Thousands had hoped that, after all else failed, an arduous procedure known as a bone marrow transplant might save them.

Mr. Walsh's mandate is to bring criminal cases to trial, a long and arduous procedure.

It is an arduous procedure; it requires retreat, solitude, intense contemplation.

But in a statement last year, he described the arduous procedure that must be followed by the agents in obtaining a subpoena.

For such people, removal of the bladder, an arduous procedure, is the standard treatment.

This arduous procedure, identified mostly with Germany, produces nectar of great sweetness and acidity.

But women who provide eggs undertake an arduous medical procedure that can sometimes be life threatening.

Jamming was expensive and arduous procedure, and its efficacy is still debated.

In both cases we referred the matter to the Court of Justice and we resolved them amicably with the States in question without the need for an arduous procedure.

Still, the securing of the buried box was an arduous procedure.