Besides, finding one in the dark could prove time-consuming.

The remaining issues are among the most politically sensitive, and could prove time-consuming to resolve.

Finding records for the more than 1,400 cases in which detectives used the memorandums has proven difficult and time-consuming, prosecutors say.

I became the director of this project, which proved very difficult and time-consuming.

This latter method proved much less time-consuming and thus more effective.

Yet going to court could prove complicated and time-consuming.

Exchanges for just a couple of prisoners between sides could prove very time-consuming to achieve.

The business proved too time-consuming and not lucrative enough.

This travel fantasy, like many, proved too time-consuming to realize.

But in private life, it has proved both false and time-consuming.