Sentence examples for left for many years from inspiring English sources

The Butes' grip on Glamorganshire had been weakened in the late 18th century, and the management of their political interests had been left for many years in the hands of John Wood, a local solicitor, whose family was embroiled in local politics, with their own set of interests.

This particular stain gives the appearance and color of wood that has been left for many years.

Why do you think they keep saying this if it isn't true?" In response to Bash, Clinton pointed out that California -- "a state as big as many countries in the world" -- has had paid family leave for many years and "it has not had the ill effects that the Republicans are always saying it will have.

The surrounding forest is left standing for many years in order to provide shelter and seed.

Neither painting had left Holland for many years until the Mauritshuis emptied its galleries for a renovation, in 2012, but they had inspired wildly popular novels.

The main "quarries" where they obtain their material are houses that have collapsed or workplaces that the state's inactivity has left abandoned for many years.

It was left abandoned for many years before the owners decided to redevelop the site.

All areas in Bombas have been inhabited, but Córrego Grande has been left fallow for many years.

As our patient had not left Switzerland for many years, she must have acquired an autochthonous infection, possibly due to consumption of pork spare ribs four weeks prior to onset of symptoms.

These studies show that the major risk factors are additive in predictive power, but any major risk factor, if left untreated for many years, has the potential to produce CVD.

Ms. Pogrebin, who in her 1992 book "Deborah, Golda and Me" detailed her return to practicing Judaism after leaving it for many years, counts Passover as "the holiday that speaks to me most directly in contemporary terms".