Sentence examples for been for four decades from inspiring English sources

Campaign rhetoric to the contrary, statistics show that the number of illegal immigrants crossing the border is less of a problem now than it has been for four decades.

Biden read from an old McCain speech to sum up the new approach, saying that the United States should always be an "international beacon of liberty and a defender of the dignity of all human beings, and the right to freedom and justice". "That's what it's always been for four decades," Biden said.

Put simply English rugby is a lavishly upholstered basket case and has been for two decades.

Perhaps his victory should be taken as a warning that the American people are fed up with politics, as they have been for three decades.

Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing said: "Scotland is a world leader in oil and gas and has been for five decades.

Cocaine production in Colombia is the highest it's been for two decades.

To get him down, Officer Daniel Pantaleo put Garner in a chokehold, which is against NYPD protocol (and has been for two decades).

"It's that old male-female thing," said Jane Jorgensen, a friend of the bride's for four decades.

Kerim Yildiz, a leading human rights advocate for the Kurdish people, was for two decades a frequent visitor to the United States.

Evans, who battled Rupert Murdoch when he took over the Times of London, has been a friend, consigliere, and proxy of Zuckerman's for three decades.

By Jeffrey Toobin Robert Shrum, who was for three decades among the most prominent Democratic political consultants in the country, never mastered the exigencies of everyday life.