The phrase "a lifetime to create" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that something has taken a significant amount of time or effort to develop or produce.
Example: "The artist spent a lifetime to create this masterpiece, pouring all of his experiences and emotions into it."
Alternatives: "years in the making" or "decades to develop".
God gives you one chance in a lifetime to create a legacy.
But whereas it once took an artist a lifetime to create large-scale, artistic images, today's hyper-reality is, literally, child's play — hence the popularity of Instagram and other smartphone apps.
"It was really the chance of a lifetime to create an agency with the support and help of a big organization," said Ms. Osher, who has worked at Porter Novelli for three years.
Madeline Levine, author of "Teach Your Children Well" and "The Price of Privilege," has been working with her colleagues at the nonprofit organization Challenge Success ("Success is measured, not at the end of a semester, but over the course of a lifetime") to create strategies for schools and parents working to send our children a different message.
Each of them looks like it took a lifetime to create, both because of the detail and the subject matter addressed.
Beginning Tuesday the treasures that provided the impetus will go on display in the newly opened portico — fulfilling a wish of Frick's, never realized during his lifetime, to create a gallery devoted to sculpture and ceramics.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create a destination and serve a multitude of different needs--affordable housing for the work force and penthouses for the more affluent--and they can all share the same amenities," Weinstein said.
"This is a once-in-a-lifetime project to create a destination resort atmosphere," said Craig Batley, president of the West Newport Beach Assn.
When Columbia University opened its own private elementary school last year to help it attract faculty members with children, many saw it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create an educational utopia.
These might not be perfect proposals – complex plans rarely are – but they represent a very good deal for Manchester and a once in a lifetime chance to create a world-class public transport system.
It is set to be redeveloped as a business park - previously described by the authority as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to create up to 6,000 jobs.
