Sentence examples for devote several years from inspiring English sources

Yet Linda Stratmann – a historian of Victorian crime and upper-class swaggering – is vindicated in her decision to devote several years to delving into Queensberry's belligerent career.

Nothing requires that a man devote several years of his life to writing a new play or musical, but if he chooses to, surely the press owes him the minimal and traditional courtesy of waiting until they have actually seen it, and the show has officially opened, before they pass judgment on it.

The center devoted several years to constructing a special lab for Fouchier's research.

Nancy Hall-Duncan, the Bruce Museum's senior curator, devoted several years to researching this highly unusual show.

W.A.D.A.'s medical committee devoted several years to compiling an impressively voluminous list of banned substances.

"I also have devoted several years to the study of infants prenatally exposed to illicit drugs and alcohol".

Smith first conceived of site-directed mutagenesis in the early 1970s and devoted several years to working out the details of the technique.

For that kind of satisfaction, the Stoppard fan must turn to Parade's End, a labour of love to which Stoppard has devoted several years.

Though she has devoted several years to intensive training with her master Ms. Yokoshi does not consider herself to be a Kabuki expert; nor is she an expert in ballet.

Because of his personal involvement and readiness to make sacrifices to complete the work, Nathaniel Kahn, in common with other practitioners in this field, devoted several years to the project.

A Ph.D. involves devoting several years to intense research on a single research area, so you want to pick a topic you have a burning desire to investigate.