lengthy process
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflengthyandprocess
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lengthy
adjective
uk/ˈleŋ.θi/us/ˈleŋ.θi/
continuing for a ...
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process
noun[C]
uk/ˈprəʊ.ses/us/ˈprɑː.ses/
a series of actions that you take in order to achieve ...
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(Definition oflengthyandprocessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Preparing them is alengthyprocessbecause they have both to pass the censors and be reworked to suit the actors.
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However, the development of measures that are reliable and valid is alengthyprocessand often beyond the resources for any one evaluation project.
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However, it has been accused of being a program disconnected from both academy and practice, and has been also criticized for becoming alengthyprocess.
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Without this fairlylengthyprocess, no regulatory legislation can be satisfactory.
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I cannot guarantee his autumn on your own account we would be very happy to publicise it among s, which is alengthyprocess!
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It was, however, in war that, after a slow andlengthyprocess, some of the profoundest effects were eventually manifested.
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Democratic consolidation is often alengthyprocessthat involves forward and backward movements on issues.
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Restoring fertility can be alengthyprocess, or even end in failure.
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This consultation need not be alengthyprocessbut it must be effective.
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The fact that this is an extremely costly andlengthyprocessdeters many victims of malpractice from taking that course.
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It will be suggested that its use involves an element of doubt which could only be settled by alengthyprocessof litigation.
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The whole purpose of the provisions is to provide for a prompt settlement of these matters without recourse to thelengthyprocessof law.
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I am giving it high priority, but it is inevitably alengthyprocess.
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We are reviewing the whole system of local government finance, and that is a fairlylengthyprocess.
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Surely the way forward would be to introduce a system that does not require alengthyprocessand does not.
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There is the lack of opportunity for a data subject to have his record corrected otherwise than by a court order—an expensive andlengthyprocess.
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It is a long-drawn-out andlengthyprocess, and it is right that it should be a long-drawn-out process.
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We are all conscious of the fact that the debate forms part of alengthyprocess.
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In particular the memorandum says: "it is thelengthyprocessof consultations with every possible interest which restricts progress and not finance".
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Individuals are often incapable of presenting a case themselves, and are often unwilling to face thelengthyprocessnecessary to do so.
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