51.   Those who represent long-term detainees say many cases are dragging on despite the ruling.

52.   Though no one would face immediate eviction, individual cases could drag on at considerable cost to both sides.

53.   Under their procedures, the case could drag on more than a year.

54.   Unlike the pipe-suckers of Scotland Yard, Simone and Sipowicz never allow a case to drag on for three or more hours.

55.   Adoptees say they have the right to know the identities of their birth parents and the case has dragged on too long.

56.   An appeals court should not delay in pursuing penalties against Microsoft, because dragging the case out would disrupt the computer market, the Justice Department said Friday.

57.   As the case dragged on, the suspension was extended for another week.

58.   But he said he regrets that the case dragged on for so long before an agreement was reached for him to have custody.

59.   But the cases could drag on for years, and most of the victims could be dead before any agreement is in place.

60.   Cases dragged on in a legal system notorious for its slowness.