And, because big bubbles last for many years, predicting them means predicting many years in the future, which is a bit like predicting who will be running the government two elections from now.

Is there any alternative to years of political gyrations and indecision?

For years , this has stymied progress in the United States towards a low carbon economy.

Many have raised eyebrows at the idea of a newspaper that existed for years voluntarily closing itself down.

Although the number of conflicts has decreased during the last 10 years, today's conflicts tend to be protracted.

For many years Bangladesh was an exception in the Islamic world, pursuing an independent course in a peaceful, secular, and democratic fashion.

It would freeze the whole issue of Security Council reform for many years and oblige the general membership to live with the status quo.

Despite many years of rule by a theocratic establishment (or perhaps because of it), Iranian minds remain open and engaged.

The organization aimed at raising public awareness of the impact of the exploitation of Vieques by the United States for many years on the inhabitants' health and the island's environment and economy.

Unlike the Fed, the BoE s sole objective for years has been price stability, with no additional employment mandate.

Minors are often arrested and can either remain in prison without trial for many years, or be sentenced to very heavy terms of between 10 and 20 years, without having had the assistance of a lawyer during their trial.

As a result, France has had chronic long term unemployment forecast to reach 10.5 by 2013 for many years.

Doubting the multi year sustainability of current economic policy, they are holding back on long term investments and, instead, opting for higher self insurance.

Hill, for example, knew that she would have to explain why she waited years to accuse Thomas, her former employer.

It is also during such periods that we discover how many people who are holding long term bonds, real estate, or stocks are doing so not because they think current prices are attractive relative to fundamentals, but because their prices have gone up over the past several years.

For years, this democracy hobbled on stilts, with big and small parties shooting up, crashing down, vanishing and reincarnating time and again.

Sami waited for years.

Given this history, it is a bit shabby to reproach China now for its exchange rate policy a policy that enabled the US to live beyond its means for so long.

In situations where developing States had hosted large numbers of refugees for many years, longstanding generosity sometimes showed signs of strain.

So, for years Agnes walked through the Rift valley.

He had to lead a miserable life for many years.

He lived abroad for many years.

I've worked here for many years.

Sami kept that secret for years.

I have been learning Berber for years.

It was exploited for many years.

It is appropriate to finance (some) long lived public capital investment by government borrowing, since the benefits will accrue for many years, and future taxpayers might equitably bear part of the burden.

Our sponsors represent a broad spectrum of countries big and small, developing and industrialized, North and South, permanent members of the Security Council, and countries that look back on long years of stability as well as some that have gone through major transformations in the recent past.

The Group was also concerned that several ongoing peacekeeping operations had had to borrow from the accounts of closed operations and that troop contributing countries had not received any reimbursements for long periods of time.

We might return to the 1980s. This is sad.

In 2004 2008, Brazil, which had been perennially known as the country of the future as in always has been and always will be recorded 5.5 annual average GDP growth.

These variables are related to living longer, too.

This strong opposition movement continued for many years.

They have been the subject of detailed studies for many years.

The two people were shaking hands heartily as if they had not seen each other for years.

Similar efforts have been underway for years in the US.

They had resisted oppressive military regimes for many years.

Gaddafi allegedly worked for years with Swiss banks to launder international banking transactions.

For the energy sector, the common variables used to develop scenarios were population growth, demand, and gross domestic product (GDP).

In the meantime, people were left for years waiting in shelters.

This is an initiative to start something that will hopefully last for years to come.

Tunisians had been gossiping and joking about the corruption for years.

For dozens of years, the international community has been arguing over how it should reform the United Nations so that it can better secure civic and human dignity in the face of conflicts such as those now taking place in Burma or Darfur, Sudan.

Securing Afghanistan and its region will require an international presence for many years.

For years, rumors had persisted about the failed state of Putin s marriage.