31.   Federal officials said that testing the anthrax-filled letter will be a lengthy process and that some results may not be known for weeks.

32.   For such a structure to evolve at random would be a lengthy process.

33.   Frustrated by a lengthy process of trading letters and phone calls with the company, Kay looked for alternatives.

34.   Immigration officials interviewed Lazarenko on Wednesday, the first step in a potentially lengthy process to establish whether his fear is credible or merely an excuse to remain here.

35.   In January, the PUC took the first step in what is likely to be a lengthy process toward gas deregulation.

36.   Instead, brand awareness represents the endpoint of a lengthy process of earning employee loyalty and embodying the total customer experience.

37.   Instead, immigration officials, fearing a lawsuit by Esmor and a lengthy bidding process to find a new contractor, allowed the company to sell the contract.

38.   It could not simply increase the number of Supreme Court judgeships, because doing so requires amending the state Constitution, a lengthy process.

39.   It is another step in what promises to be a lengthy legal process that could take up to five years to resolve.

40.   It was a painfully lengthy process.