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And, at the same time, there were those who believed that democracy and equality would become law, however dreadful and protracted the process might be, and they were right.

There is concern that, whatever the mechanism might be, protracted administration of effective antagonist doses might make a return to fertility more difficult.

But in general the process can be protracted, expensive and without guarantees.

To be sure, the demands of bicameralism and presentment are real and the process can be protracted.

The process may well be protracted and punctuated by street protests and negotiations.

Be warned that, according to the Foreign Office ( fco.gov.uk), the application process can be "protracted and unpredictable".

"It appears that the confirmation process would be protracted and controversial," he said.

Analysts warned that the process is likely to be protracted, as it was when Barclays bought the country's largest retail lender Absa for £2.9bn in 2005.

But legal processes can be protracted.

The monkey brain is much bigger than that of rodents, however, and the process is protracted.

The conflict could be protracted and bloody.