He signed a five-year contract with City in August 2009 after a long-drawn-out transfer saga in a deal that made him the second most expensive English defender, after Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand.
Yamazaki acknowledges Japan's long-drawn recession is a factor.
Are you looking now at a long, drawn-out period of negotiating a scaled-down package?
Some are predicting a long, drawn-out fight, leading to a possible compromise some time around dawn on Saturday morning.
The process is likely to be long and drawn-out, involving a good deal of back and forth between Ofcom and BSkyB, as well as between the regulator and News Corp.
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When Mr Clinton's trial began on January 14th, conventional wisdom held that it was the president, not the Republicans, who should fear the calling of witnesses and a long-drawn-out procedure.
"The entire process will be subjected to a long and drawn-out process in the courts... no sod will be turned, " he told a meeting with stadium planning officials on Tuesday.
Weissman and Rosen are in the midst of a long, costly, drawn-out trial and stand charged with mishandling classified information under a statute that has not been enforced since World War I.
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Filipinos are preparing for a long drawn-out political feud.
The trust said Mr Halsall had been seconded to the NHS Confederation, in a move which "avoided the potential for a long drawn-out dispute, that would have been both expensive and time consuming".
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The long-drawn bankruptcy proceedings have been inching toward a possible reorganization plan slated for later this year.
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And as I said I think several weeks ago, my interest is not having a long, drawn-out process for months.
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Despite the monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve and the fiscal stimulus from the federal government, Weiss foresees a long, drawn-out bear market similar to the one Japan has been in since late 1989.
We're not only in a long, drawn-out battle with new kinds of enemies who have ready access to tremendously destructive capabilities, as we all know, but we're going to have because of that change our priorities.
Plus, to his credit, he seems to understand that the battle with the bottle is not something that can be decreed by autocratic fiat, but rather that it is going to have to be a long, drawn-out (boring) campaign if it is ever to be effective.
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My mother knew that part of our gift giving ritual was a way to spend time with each other- I come from a family that has a long drawn out gifting ritual.
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The Desert Foxes' earlier defeat against Malawi may have been a hangover from their long, drawn-out World Cup campaign.
The references to Hamas and Nahr al-Bared reflect the Jordanian authorities' long-standing anxiety about being drawn into wider regional conflicts, a risk that is particularly acute in light of the large proportion of the population that is of Palestinian origin.
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If Mr Clinton is in his element chairing a town hall discussion on race, or empathising with the victims of a school shooting, Mr Gore is drawn to long-run, abstract themes.
What Mr Flowers brought to Long-Term Credit, apart from a bid-topping offer, was a perspective drawn from a particular kind of background.
Given the notoriously long time frames for patent lawsuits, this is likely just the beginning of a drawn-out war in the courts.
While the Center for Security Policy has long believed that closing this gaping loophole is essential if the economic sanctions imposed last year are to have any appreciable impact, the advance notice thus given virtually assures that a whole host of new long-term contracts for Libyan oil are being drawn up now.
An unvetted candidate who might have survived a couple of weeks of campaigning couldn't take the strain of this long, drawn-out process.
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