• That is risky: if left for any length of time, those pledges give banks an incentive to behave recklessly.

    ECONOMIST: The credit crunch

  • But what made his comment incendiary was the fact that it came amid a spate of well-publicised crimes that left many wondering if length of stay should be the only condition for citizenship.

    ECONOMIST: Italy and immigration

  • Despite addressing reporters at length, Lombardi left many questions about what will come next unanswered -- including those concerning exactly when a successor will be elected.

    CNN: February 12, 2013 -- Updated 2035 GMT (0435 HKT)

  • Left-armer Johnson was varying his length with a degree of unpredictability and shortly before lunch he struck, trapping Gambhir with a delivery that Hawk-Eye showed would have missing leg stump.

    BBC: Kumble bows out with Delhi draw

  • My employer was not prepared to keep me on for any length of time and since I left my course, I did not gain the qualification despite doing all the work for it.

    BBC: Gordon Brown and Tony Blair

  • She is all in favour of creating jobs by cutting the length of the working week, as left-wing governments in France and Italy are trying to do, and letting public spending rip.

    ECONOMIST: Sweden

  • Just answering the door, with her thirty-foot length of oxygen tubing trailing after her, had left her winded.

    NEWYORKER: Letting Go

  • Blackwell's 54-ball half-century threatened to turn the tide but the visitors remained favourites when Hoggard had the left-hander caught behind for 64, prodding at a good length ball.

    BBC: Yorks beat Somerset to move top

  • His hair is short in length and is grey on the sides, while his front-left tooth has a chip in it.

    BBC: Owain Roberts

  • Mortlock and Turner were both denied further tries before the Baa-Baas got off the mark with the last move of the half, a length-of-the-field effort finished by Balshaw in the left corner.

    BBC: Lewsey & Corry bow out in defeat

  • In the final minute of regulation, he was given his best chance to dethrone Spain when he received the ball close to goal after a length-of-the-field break, but he sliced a left-foot shot into the stands behind the goal.

    WSJ: Euro 2012: Spain Beats Portugal on Penalty Kicks, Stands One Win From Immortality

  • In other cases, the law firm alleged Mr Bhamra used the wrong hip prosthesis on a 23-year-old woman, inserting it incorrectly, and left a 51-year-old woman with a "significant" discrepancy between the length of her legs.

    BBC: ?750k payouts agreed for Rotherham hip surgeon 'errors'

  • Left-arm paceman Mitchell Johnson took 0-43 in seven overs, struggling for line and length.

    BBC: Australia crash to seventh defeat

  • When Lewry trapped nightwatchman Steve Patterson lbw with some more full-length in-swing, Yorkshire had lost three wickets for six runs in three overs - and left them needing all the help they could get from Durham against Kent on day two.

    BBC: Sussex make strides to survival

  • But when Lincoln very recently decided instead to run two 30-second commercials, shortening the Fallon-inspired effort to just half of its original length and devoting the other 30 seconds to an ad focusing on the new MKZ sedan, Smith got left on the cutting room floor for the ad that will actually run during the Super Bowl.

    FORBES: Emmitt Smith Is Carrying The Ball For Lincoln In Big Easy

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