"In that event, you will pardon me if I embark upon a somewhat lengthy tale to explain my mission."

These lectures, though somewhat lengthy, were not tedious to his audience.

To shorten a somewhat lengthy episode, which I am finding increasingly painful to relate, let me say at once that the replacement was a success.

The application processes is somewhat lengthy, and can include the following steps:

A fascinating, if somewhat lengthy, chronicle of the pope's life and a defense of his papacy.

Neighborhood controls will be established, hostages selected, a somewhat lengthy list of crimes against the state.

He followed that with his somewhat lengthy - and by now familiar - critique of her campaign.

"In answer to your first query, it will take a somewhat lengthy narrative to fully describe what I experienced."

A somewhat lengthy list of crimes against the state.

The Lutherans fed me an elaborate lunch one afternoon, for the cost of sitting through a somewhat lengthy prayer.