I thought it would be slow work, but she moved quickly.

In the early years this was slow and painstaking work.

Sitting in a basement office tracking phone calls is slow work.

He said that such slow work required not only time, but neglect.

It was slow work and I couldn't go much farther without a tool of some sort.

The slow work of regeneration had been going on for months, but no results could come until near the end.

It was slow work with only his one hand free.

They're running through the path to the dome too, but it's slow work.

It was slow work and he dared make no noise.

It was slow and dangerous work once they were away from the hard surface of the Road.

Once in Budapest, the production encountered a transportation strike that slowed work one weekend.

But it has slowed work on the plant too, after discovering that the area may be more vulnerable to earthquakes than first thought.

Early in the war, the military refused to supply materials, tradespeople, and engineers to the project, which slowed work.

This slowed work on Fidelio, his largest work to date, for a time.

He said continuous city inspections slowed work, and laws that require workers be paid the prevailing union wages were too expensive.

The Kickstarter campaign also attracted a lot of interest, but answering email and phones calls has slowed work on the prototype down.

The editor of The Economist observed, "Concern over security must not slow urgent work.

The others had slowed work and were watching.

This decision threatens the future development of the club and has slowed work on the complex considerably.

Contracts for construction were let in 1874, but various delays slowed work.