Training began in early October in Wales and was designed to be extremely arduous, not only to ensure that those who took part would be at the peak of their physical and mental fitness, but also to eliminate any individuals unable to cope with the long marches and difficult terrain that would be encountered during the operation.
But transactions in them are still more arduous to complete, not to mention more opaque, than other investments.
The walking is tough but never arduous, not least because the scenery is so mesmerising.
It is so arduous that many patients opt not to get treated or drop out before completing the course.
It must have been an arduous process to not only capture each likeness but adorn it with just the right pair of shades, but Karlberg's efforts yielded beautiful results with a fun, stylish theme.
It will be very arduous, if not impossible, to inform patients or consumers beforehand in detail on all relevant aspects for so many diseases without inducing information overload and therewith foregoing the actual aim of informed consent [ 45].
Days later, when Obama delivered his weekly White House address, the subject was not the arduous attempt to reach a climate-saving global pact but passage of a financial reform bill in the House that would create a consumer financial protection agency.
While it isn't arduous to type in the name of a restaurant while searching a Google map or dashing off a series of text messages, creating a whole document may not be as easy as on a full-size laptop.
After 16 years of climbing the ranks at Bertelsmann, Mr. Middelhoff said he found the process of choosing a new job to be arduous -- not least because of the disorienting array of possibilities.
At last, realizing that arduous path to self-realization was not fruitful, Buddha switched to a more moderate path called "the great middle way" by his followers.
