The phrase "a lengthy draft" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a document or piece of writing that is long in length, often referring to a preliminary version of a text.
Example: "After reviewing a lengthy draft of the report, I realized that several sections needed to be revised for clarity."
Alternatives: "an extensive draft" or "a long draft".
DPVA recruited some excellent members of a strategic planning committee, and this committee produced a lengthy draft report with many good recommendations.
The U.S. had no history of permitting offshore wind farms -- a task that fell initially to the Army Corps of Engineers, which took roughly three years from the time the project was first proposed to prepare a lengthy Draft Environmental Impact Statement, as required by the decades-old National Environmental Policy Act.
Eventually grabbing a bottle proffered by a concerned citizen standing roadside, Zaaf lowered the contents in one lengthy draft, but continued zigzagging hopelessly along the road in an apparent state of delirium, before falling off his bike and being dragged into the shade of a tree by a number of spectators, where he proceeded to fall asleep.
The prospects for the deal improved after the Ontario Securities Commission subsequently released lengthy draft regulations it wanted to implement in order to approve the transaction.
According to the lengthy draft, which was obtained and published by L'Espresso magazine, the Argentinean pope will align himself with the environmental movement and its objectives.
During a stopover in Paris to see Mr. Weymouth, who was helping I. M. Pei design the glass pyramid at the Louvre, Ms. Weymouth produced a lengthy itinerary, drafted by her mother, including lunch at the Knesset with Benjamin Netanyahu and dinner at the apartment of Yitzhak and Leah Rabin.
The draft may be substantially altered at the traditional grand council, or loya jirga, scheduled for Dec. 10, but the lengthy drafting and behind-the-scenes alterations have probably ensured a consensus among the leadership elite, politicians and commission members said.
The Catholic Conference of Bishops, which last year drafted a lengthy statement asking for more action on global warming, is not taking an active role.
Officials built on that criticism with Sunday's draft law, a lengthy text that also extends punishments for other terrorism-related charges.
The Bureau of Land Management approved the project in November; it's believed to be the first artwork to receive the BLM's approval through the drafting of a lengthy environmental impact statement.
After a lengthy meeting, a bipartisan compromise was drafted which would have ended the matter.
