1.   As it turned out, it was a sometimes messy process that left both bruised feelings and new friendships in its wake.

2.   A normal politician would prefer to leave as the hero of a crisis instead of sticking around for the messy process of rebuilding.

3.   According to Murphy, this is all part of the messy process of making the transition from a bull market to a bear market.

4.   First comes the messy process of building a government, probably a coalition.

5.   If you want to be optimistic about this whole messy process, you can see it all as creative destruction in action.

6.   It is a case of a messy process lurching toward a worthy goal.

7.   It was a messy process that took seven days to produce a bar of soap.

8.   Or can America wait patiently during a messy process, for justice and fairness?

9.   They say that any system that requires the attorney general to decide when she has a conflict of interest is by definition a politically messy process.

10.   Through this entire messy process, which might well involve calling Ms. Lewinsky to testify, the pressure on Clinton to resign would probably increase.