Sentence examples for generations of efforts from inspiring English sources
Our collective wealth has risen astronomically, but the distinction between rich and poor countries, and rich and poor individuals, seems as skewed in the year 2000 as it was in 1901 -- and this after generations of efforts to create equity.
But not everyone is so sure that the current wave of outrage on social media will be enough to change behavior and attitudes that have resisted generations of efforts in France.
After generations of efforts, the recent statistical change is a tangible reward.
"Once hydrofracturing begins in the basin, the proverbial 'faucet' cannot be turned off, with any damage to our freshwater supplies likely requiring generations of effort to clean up," Markell wrote in a letter explaining his decision.
While recognizing common aspects of culture and religion in the two countries derived from a shared African root, my academic work examines social mobility as something that requires several generations of effort to achieve for certain communities.
Like Mandela, let us all resolve this New Year of 2014, to stay constant to our values -- and to understand that to turn our vision of a truly democratic society into reality requires unwavering persistence -- and generations of effort.
"After a generation of efforts to try to use the federal courts to expand the franchise, to get more votes counted, the Bush campaign is trying to use the federal courts to get less votes counted".
I guess it takes more than 1 generation of effort to change a mindset.
But the British vote to leave the EU (which is the present culmination of generations of European effort to create that better order), combined with strong similar anti-EU sentiment in several other member nations on the continent, give a clear indication that Europe's efforts have also gone awry.
