Sentence examples for a decade to settle from inspiring English sources

"These things take years," he said, "maybe a decade to settle".

Perhaps most of all, Somalis seem plain weary of the warlords, who have caused much of the factional fighting, and who have failed in 12 peace conferences over a decade to settle their differences.

He agreed to a one-time payment of $20.7 million, not $27.7 million over a decade, to settle state and federal accusations that the Summitville gold mine, run by a company in which he was a large shareholder, contributed to pollution of a nearby river.

The case took a decade to settle, but it eventually won the right for 166 East Palo Alto students to get into outside schools using a lottery.

Los Angeles will spend more than $200 million over the next decade to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the city failed to provide enough apartments for people with disabilities in its publicly funded housing developments.

Many festivals take years – even decades – to settle into a winning formula.

The lawsuit dragged on for a decade, to be settled finally when the aunts were bought out, just as the Maloofs were contemplating a casino.

Once that is done, I don't get that worried about civil claims and damage claims because they usually take a decade to get settled.

That mess took more than a decade to get settled, and PCs shipped with serial ports for a few years after USB was implemented as an industry standard.

Newcastle – a once-proud club who stood for work ethic and grunt – have been mired in mediocrity for well over a decade, content to settle for good and never push for great.

Sandeman 20 Year Old Tawny Port, Douro, Portugal (£36.49, Waitrose) Whereas vintage port is bottled while it's still young and vibrant in colour, tannin and flavour and needs plenty of time (a decade or two) to settle down, tawny is ready to drink now, after, in this case, an average of 20 years resting in wooden casks.