City officials at the time blamed bureaucratic inertia for failure to stop the stealing.

Of course, the bureaucratic inertia that paralyses any new initiative has not gone away.

Nothing drastic, just enough movement to shake off the bureaucratic inertia that has set in.

But bureaucratic inertia and commissioners with reservations about the plan got in the way.

It was not just a question of bureaucratic inertia.

But experts say effective change has been stifled by bureaucratic inertia.

And how many more lives will be sacrificed to bureaucratic inertia?

This was probably the result of nothing more than bureaucratic inertia.

Over the years, the buildings division has become a symbol of bureaucratic inertia.

Allowing for bureaucratic inertia at all levels, it might not get there until the following day.