The phrase "years of damage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe any situation in which someone has suffered from the effects of something over a long period of time. For example, "The city was left with years of damage after the war."
We're trying to undo years of damage.
Years of damage have rotted relationships and a country.
Years of damage assessments, restoration projects, claims and lawsuits lay ahead.
And from then on, it was just worry about how many years of damage I had done.
Eight years of damage to the brand-image of democracy means that Obama has an opportunity to restore the reputation of the values he represents.
"It's been eight years of damage by what Bush has done," said Jason Purslow, 41, a Cheshire resident who works for the State Department of Revenue Services.
How will the United States, after seven years of damaging inaction, confront global warming and rising fuel prices?
To some, the resignations represent a sad but necessary change, unifying Riverkeeper after years of damaging infighting.
The high levels of public transparency and reporting of anti-slavery initiatives among high-street brands follow years of damaging exposés into labour abuses connected to such companies The luxury fashion world has come under less scrutiny than "fast-fashion" high-street brands.
He said the bank would be set up under legislation, to give it independence from ministers – a major concern for investors, who feared that Treasury plans to avoid legislation and retain control over the bank would spell years of damaging political interference.
Because if we leave the single market, whatever the level of access is negotiated, working people across Britain will be worse off and revenue to the exchequer will plummet – revenue the next Labour government will need to bring an end to years of damaging Tory austerity.
