They are only the first steps of a disorderly, uncertain process.

Last summer, however, proved how uncertain this process could be as CBS found no winners.

Some people, nonetheless, criticized both the huge value of the incentive package granted Chase and the uncertain process used to negotiate the deal.

But he said that deriving cancer rates was a highly uncertain process at best.

All the same it is thrilling to witness the lurching, uncertain process of scientific discovery.

Spinning academic discoveries into commercial riches, however, turned out to be a slow, uncertain process.

And the Secret Service began the long, uncertain process of thorough professionalization.

It is therefore futile to base certain logical laws and principles on uncertain processes of the mind.

It's just one step in a complex and uncertain process that dozens of states, from New Jersey to California, have been struggling with for years.

The agency's problems with daminozide illustrate the slow and uncertain process of regulating chemicals used on food.