1.   The prosecution wanted more time to prepare their case.

2.   Mr Denham said he understood the pharmacy owners had wanted more time to prepare their case.

3.   At the Friday detention hearing, lawyers for Dean asked for more time to prepare for the hearing, saying they had first met their client Thursday.

4.   Banks may also press for more time to prepare for the euro.

5.   A spokesman, Tom Antenen, said that the Corrections Department needed extra time to prepare the necessary documents.

6.   After Oxfeld asked for more time to prepare a response to that proposal, Fisher ordered the hearing continued on Thursday.

7.   But Clinton has not allowed much time to prepare for his testimony regarding his relationship with Ms. Lewinsky.

8.   But commissioners felt Los Angeles and the new city needed more time to prepare for the transition, including redistricting the current Los Angeles council boundaries.

9.   But the start may be postponed for several more months, Scottish officials here said, because defense lawyers have asked for extra time to prepare their case.

10.   Clark convinced Ito that prosecutors needed extra time to prepare for cross-examination, because they had just received the tape.