Sentence examples for devote many years from inspiring English sources

But even the philosophers' lives leave a lot to be desired, and not only because they have to starve their common human appetites and devote many years to administration back in the 'Cave'.

These are on-going projects, so you will need to devote many years to an album before it is complete.

Peggy, a caring friend and loving family member devoted many years to special education rights.

He devoted many years seeking to beautify Michigan roads and limit billboards.

Harry devoted many years to working on national and local housing issues.

The company devoted many years to exploring various options, including a stage at ground zero, but every one fell through.

Ms. Cooper is a photographer with a degree in ethnology who has devoted many years to documenting New York.

The remaining imperial issue, to which he devoted many years, and which he ranked as the most worthy of his labours, was that of India.

Yet those very same papers have devoted many years and many acres of space to feeding the obsession they now complain about.

He devoted many years to yacht racing, twice winning the Transpacific Yacht Race in the 1950s, but was intent on pursuing a career in the record industry.

And Mr. Morgan, one of the letters' co-editors, is the authoritative Beat bibliographer who has devoted many years to the archives of Ginsberg, Burroughs, Mr. Ferlinghetti and many others.