41.   Although this period can be extended, authorities are reluctant to hold all of them for much longer.

42.   American forces will initially be allowed to use the port for two months, but the period could be extended.

43.   But the board also voted to extend a period of mediated negotiation to rescue the company which has ceased paying interest on debt.

44.   But a Japanese newspaper on Wednesday quoted Chinese sources as saying that the mourning period may be extended by a year because of economic difficulties gripping the impoverished North.

45.   But he added that the period could be extended.

46.   But this period could be extended should circumstances warrant, such as finding the wreck.

47.   The period can be extended once, by one year.

48.   The period can be extended with the agreement of the court.

49.   The period could be extended if more mines in commercial quantities were discovered, he told the United Arab Emirates daily al-Ittihad.

50.   The period can be extended, and the measure has been mostly used against Palestinians.