Sentence examples for be long drawn out from inspiring English sources

"It's going to be long, drawn out and protracted, but I think it's going to be a legal case, not an emotional case," he said.

The 21 July suspects will be given priority in the days ahead, but the process will be long, drawn out and deeply uncomfortable for the prisoners.

Although the film eventually drew mixed reviews, some claiming it to be long, drawn out, and lacking in enticing action, it proved nostalgic for parents who remembered growing up on Sendak's illustrations and confronted head on many of the complex themes inherent in the source material.

Thus the impact could be long drawn out process.

Yet as we saw firsthand in Rio, government negotiations can be long, drawn out processes that result in lowest-common-denominator ambition.

But with the game lasting 3 hours 30 minutes — littered along the way with sloppy play on both sides — it was long, drawn out and generally painful for the 34,695 at Citi Field, who watched the Mets drop back to.500 47-477) and a step further from playoff contention.

"This appears to be one of the biggest corruption scandals in Tanzania's history and has been long drawn out at great cost to the Tanzanian people," said a Transparency International spokeswoman.

This time, however, Mr. Sharon repeatedly said the operation would be "long, drawn-out and protracted".

The coalition's demise has been long drawn-out and it will not be mourned.

The final decision will rest with the Welsh Assembly and Phillips said boundary reviews were "long drawn-out affairs taking several years".

He wrote: "The alternative was long drawn-out discussions and continuing uncertainty at a time when the BBC needs all of its focus to be on resolving fundamental issues of trust in BBC journalism".