This cumbersome process takes between six and eight weeks.

To intercept a message you have to tap the phone line, a cumbersome process even for dictators lacking a sense of humour.

After all, he started his career in a world before e-mail, when people communicated by letter and fax, and business planning was a cumbersome process.

However, it can be a more cumbersome process.

This can be a very cumbersome process.