Sentence examples for efforts over decades from inspiring English sources

Monsignor Lynn, 61, was found guilty on June 22 of child endangerment after a three-month trial that revealed efforts over decades by the Philadelphia archdiocese to play down accusations of child sexual abuse and avoid scandal.

An unnamed State Department official acknowledged "several failed efforts over decades" at engagement.

Because of citizen science and professional monitoring efforts over decades, we know the virus has been present in the water long before it took out the sea stars.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09248.002 Despite substantial efforts over decades, high-resolution structure prediction is currently limited to proteins that have homologs of known structure, or small proteins where thorough sampling of the conformational space is possible (<100 residues; even in this case, predictions can be very inaccurate).

Reducing leakage requires sustained effort over decades.

Museums are not made up overnight; it takes effort over decades to collect, research and curate a museum.

Their departure ended an effort over decades by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission to acquire the hamlet to expand ski slopes at Bear Mountain State Park, 45 miles north of New York City.

The best will in the world is what we all have for Red Nose Day — and for Richard Curtis's monumental effort over decades in helping to make it a great national instutition.

Mr. Craft's attention to this libretto, which takes the form of annotations to a two-piano version of the score, is part of his effort over decades to amplify Stravinsky's role in the creation of the "Rite," often at Nijinsky's expense.

Treaties are the thickest strands of a nuclear safety net woven with great care and effort over decades of patient, smart diplomacy.

All too often these have been greedy, arrogant, and short-termist: changing them will require co-ordinated efforts, maintained over decades.