One method, using a "pricking iron", which looks like a fork, is laborious and hard to get straight; the other uses a "pricking wheel" – like a pastry edger – which zips along neatly but is much less satisfying.
"And you need to be methodical – some of the examinations can be laborious and time consuming.
Laborious and complex, the talks have been dogged by finger-pointing between rich and poor countries over sharing the burden for curbing carbon emissions.
The filming itself was a laborious and uncomfortable process.
On paper, it couldn't have been simpler – you line up a piece of leather with the sole, thread your needle and sew through pre-pressed holes – but I hadn't braced myself for how utterly laborious the job would be.
Despite these technological aids, collecting information in any murder investigation remains a laborious, painstaking business.
"It is a laborious business.
Again, BSI provided measurements that agreed with those obtained in other, more laborious ways.The simplicity of BSI means it should find application in both research and treatment.
Mr Obama's reaction to the oil spill follows the same narrative.Instead of leading by helping states and local authorities cut through the many bureaucratic obstacles of the federal government, the president has insisted on following the laborious process of conducting environmental reviews of local plans to build barriers that protect fragile wetlands.
On its own, each makes man's lot that little bit easier, and browsing less laborious.
With only 17,200 of nearly 23,000 ballot boxes audited, and several thousand boxes set aside for a laborious "special scrutiny", few people in Kabul can believe that Afghanistan will have its new president by next week.Meanwhile the election is taking a serious toll on the country.
