His first reform would be an overhaul of the cumbersome tax system, something that Mrs. Merkel had wanted to do in 2005, before she was elected chancellor.
The aim of REF was to replace this cumbersome process with something more systematic.
"There's something cumbersome about framed photographs and there's something very precious about them.
Moreover, they must be reprogrammed in a cumbersome fashion to do something else.
It also calls for smarter and less cumbersome forms of regulation, something that business is more likely to support than some traditional Democratic constituencies.
The UK, hoping to build on the American experience, is looking to build something less cumbersome, more efficient, requiring less manpower and much more destructive.
Where our sense of compassion for others — so desperate that they would risk the punishment and humiliation of stealing something so cumbersome — is eclipsed by outrage that is myopic, yet somehow feels righteous.
The idea of the topcoat has already evolved into something less cumbersome and more slim-cut than an overcoat, some with barely enough room underneath for a light crew-neck sweater.
"Instead of being a $70 box of cassette tapes that were pretty cumbersome, they're now something you can play on a device that just about every one of us carries around in our pocket or our bag".
Sure, he's not the most technically adept player and there is something rather cumbersome and unfashionable about his game, but the 30-year-old's scoring record stands up reasonably well over the years – even taking into account the fairly dismal spell in New England.
In the past these would have in the past been delivered by word of mouth or something equally cumbersome.
