Sentence examples for involved decades from inspiring English sources

The creation of the modern Grand Teton National Park involved decades of bitter controversy over Rockefeller's efforts to donate thousands of acres to the project, with Franklin D. Roosevelt first designating that land a national monument.

Finally, our own expertise has involved decades of work at the interface of environmental and occupational health and public policy.

Compared to ABS productivity data, climate science is hideously complex, involving decades of meticulous, multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed and highly technical research.

The oscillation is similar to the El Niño-La Niña cycle but plays out on a much longer timescale involving decades, rather than individual years.

This was the result of a multi-faceted campaign involving decades' worth of Surgeon General reports, a concerted public education campaign, higher cigarette taxes and tobacco litigation.

In 1994, Danchi et al. reported that Betelgeuse undergoes sporadic dust production involving decades of activity followed by inactivity.

Reimagining the library for the 21st Century and beyond -- the new building should be completed by 2019 and in full use by 2020 -- has been a herculean task, involving decades of committees, legal restructuring, legislation, and a unique partnership of public and private funds.

But sometimes activities such as sculpting, research, music, dance involve decades of grueling hard work without a reward.

For the hard-core enthusiasts, who have been involved for decades, old habits die hard.

Michael lives with his adoptive mother, Barbara Skinner, and younger sister, Lexi, 10, just steps away from the Dunlevy Milbank Community Center in Harlem, in which the family has been involved for decades.

"To the residents of the community, it's like our brother from the Virgin Islands has come back home," said Representative Charles B. Rangel, the Democrat from Manhattan who has been involved for decades in efforts to restore the Grange.