The phrase "administrations for years" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the duration or continuity of various administrations or government bodies over a period of time.
Example: "The policies implemented by different administrations for years have shaped the current political landscape."
Alternatives: "governments over the years" or "administrative bodies for many years".
But Representative Peter Roskam, Republican of Illinois, said, "The administration for years has been pumping sunshine".
Anna Mattirolo, who has worked in the government arts administration for years, directs it.
All the money-raising helped him hold onto the White House, but the ensuing controversies surrounding illegal funds haunted his administration for years.
All are Yemeni, and the administration for years cited instability in Yemen, where civil war continues today, as a reason to halt transfers to the Middle Eastern country.
Gov. Christine Todd Whitman, whose administration for years disputed a judge's ruling in 1996 that found evidence of profiling, eventually ordered her attorney general to investigate the department.
Mr. Haqqani has been cautioning the administration for years not to "personalize this relationship," while Ms. Chamberlin said it is a mistake to view General Musharraf as indispensable.
Many have been with the Clinton administration for years and are seen not so much as auditioning for a Gore administration but as making themselves more marketable for the private sector as the end of the Clinton era nears.
There is also a growing recognition among senior officials that the Bush administration for years did not take the Qaeda threat in Pakistan seriously enough and relied on President Pervez Musharraf to dismantle networks of militants there.
The new entity, its proponents argue, will provide a bureaucratically powerful, highly skilled, centralized overseer for the kind of technology projects that have bedeviled this administration for years, and that have raised questions about one of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's perceived strengths as a billionaire who made his money through technological innovation.
Mr. Bush is also the first leading Republican to call for increasing the budget and responsibilities of the federal Department of Education, which became a discrete cabinet agency in the Carter administration; for years, the Republican party has called for the department's abolition.
