Sentence examples for were a decade of from inspiring English sources

The 1990s were a decade of falling price pressures worldwide, leading one British economist to predict that inflation was dead.

"The eighties were a decade of ruin for the institute," a former senior staff psychiatrist told me.

The 1990's were a decade of change, not a particularly great decade for the arts but a period of change.

(As a United Nations agency, it is rarely bold, but the 1990s were a decade of particularly low morale and constant infighting).

As events transpired, the 1970s were a decade of fundamental innovation at PARC, but its parent company failed to transform these ideas into dollars.

Then the money ran out: the 1980s were a decade of debt, inflation and recession.Mr Menem turned education and health over to the provinces, with mixed results.

It was a decade of national carnival.

For her, the last 10 years have been a "decade of death".

The alternative, Mr. Obama warned, is a decade of hard times.

"There's been a decade of focused work here to redevelop the city," said Mr. Mehaffy.

It has been a decade of humiliation for the "natural party of government".