Sentence examples for occurring for years from inspiring English sources

What demographers call a natural decrease has been occurring for years in tiny rural towns and in some retirement meccas in the South.

Even more striking is that similar data breaches have been occurring for years — and the financial industry has failed to prevent them.

Alliance building between the LGBTQ and immigrant rights movements has been occurring for years, but this work remains challenging, frequently misguided and often considered unimportant.

This effort should fund projects that wouldn't have occurred for years without public investment.

But while all trends lead to consolidation, a frenzied magazine swap meet might not occur for years.

Potentially harmful amounts undoubtedly vary from individual to individual, and, in any case, harmful results may not occur for years.

But while swallowing batteries has occurred for years, the development of larger, stronger lithium cell batteries has increased the risk of severe complications.

Even if the most astonishing, unprecedented level of "justice" were to be imposed, this would not occur for years.

It ignores the sectarian carnage and Prime Minister Maliki's persecution and political disenfranchisement of Sunnis that occurred for years when over a hundred thousand American troops were still in Iraq.

Hot flushes (i.e. vasomotor symptoms) are a common complaint in many women and may occur for years beyond menopausal transition (1– 3).

It is difficult to predict when or why a species will start to rapidly expand, but it is clear that for many species this might not occur for years or even decades after the species is first naturalised.