He said it's picky, time-consuming work no matter how much the software is programmed to do for you.

With twins, it was just so much more work, so time-consuming.

It is hard and time-consuming work at first.

Raising a nest full of eggs and chicks is difficult, time-consuming work.

This was frustrating and time-consuming work, paid off only by the satisfaction of finally cracking a difficult code.

A short period of time-consuming work brought the garden to conditions suitable for scientific research work.

To minimize traffic disruption, the extensive and time-consuming work was done in stages.

None of the allowances they now receive is specifically related to this time-consuming work.

Preparation and painting are time-consuming work, but the toughest part of the job may be choosing the perfect color.