Sentence examples for centuries of efforts from inspiring English sources

Reversing centuries of efforts to drain land, dredge rivers and rush water to the sea, banks have been built to deliberately flood fields.

Who hasn't felt a house-proud throb of satisfaction at clearing a clutter of Tetris blocks or landing a rocket ship on the moon after centuries of effort in Civilization?

There is just one problem with this picture, which results from nearly a century of efforts to sustain the plump white birds along their migratory paths.

More than a quarter-century of efforts by some lawmakers and regulators to force the federal government to police the industry better have been thwarted, as E.P.A. studies have been repeatedly narrowed in scope and important findings have been removed.

Those memorial plans may even provide a perfect illustration of a fault line that has been getting more obvious after a century of efforts to understand and redesign the American city.

But using the expression "private matter" runs contrary to more than a century of efforts in the United States, through laws and public awareness, to ensure that "violence at home is treated the same as violence on the streets," said Kathleen Krenek, executive director of Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, which assists battered women in Santa Clara County.

The Ugandans have not yet got hold of Kony despite a quarter-century of efforts, but the colonel is still optimistic.

Over half a century of efforts to protect the aquifer from industry have yielded results but more needs to be done.

After nearly a quarter-century of efforts in California to afford terminally ill patients the right to end their lives with a doctor's help, state lawmakers and the governor may be on the verge of granting the dying that authority.

Despite more than a century of efforts to define the structure and function of chromatin, many of the basic mechanisms that govern the formation of differentiated chromatin types remain poorly understood, and their biological role is largely unknown.

Despite centuries' worth of efforts to penetrate the complicated thickets where health and beauty intertwine, there is always more to explore, as two new books make clear.