Sentence examples for overdue for years from inspiring English sources

"It's an idea whose time has not only come, but has been overdue for years," declares activist, Justin Wedes.

Having given itself real teeth last year and called in notifications of FFH areas for the joint "Natura 2000" project which had been overdue for years, the Commission has now tripped itself up by accepting that notifications can be submitted ex-post.

In fact, just like fictional Dubai, Mother Nature is going to give us some long overdue payback for years of unbridled industrial rape.

Advocates for sentencing reform hailed the act as "historic" - but not without noticing that it was long overdue, as for years differential laws were the basis for the incarceration and harsh sentencing of minorities, to levels that were effectively discriminatory and had a profound social impact on those communities.

She's been overdue for many years.

The publication of the Chilcot report has been overdue for several years, with discussions in recent months focusing on 25 notes from Blair to Bush and 130 records of conversations.

In many ways, this event was long overdue: climate sceptics have for years pointed out that the world is not warming as rapidly as once forecast.

It makes it 80 years overdue for a change.

"The Lead and Copper Rule updates are seven years overdue for revision.

The legislation, which is revisited every five years, is overdue for congressional review and will likely spark heated debates over what role government has in providing children with healthy food, particularly while they're at school.

By post-War standards, by that time, the U.S. will have been overdue for another recession by 2 years.