Sentence examples for measure for years from inspiring English sources

Mr. Gore has not done that well by this measure for years.

The PP, led by Mariano Rajoy, had been demanding such a measure for years.

The Updike opus is so varied and rich that we will not have its full measure for years to come.

Pressure groups have been arguing for such a measure for years, as a deterrent to those who dream up schemes and collect the fees, while their clients pick up the tab from the tax office.

Still, the power of a grand national pageant is its myth-making potential: whether we were in cars on the way down to Bloemfontein or dancing on the side of the highway, we will tell our children and grandchildren about it and it will become the measure, for years to come, of the Rainbow Nation we imagined we were bringing into being in 1994.

Family members of the victims of the terrorist attacks have pushed for such a measure for years, and they have pressured members of Congress to move ahead with the legislation in the days leading up to the 15th anniversary of the attacks.

Some hotels have used energy-saving measures for years.

Congress has been debating these measures for years.

Congress has been debating similar measures for years.

Too little, too late, argued M.D.C. leaders, who had been calling for such measures for years.

Mayor Eli Moyal said he was furious at the government, because he had been appealing for such an ambulance and other emergency measures for years.