The phrase "a lengthy documentation" is not correct in standard English.
The correct form would be "lengthy documentation" without the article "a." You can use it when referring to a substantial amount of written material or information on a particular subject.
Example: "The project requires lengthy documentation to ensure all aspects are covered thoroughly."
Alternatives: "extensive documentation" or "detailed documentation."
For many people, the cost and practicality of copying and posting lengthy documentation is prohibitive.
During the Olympics, when a female gymnast finishes an event and hugs her coach, often a man three times her age, I cringe at what I believe is the unsavory stench of the sport in general — children under the wing of men who based on lengthy documentation have proven to be abusive, relentless, intolerant, humiliating and, in some instances, accused of sexual misconduct.
Later, when I was a young man starting out in my career (in communications, ironically), we told each other what we needed to communicate in person, by telephone (sometimes on the message machine) or--if it was a lengthy communication involving, perhaps, some documentation--by something called "mail".
Since all these aspects have to be dealt with, it is a lengthy procedure to prepare appropriate project documentation and to certify A/R projects, impairing their competitiveness compared to other non-forest project types.
Under his proposal, if the Federal Reserve wanted to re-impose Dodd-Frank risk controls at any bank except the six largest banks in the nation, they would have to go through a lengthy and cumbersome "designation" process requiring extensive documentation and a two-thirds vote from a committee of ten different regulators.
"Lack of full access to existing documentation and the unavailability of other data has interfered with the claims process," Mr. Gribetz said in a lengthy report filed with Edward R. Korman, chief judge of the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, where the suit was filed.
Weightlifting has a lengthy history.
He recited a lengthy list.
He faces a lengthy suspension.
