Sentence examples for years so long from inspiring English sources

And shouldn't my grandmother have been prevented from remarrying at age 75, with her child-bearing years so long behind her?

This 20% cut will continue to be paid, in shares, every year for seven years so long as the company's value passes the previous year's peak.

But the bridge itself has been closed for about 40 years, so long that even lifelong residents have no clue that the eyesore in their windows is actually the bridge in Highbridge.

But magnetic tapes degrade and must be replaced every few years, whereas DNA remains readable for tens of thousands of years so long as it is kept somewhere cool, dark and dry as proved by the recovery of DNA from woolly mammoths and Neanderthals.The longer you want to store information, then, the more attractive DNA becomes.

Not long before the game started, the crowd, which included the state's diplomatic and military élite, began to chant "Manse!" — the traditional invocation that means "Ten thousand years, so long live Korea!" The otherworldly roar announced the entrance of North Korea's Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un, who succeeded his father in 2011.

When copyright law was revised in the mid-1970s, musicians, like creators of other works of art, were granted "termination rights," which allow them to regain control of their work after 35 years, so long as they apply at least two years in advance.

"They could close them for a year so long as they look pretty when they open again," said Argus Hopper, 47, a furniture salesman.

Saudi Arabia, for example, has promised to reduce emissions by a specific amount each year, so long as the Paris agreement doesn't hurt its capacity to export oil.

When Home Depot hired Robert L. Nardelli as chief executive in 2000, it gave him a $10 million loan and promised to forgive 20percentt a year so long as he remained with the company.

British Gas has introduced a system whereby customers who have a balance of more than £100, are automatically refunded the credit at the end of the payment year, so long as they have an accurate, recent meter reading.

In the pre-retirement period, the probability of return migration increases every year so long as the wage advantage afforded by the host country dominates the higher living costs.