The phrase "a very protracted" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is extended in time or duration, often implying that it is longer than expected or desired.
Example: "The negotiations were a very protracted process, lasting several months longer than anticipated."
Alternatives: "an extremely lengthy" or "a highly extended".
Negotiation remained the police's "favored option," he said, adding: "It can be a very protracted technique.
If we have a very protracted time when companies are strapped for cash, they may decide not to use outplacement services.
Officially, of course, the film is done and dusted – and it certainly lasts the standard two hours – but when you leave the cinema you feel as if you've seen nothing but a very protracted opening sequence.
"This is a shot that is going to be heard around the world, but it's just the first shot in what is going to be a very protracted battle in the next frontier of the mobile Web," said Michael Gartenberg, a Jupiter Research vice president.
I could never look like that, even if I sustained a very protracted hunger strike.
Dr. Pow-Sang has not been involved in Mr. Chávez's care, but, noting that Mr. Chávez was first treated in June 2011, he said, "The whole process has taken no more than a year and a half, as opposed to some cancers which are very protracted and could take years".
It's been very protracted because it's been going on for a couple of months now," he continued.
"It's still positive growth — rather than contraction — but it's going to be very, very protracted".
That is why all the detailed analysis of what Brexit would entail comes to the conclusion that divorce negotiations would be extremely difficult, very protracted, terrifically tortuous and not positive for the British economy.
"I don't think the markets would have a strong or very protracted reaction to a Grexit," said Francisco Torralba, a senior economist at Morningstar Inc.'s investment management division.
"Skinner" produces a firing range's worth of targets for its main character to ravage, and some very protracted subplots, like a long episode spent hiding in Gamla Stan, Stockholm's picturesque Old Town.
