First, our Organization has been considering the question of Council expansion for several years now.

The United Kingdom has generally used first past the post (FPTP) for many years, but there have been several attempts at reform.

In 1996, he started the first graffiti competition in South Africa, called Battle With Vapours, which continued to be hosted for several years.

They lived in Spain for several years.

Completing those tasks will take several years.

The 2007 World Music Awards (19th annual World Music Awards) was held November 4, 2007 in Monaco for the first time in several years.

This cost would be spread over several years.

Inflation has subsided over the past several years.

The litigation would take several years to complete.

I met her in the winter several years ago.

But that would mean several years of re negotiation.

Over periods of several years, our models do better.

This trickery allowed the Greeks to have several good years.

New York The world economy has had several good years.

In March 1344, after several years of siege, Algeciras surrendered.

This was just the first of several musical tours overseas.

In recent years, several groups have split from the incumbent parties.

I met him several years ago in Damascus behind a computer.

Expulsions of Christians occurred several times in the last 10 years.

Europe started its industrialization several hundred years ago, but for China, it has only been dozens of years.

Many detainees are reported to have spent several years in detention, sometimes up to nine years, without sentence.

If Europe and the US do their part, Erdoğan may be persuaded to resume the role of human rights reformer that he played during his first several years in office.

This game's called Spore. I've been working on it for several years.

The result was several years of great political instability and civil war.

There they moved from one small town to another for several years.

So We put them to sleep in the Cave for several years .

So We put them to sleep in the Cave for several years .

The Board recognizes that some recommendations may require several years to implement.

The process of recovery is ongoing and may extend over several years.

But Abe and several of his colleagues have gone on the record over the years including during Abe s first term as Prime Minister in 2006 2007 denying that coercion was involved.

Three months later, Poe wrote her an entirely new poem, To Helen, referencing the moment from several years earlier where Poe first saw her in the rose garden behind her house.

These arguments were recorded in tablets several hundreds of years before any major war the first recording of a war occurred around 3200 BC but was not common until about 2500 BC.

CAMBRIDGE For several years, American officials have pressed China to revalue its currency.

The shift in the growth pattern, if successful, will occur over several years.

Iranian authorities have jailed several bloggers such as Hossien Derakhshan in recent years.

These charges could land the 19 year old in jail for several years.

Symptoms may develop from days to several years after a penetrating eye injury.

He returned several times over the next five years, working for various promotions.

This loss to downstream countries would most likely be spread over several years.

This will be a lengthy project that will take several years to complete.

For several years now, terrorism has topped the agenda of the Security Council.

After several years of intense negotiation, agreement seemed to be closer than ever.

This review is a lengthy undertaking that will take several years to complete.

Peacebuilding has a high cost, which is generally spread out over several years.

This story appears to form the basis for several key scenes in the first several chapters of The Catcher in the Rye .