That process is lengthy and difficult and should be used only when other efforts have failed.

They were lengthy and they were incomplete and they weren't useful because they were very difficult to decipher as to what information they were trying to provide.

You have failed in this question. That's why you are in such a difficult position.

A lengthy process is required before we can consider lowering a speed limit.

You've got issues with different product categories that overlap. Do you keep one, or both? It's a potentially lengthy process of figuring out what the strongest products are to put forward.

as in earlier mediation, including peace-making efforts when he was the state's attorney general, Kobayashi served without extra compensation.