These figures have fallen dramatically over the past several decades.

Several business organizations have been in existence for many decades.

The revolution is going to continue for at least several more decades.

It has been two decades since the last global debt crisis.

For several decades now, the number of young people in Haiti has been growing.

The issue of nuclear disarmment has been on the disarmament agenda for several decades.

Several hundred requests have been filed since.

Over several decades, South Korea built one of the most patriarchal societies we know about.

Since then, there have been several joint activities.

At the current pace, some regions and countries will miss several of the MDGs by decades.

For several decades now, the society of the Niger has been undergoing tremendous transformations, both economic and social.

Projections indicate that several countries in the South are poised to make further advances in the coming decades.

Even at current growth rates it would need several decades to catch up with the moderately developed countries.

The past six decades since 9 May 1945 have seen growth and change in this institution.

4. The issue of nuclear weapon free zones has attracted the interest of the international community for several decades.

So it's been several years since I got my own tattoo.

Since 2000, world leaders had agreed on several blueprints for development.

While the progress made by the Commission had been used by States and recognized by international courts for several decades, it had been barely three years since the final result had entered the diplomatic sphere of the General Assembly.

The number of in orbit catalogued objects has been increasing at a relatively linear rate for the past several decades.

We have been cooperating with the Agency in several fields since 1995.

Over 10,000 physicists and engineers from 85 countries around the world have come together over several decades to build this machine.

Over several decades, a succession of civilian military dictatorships in third world countries incurred massive debts, which are currently crippling these countries.

The importance of maintaining sound macroeconomic policy, reflected in a stable exchange rate and low inflation, has been underscored for several decades.

We share the view that the profound changes in international relations over the past several decades fully warrant expansion of Council membership.

Three decades have elapsed since the introduction of this idea for the very first time by Iran in 1974.

Since January 1996, 69 youths sought political asylum in several western embassies in Djakarta.

Ever since Dave's ma died, I've had the same dream several nights a week.

The Committee also takes note of the difficulties caused by the fact that Lebanon has hosted a great number of refugees for several decades.

The Committee also takes note of the difficulties caused by the fact that Lebanon has hosted a great number of refugees for several decades.

Since 2003, UN Habitat has undertaken several initiatives to strengthen monitoring and self evaluation activities.

Authorities in North Kivu have since arrested several persons with alleged connections to Mr. Nkunda.

7. The role and influence of information media worldwide have undergone dramatic changes in the decades since the creation of this Organization.

That view has been corroborated, in several respects, by evidence and testimony received since October 2005.

The Board has commented on this weakness several times since 1985, but progress has remained slow.

The models cannot provide accurate predictions of the space environment several decades into the future, but they can evaluate the relative influences of different operational practices.

Six decades have passed since we inaugurated this institution and its essential objectives of human coexistence, peace and the international rule of law.

The President Exactly four decades have passed since this special United Nations institution, the International Atomic Energy Agency, was established in order to

Since our previous report, the Authority has taken several steps to achieve advancement of these goals, including

Several companies had approached him since his appointment to explain their human rights responsibilities in clearer terms.

Nevertheless, the abundances of many of the replacements for ozone depleting substances (ODSs) still are increasing, and EESC will remain above pre 1980 levels for several decades.

In the past two decades there have been several instances of minors being forcibly married to octogenarians with physical disabilities and then legally taken out of India.

Over the past several decades, FDI and strategic alliances and joint ventures have begun contributing to vertical diversification through the establishment of processing plants in developing countries.

Over the past two decades, since the end of the Cold War, there has been an overall decline in the number of civil wars.

Despite the up and down since then, the overall trend and this is the important bit clearly points downward for the past two decades.

10. Since Prime Minister Netanyahu took office, several actions have been taken which characterize the new Israeli strategies.