The Romans turned eating into an elaborate exercise.

What is occurring in Criminal Court in Brooklyn is an elaborate exercise in reconstruction and memory.

Several of the best involve locks, as when you go through an elaborate lock-picking exercise.

Creation of the SPG required an elaborate exercise in order to clearly delineate responsibility of various agencies concerned with the security of the Prime Minister.

He attempted more elaborate exercises, and was astonished and humiliated to find what things he could not do.

The sophomore leaf project, an elaborate exercise in which students spend months collecting leaves and researching their origins, dates back a decade.

Now a retrial has begun in Criminal Court in Brooklyn, and an elaborate exercise in reconstruction and memory is unfolding.

It complains the city goes through its elaborate budget-planning exercises but does not take advantage of the information generated.

Many carry out elaborate mental exercises, building entire houses in their heads, board by board, nail by nail, from the ground up, or memorizing team rosters for a baseball season.

I would not wish to give the impression, however, that these essays are no more than elaborate exercises in style.