But the agonizing and expensive process dragged on for more than a year.

The process typically lasts four to eight years but can drag on substantially longer.

The process is dragging on interminably and killing the momentum.

The process has dragged on for more than three years and the latest decision by the president will add at least another year of delay.

The process could drag on until mid-December, officials from all three parties said, adding that the recount could last into 2005.

But the financial process, from the Polish standpoint, has been dragging.

The process of preparing for a bid dragged into the fall, several months longer than Smith Barney had hoped.

As the process dragged on the lovers grew hopeful that they would indeed be united.

The panel hopes to submit its findings by June 30, although the process could drag through the summer.

We should not forget the reason why this process has dragged on for so long.