Shared with several Welsh trade unions, in the final unhappy few years of the party's time in office in Westminster, work began on a makeover - but proceeded at a snail's pace.

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The crowds are so dense that vehicles crawl at a snail's pace amid the tight human mass.

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The inertia of banking and insurance customers is legendary, allowing banks and insurers to adopt new technology at a snail's pace.

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It is no more than "hopeware" -- since the 1950s, Artificial Intelligence has moved at a snail's pace compared to what proponents have predicted.

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He notes that cases before the Nigerian courts are moving at a snail's pace and few of the plaintiffs have any faith in the local justice system.

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One of the most sensitive issues in Turkey's political life today is its long-standing application to join the EU. The EU has been moving at a snail's pace regarding the application.

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"The story moves at a snail's pace, " Bret continued.

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They will be spoken about at length, withdrawn before a vote, reincarnated at report stage, debated at length again, and then voted on at snail's pace, and then revisited in a different form at third reading.

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Most WAP phones download data at 9.6 kilobits per second, a snail's pace compared to the typical desktop dial-up speed of 56 kbps.

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