It's very, very difficult, very labor-intensive work.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 8, 2010] Reference

It's got to be a very difficult, labor-intensive process.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 18, 2003] Reference

Even for a megastar, running for president is labor-intensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newt Gingrich For President?] Reference

In this labor-intensive industry, low-wage workers have the edge.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Mexican Miracle?] Reference

We cannot compete with China in low-end or labor-intensive sectors.    From Wordnik.com.  [GOTTA TURN CHINESE] Reference

The C.C.C. emphasized labor-intensive projects like planting trees.    From Wordnik.com.  [Job-Creation Idea No. 4: Put Those Young People To Work] Reference

Eliminating melaleuca trees from the Everglades is a labor-intensive project.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diversity Disappears In Florida] Reference

Management consulting traditionally has been a very labor-intensive business.    From Wordnik.com.  [Border Crossings For Data] Reference

"It's so labor-intensive that one artist can't really do it," Mr. Drooker said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ginsberg's Words Get Animated in New Film] Reference

What politician would willingly alienate a powerful and labor-intensive industry?.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Is Big Too Big?] Reference

The response rate helped control the costs of the labor-intensive follow-up process.    From Wordnik.com.  [Census coming in at least $1.6 billion under budget] Reference

We do a huge amount of training, but training is labor-intensive and it is expensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 28, 2007] Reference

Job insecurity is also rife as labor-intensive industries continue their exodus to China.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reinventing Hong Kong] Reference

But the moratorium is halting 33 lucrative, labor-intensive drilling projects in deepwater.    From Wordnik.com.  [Judge To Hear Bid To Overturn Drilling Moratorium] Reference

She says many people don't realize how time - and labor-intensive at-home businesses can be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yes, I'm Home. No, I Can't Pick Up Your Child] Reference

CHADWICK: This week, we are concluding our labor-intensive summer series, California Dreaming.    From Wordnik.com.  [California Dreaming Winner: An L.A. Sound-Song] Reference

CALLEBS: Here, in this labor-intensive blue collar state, Hillary Clinton's message plays well.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 12, 2008] Reference

MCKENZIE: I think you have to appreciate it's an incredibly labor-intensive police investigation.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript - Special Event: California "Angel of Death" Suspect to be Arraigned Tomorrow - January 10, 2001] Reference

And while they do create jobs, many alternative-energy projects aren't particularly labor-intensive.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Recession Is Over] Reference

If small banks are making so many small, labor-intensive loans, then how can they also make a profit?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Katy Welter: Want to Help Small Businesses? Move Your Money to One] Reference

A more labor-intensive approach to get my clothes clean for less would be to wash and iron them myself.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tip of the Day: How to cut your dry-cleaning costs] Reference

It might involve mitochondrial DNA, which is much more labor-intensive, but the results will come back.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 2, 2006] Reference

Finally, India's labor laws hobble labor-intensive manufacturing in general and vertical FDI in particular.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Gears Up For Growth] Reference

But figuring out the borrowing capacity of people who may not keep records is a labor-intensive proposition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Poverty: Cheap Loans at Insanely High Rates? Give Us More.] Reference

Bigger, more labor-intensive mills have gradually closed to be replaced by smaller, more efficient mini-mills.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Trade War We Don't Need] Reference

In today's world, a handmade suit — expensive to buy, labor-intensive to build — should be an anachronism.    From Wordnik.com.  [Suits for All Seasons] Reference

It's an expensive, labor-intensive pursuit that does nothing for productivity, but does keep the systems going.    From Wordnik.com.  [Twilight Of The Pc Era?] Reference

Opium harvesting is a labor-intensive process requiring the work of many farmers over the course of several weeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2007] Reference

This is despite the fact that that India's true comparative advantage lies in unskilled labor-intensive activities.    From Wordnik.com.  [India Gears Up For Growth] Reference

Step 5: In one of the more labor-intensive phases of the operation, foam is removed with a tool called "chip-and-stick".    From Wordnik.com.  [Ever wonder what happens to appliances you get rid of? Take a visit to a facility where JACO "demanufactures" appliances] Reference

Traditional labor-intensive industries are steadily being replaced with more capital - and technology-intensive industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 1996 CIA Factbook] Reference

That implies building the infrastructure of consumer markets, especially labor-intensive industries involved in distribution.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Untold China Story] Reference

We don't have the land area or the agricultural work force to devote to this incredibly labor-intensive system of food production.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call: Love of God in the Time of War] Reference

But the hottest business in post-WTO China will not be IT but T-- the old-fashioned, labor-intensive, unglamorous world of textiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Rags To Riches] Reference