Sentence examples for drawn-out affairs from inspiring English sources

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

Indian weddings of the kind Nair shows are extravagant, drawn-out affairs.

Meals at the top onsen ryokans have always been decadent, drawn-out affairs with luxurious ingredients blended in creative ways.

Many of Tatiana's games were drawn-out affairs (one went 126 moves), but against Elina Danielian of Armenia she got a large initiative and pressed it home for a quick victory.

Espionage trials tend to be complicated, drawn-out affairs, and the case of Jerry A. Whitworth, who is accused of providing the Walker family spy ring with details about highly classified Navy codes, clearly will be no exception.

The Democrats' convention next week has already been shortened to three days, and Republicans are joining Democrats in concluding that the drawn-out affairs of years past have become pointless.

But the chestnut harvest is a messy, drawn-out affair.

After Enron, the process of doing diligence has made completing deals a drawn-out affair.

DINING Breakfast With all that terrain beckoning, breakfast shouldn't be a drawn-out affair.

But Republicans like Senator John McCain have already warned Mr. Obama against turning the process into a drawn-out affair.

But they care much more about being unable to visit London, Nice or Limassol.Third, they say the crisis over Ukraine is going to be a drawn-out affair.