1.   A year after their last failed IVF effort, the Millers adopted a baby, but even that process was marred by a cycle of hope and despair.

2.   The approval process was marred by scandal.

3.   The bitter process has been marred by Palestinian terrorism and controversial Israeli expansion of Jewish neighborhoods in the West Bank.

4.   All have already been interviewed and their claims rejected by the host governments in the camps, but advocacy groups say the process was marred by sloppiness and corruption.

5.   But the process was marred by violence, with the Islamic militant group Hamas setting off more than a dozen suicide-bombs.

6.   The elections process has been marred by violence and intimidation.

7.   As soon as polling ended on Sunday evening the main opposition parties alleged that the process had been marred by irregularities.

8.   They argued polling day was credible but the process was marred by violence and intimidation in the pre-election period.

9.   Many voters only discovered whether their names were on the electoral roll on Saturday, the registration process having been marred by disorganisation and cries of fraud.

10.   The election process has been marred by violence and dead candidates with election monitors calling on the authorities to ensure the security of all people involved with the polls.