It is terrible and will last for centuries if you do not come to my assistance.

The islands have been inhabited for thousands of years.

For centuries, Western law arrived with colonial rulers.

Primary education, or Volksschule, lasts for four years, starting at age six.

Each of his other jobs has lasted only one episode.

In the US, by contrast, the corresponding period lasts less than one year in most cases.

There is an ample and cheap supply of coal for several centuries.

That is why we need to invest now in other technologies that can complement renewables, and provide reliable electricity for many centuries to come.

As a result, Europe s economy advanced much more than China s over the next five centuries.

It has been like this for years...

For nearly two centuries the answer was almost always a resounding Yes!

Ownership After centuries in which European corporations dominated the developing world, the trend is reversing.

I haven't seen him for years.

Transylvania, where the country's ethnic Hungarians are overwhelmingly concentrated, is also Romania's cultural bridge to the West, because this part of Romania belonged for centuries to the Hapsburg Empire.

Indeed, the key factor distinguishing institutional development in the West from that in developing countries is time. The bedrock economic, social, and political institutions in Western societies took decades, if not centuries, to develop.

The bedrock economic, social, and political institutions in Western societies took decades, if not centuries, to develop.

This house remained in their family for years.

He's represented us in Congress for years.

How long does it last?

Gorbachev s reforms not only liberated ordinary Russians from the straitjacket of Marxism Leninism, but also released the national aspirations of people who had been locked in the empire for centuries.

For years the Bank of Japan (BOJ) failed to provide signals of this kind. It was more concerned with posing as an inflation fighter.

Its savings rate has been distressingly low for decades.

For years the Bank of Japan (BOJ) failed to provide signals of this kind.

For years it has injected a slow release poison into society.

Of course, there is two way feedback between debt and growth, but normal recessions last only a year and cannot explain a two decade period of malaise.

The Minorities in Pakistan are in danger for many years.

Indeed, the recession will worsen throughout this year, for many reasons.

This pressure for change has been building for years.

For years, China has also blocked meaningful sanctions against Burma.

The US and the world will be paying the price for decades to come.

Clarke was for many years a Vice Patron of the British Polio Fellowship.

How long is this movie?

Nothing lasts forever.

This is taking forever.

True friendships last forever.

How long has it been going on?

How many hours is the flight?

The contract lasts three years.

The exam is 3 hours long.

The gestation period lasts 8.5 months.

These three powers, each of great importance to Europe, have been rivals for many centuries.

It suffers from endemic malaria, which is like a SARS pandemic that lasts for centuries, not for a few months.

After the fall of the Roman Empire, and during the first centuries of the Middle Ages, the coastal plain between Ravenna and Rimini was flooded many times.

In this school, a period is fifty minutes long.

In the UK, the heavily dubbed version was shown for a number of years, particularly by the BBC.