31.   Opening the decision to the designers might have caused dissension and slowed the process, Ms. Mallis added.

32.   Politics and community opposition have slowed the process to a crawl.

33.   Questions about how it books rentals and loans could slow that process considerably.

34.   Recent research suggests low doses of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications like ibuprofen may slow this process.

35.   Republicans dispute suggestions that they have slowed the process in hope of preserving as many vacancies as possible in case they retake the White House.

36.   Republicans are expected to produce their Medicare bills next week and Democratic lawmakers have vowed to slow the process.

37.   Senate Republican leader Trent Lott of Mississippi complained that Democrats were slowing the process.

38.   She says the process was largely slowed by a lack of money.

39.   Such tests now come late in the naturalization process, and applicants who fail the test slow the process for all applicants.

40.   That, along with the fact that not all the human remains have been removed, is slowing the process of finding physical clues to what caused the wreck.