Sentence examples for took generations for from inspiring English sources
These are basic rights that took generations for workers to gain.
In America, it took generations for blacks, women, and gays and lesbians to win the rights of citizenship — rights that, in many instances, remain incomplete.
It took generations for Mexican farmers to domesticate this grass into maize, which then became a staple of the local diet.
It took generations for the Jews, Irish, Germans, Italians, Chinese and other immigrants to find acceptance in America, facing down and overcoming unwarranted bigotry.
It took generations for the old guard to die out and for the country to start growing better people.
"It takes generations for that to be felt".
It will take generations for bigoted attitudes about Roma to change.
He lamented the fact that it might take generations for Deming's way of thinking to ever take hold.
It will take generations for true domestic equality to be achieved, so dramatic is the shift required.
"When there has been someone that strong and that famous at the head, it takes generations for a company's identity to change".
"It takes generations for people to react to economic realities," said Patrick Lawler, chief economist at Office of Federal Housing Oversight, which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage companies.
