So, certain typos that would be immediately noticed in other languages, would not trigger a syntax error in Ruby and may lead to some time-consuming investigations:

"I want to assure everyone that this complex and time-consuming investigation is moving forward as quickly as possible," District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau told reporters last week.

You might argue that such an investigation, though time-consuming, would enable you to build up the picture you want.

Instead, staff members said, the agency scrambled to forge a last-minute compromise that would allow it to issue a statement opposing high prices in the state without a time-consuming investigation.

Both parties must agree to mediation, which may prevent a time-consuming investigation of the charge.

The case has led to one of the most puzzling, time-consuming and expensive investigations in recent years.

"I want to assure everyone that this complex and time-consuming investigation is moving forward as quickly as possible," Mr. Morgenthau, above, said at a news conference for an unrelated indictment.

The girls were "trained like soldiers not to reason why", while "the scientists could not refrain from time-consuming investigation of the cause of even minor fluctuations of the dials".

They require complex and time-consuming investigations that deal with different domains of knowledge like financial, economics, business practices and law.

The still-unsolved murder investigation has been described as the most expensive and time-consuming investigation in Dane County's history.