Sentence examples for process drags on from inspiring English sources

Sometimes the process drags on, and invariably one side loses, but the upside of the U.S. approach is that it provides – beforehand – a transparent legal framework and dispute resolution process.

Earlier this month we considered the controversy over executing prisoners who are mentally disabled (which was recently argued before the Supreme Court), and we published an "Economist explains" about why so many death-row prisoners end up dying of old age (ie, the appeals process drags on for decades because no one wants to see an innocent prisoner executed).

The process drags on interminably; everybody blames the guy one step above for slowing the process.

But as the process drags on, the danger is that a dark horse team, one with deeper roots in its current city, could be the one to make the trip.

Yet the process drags on.

The appeals process drags on for decades.

The claim period ended in late 1999, although the adjudication process dragged on for a dozen years.

As the process dragged on, the cost of steel and other materials soared, and Ms. Cox, now living in a condo in Ketchum, asked her architect several times to scale back his designs.

But the selection process dragged on, in part because Dr. McClellan, who was already under consideration by this time, was not sure he wanted the job, said a person familiar with the search.

At Johnsen's nomination process dragged on, administration officials urged her to take on a double teaching load so she could stop teaching altogether as soon as she was confirmed.

(The appeals process dragged on for seven years).