to-ing and fro-ing

Following much to-ing and fro-ing, advance talks with the Council produced a line that my group, the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, can support.
Après de nombreux va-et-vient, les discussions préliminaires avec le Conseil ont abouti à une position que mon groupe, le groupe socialiste au Parlement européen, peut soutenir.
It's important to keep cleaning standards high in places with considerable to-ing and fro-ing, and different types of dirt on the floors.
Il est important de maintenir élevées les règles de nettoyage dans les lieux caractérisés par un passage de public important où il y a fréquemment de nombreuses typologies de salissures présentes sur les sols.
When Pyongyang, in 2003, after a great deal of to-ing and fro-ing, admitted that it was reprocessing for military purposes, it was established that what was described as a civil nuclear programme was being misused for military ends.
Quand, en 2003, après de nombreuses allées et venues, Pyongyang admit un retraitement à des fins militaires, il fut établi que ce qui était décrit comme un programme nucléaire civil était détourné à des fins militaires.
Instead of the usual bureaucratic "to-ing and fro-ing" between Brussels and the location where the work takes place, the Commission opted for a decentralised agency which was in a position to start work on an autonomous basis.
La Commission a aussi fait de son mieux. Au lieu des habituelles allées et venues de la bureaucratie entre Bruxelles et le lieu d' intervention, celle-ci a fait le choix d' une agence décentralisée pouvant agir de manière autonome.
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