It took several years for trade union restraint to flower into robust competitiveness, but flower it did.

The data processing took 8 years using Hollerith card machines.

And for many years there has been no peace.

The blogger notes It took him five years to write the story which takes place in 12 hours.

According to Colby, his album took three years to make because he wanted every song to be a single.

The recently opened expansion project took around ten years to complete.

It took him years to research it, edit the completed portions, and decide how to treat the unfinished part.

It is not known how long it took the river to break through the barrier estimates range from several months to several years.

He also devoted many years to the study of spiritualist phenomena.

His legacy is overwhelmingly rich and will remain with us for many years.

But these attempts will almost surely fail in the end though it may take years cotton subsidies will be eliminated.

If we fail, we might not have another opportunity for many years to come.

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

Here I am with my mama, who is a true angel in my life. It took me eight years to completely recover.

Germany today is reaping the benefits of many years of responsible domestic economic management.

I have drawn Member States' attention to this issue over many years.

The continuing exodus of young people has been a concern to the Islanders for many years.

You cannot simply pick up and move to another town it took you years to establish yourself to this extent. And anyway, where exactly would you go?

We cannot run the risk of losing the expertise and the relationships that have been established over many years.

In Brazil, bioethanol has been used as a commercial liquid fuel for many years.

The melancholia that began to seize France many years ago was all but forgotten.

In 1087, the first version of the Tripitaka Koreana was completed, after many years of labor.

For many years, he was the only voice publicly criticizing the regime's policies.

That was the stated position that the administering Power had maintained for many years.

It's been years in the making and our entire community has pitched in to lay out the principles and work out the details of this redesign.

The abolition of the death penalty had been extensively debated over many years.

Ten years after the Beijing conference, there remain many areas in which progress is lacking.

Over many years, she patiently worked her way back into, and to the top of, Bangladeshi politics.

I am often reminded of the Russian tech entrepreneur I talked to many years ago, back when the Soviet Union was falling apart.

For many years, Belarus has devoted special attention to prohibiting the development and manufacture of new types of weapons of mass destruction.

As we have been for many long years, Sri Lanka remains firmly committed to the global endeavour to fight terrorism in all its aspects.

A number of independent Palestinian reform decisions and efforts have been under way for many years now, and have translated into concrete projects.

But research conducted over many years suggests that greater wealth implies greater happiness only at quite low levels of income.

But I it took me about it took me about, I'd say, six months to finally figure out all the little things.

After all, many netizens now argue, does not such a practical course of action save many years of hard work?

Historically, it has taken countries many years of difficult fiscal policy efforts to regain a triple A status.

(A classic article that she co authored remains, many years later, on my list of required reading for Ph.D. students.)

For many years, a number of UNCTAD operations have aimed at backstopping subregional economic processes among developing countries.

Some men have not returned home for several years and have not had any contact with their families.

Discussions on this draft have been ongoing for several years and its submission is long overdue.

For many years China has been making tireless efforts to promote progress on the issue of PAROS.

The Committee notes that the many years of armed conflict, which ended in 2002, have had a very negative impact on children in Angola and on the implementation of their rights.

For many years now, Georgia and Russia have been playing with fire, and war in the Caucasus looked preordained.

Removing officials from state owned companies boards has been an important aim for Medvedev for several years.

The town of Sderot has been plagued by numerous Qassam rocket attacks initiated by Palestinian terrorists over the past four and a half years.