in line with the purpose of any such extension, any extension should serve a purpose. The length should be proportional to the objective. Our objective is an orderly withdrawal. 'No-deal' will never by the EU's decision. In order to avoid 'no-deal', the UK needs to agree to a deal.

Michel Barnier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Any extension should serve a purpose. The length should be proportional to the objective. Our objective is an orderly withdrawal. 'No-deal' will never by the EU's decision. In order to avoid 'no-deal', the UK needs to agree to a deal.

Michel Barnier

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

What we are looking for is to avoid a long extension, we are a democracy with a hung parliament, so it's not easy.

Jeremy Hunt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are now in a really dangerous situation with a serious and growing risk of no-deal in 10 days' time, the Prime Minister has a responsibility to prevent that happening. She needs to put forward a proposal, including saying how long an extension she thinks we need to sort things out.

Yvette Cooper

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The European Union has been clear that any further extension will need to have a clear purpose and will need to be agreed unanimously by the heads of the other 27 member States ahead of 12 April, it is also almost certain to involve the UK being required to hold European parliamentary elections.

Theresa May

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We're mindful that this is only a one-year extension of the termination - not a reversal.

Amaha Kassa

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I can't imagine an extension until the end of June. The (EU) Commission has repeatedly explained that in this case, Britain has to participate in the election and this would lead to big uncertainties.

Manfred Weber

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If the proposal were to go back to square one and negotiate a new deal, that would mean a much longer extension – almost certainly requiring the United Kingdom to participate in the European Parliament elections in May, the idea of the British people going to the polls to elect MEPs three years after voting to leave the EU hardly bears thinking about. There could be no more potent symbol of parliament's collective political failure.

Theresa May

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

This is not in our control and the European Union is signaling that only if we have a deal is it likely to be willing to grant a short technical extension to get the legislation through, if we don't have a deal, and if we're still discussing among ourselves what is the right way to go forward, then it's quite possible that the EU may insist on a significantly longer period.

Philip Hammond

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

UK Govt's extension of diplomatic protection to Ms Zaghari contravenes int'l law. Govts may only exercise such protection for own nationals, as (the) UK Govt is acutely aware, Iran does not recognize dual nationality. Irrespective of UK residency, Ms Zaghari thus remains Iranian.

Hamid Baeidinejad

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We are hopeful this extension will be allowed and that their application for an emergency rescue visa be granted soon.

Michael Vidler

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If the British need more time, we would support an extension request if it was justified by new choices from the British, but we would in no way accept an extension without a clear view on the objective pursued.

Emmanuel Macron

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The issue about an extension is whether that really solves anything, the last thing people in the UK and Europe want is Brexit paralysis. I think people want to move on.

Jeremy Hunt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Many of the businesses we're speaking to are praying for an extension to Article 50, nearly all larger firms are now preparing for Brexit, after some came late to the party — however the timing of no-deal implementation planning remains highly variable.

James Stewart

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

In terms of a no deal, let's not forget ultimately, it is within the gift of the UK government and the UK parliament to take the threat of no deal off the table, it is possible if the UK wishes to, to revoke Article 50, or, if that's a step too far to seek an extension of Article 50.

Leo Varadkar

Found on CNN
5 years ago

If State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert is nominated and approved, people will be interested to see whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert's willing and able to do the diplomatic toil or whether State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert will see this as an extension of the spokesman position and focus more on presentation of Richard Gowan position before the Security Council.

Richard Gowan

Found on CNN
5 years ago

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