The phrase "a protracted process that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a lengthy or drawn-out procedure or series of events that require significant time to complete.
Example: "The project was a protracted process that involved multiple stages of planning and execution."
Alternatives: "an extended process that" or "a lengthy process that".
Proponents of Brexit have argued that it would be relatively straightforward to strike up new relationships with existing trading partners; but the remain campaign insists it would be a protracted process that could take years.
If we are serious, it will require a protracted process that may take decades to bear sustainable fruit.
Republicans could do this either via impeachment, a protracted process that plays out while a wounded Trump can do even more impulsive and vengeful damage.
The GABAergic synaptic input probably does not control per se cortical oligodendrocyte production, which is a protracted process that occurs during several weeks, even after the loss of functional synapses.
Similarly, the progression of high-risk HPV-positive cervical lesions is a protracted process that occurs at a low frequency and requires the acquisition of host genetic and epigenetic mutations [ 75].
On the one hand, the protracted-autonomous (non-centered) model, thriving in Near Eastern Neolithic studies in the past decade, emphasizes three major aspects of domestication: (a) a long, protracted process that was (b) geographically autonomous (non-centered) and characterized by (c) an unconscious dynamics.
Such a review is typically handled by Ofcom, but the committee believes that using the media regulator would lead to an "unduly protracted" process that could take years, resulting in a "lengthy period of uncertainty" for broadcasters and advertisers.
The acceptance of 'others' in an organization can be a long and protracted process that can take years.
And if the making of Loveless was a song and dance, then the protracted process that led to its follow-up was a fully fledged fandango.
Culture does not change overnight; it is a difficult, protracted process that does not occur simply by creating new roles or pronouncements of "embracing innovation," "partnering with clients," and other buzzwords.
A protracted legal process that started in May 2010, when Manning was arrested while stationed in Iraq, was over in less than two minutes on Wednesday morning.
