The phrase "draw out the process" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a situation where someone is making a task, project, or event take longer than it needs to. For example, "The boss seems to be drawing out the process of hiring a new employee; I don't know why it's taking so long."
A hostile bidder's odds of success have been reduced by so-called poison pills that are intended to draw out the process and pile on tremendous costs.
Ceding the decision of whether Mr. Davis has diplomatic immunity to the trial court will draw out the process and will not please the American government, which has demanded his immediate release.
So the local community health workers came up with a solution have community members draw out the process on a piece of paper and tape that near the water source too.
The deal supports the president-elect's principle of a firm timetable for leaving Iraq, but allows him to draw out the process beyond the 16-month withdrawal he promised in his campaign.
But granting Parliament a formal role could draw out the process well into next year and delay the possibility of giving aid directly to banks in countries like Spain, said a European diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity because Parliament had not yet made a formal request to be involved.
Earlier this week, at the National Farmers Unionn conference, Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman said ministers had to be "extremely careful" about the decision in the light of the situation in Wales, but said she didn't intend to draw out the process longer than it had to be.
A glimpse inside the hearing of one veteran teacher this month showed how drawn out the process can become.
To make things worse, the affected family has no incentive to cooperate with the foreclosure, drawing out the process and clogging the court system.
In the TV show, he draws out the process for days on end, out of some combination of puppy love and masochistic self-indulgence; he wanders around town, retracing her steps and confronting his classmates.
But nine years after the Army terminal closed down, the fate of the bulk of the property is still up in the air, and many people here blame Mr. Doria for drawing out the process.
He was acting kingly, owing to his nickname; or maybe he was pandering, drawing out the process to make more money from the announcement itself, staging a false drama.
