Decade example sentences

Fourth, over the past decade or so, certain new services such as those based on information and communication technology have become important and essential.In the first few decades of its existence, the textile factory industry in India faced many problems.Struggling to retain its control over India, the British government had to concede many of these demands in the last decades of colonial rule.You have seen (Chapter 2) how the English East India Company s interest in trade led to occupation of territory, and how the pattern of trade changed over the decades.Since the last few decades, growth in human population has increased the rate of consumption of natural resources.Traditions define social practices that have lasted for decades or even centuries.Realising the urgency of the situation on the World Water Day, on 22 March 2005, the General Assembly of the United Nations proclaimed the period 2005–2015 as the International Decade for action on “Water for life”.The 1970s were the decade in which cricket was transformed: it was a time when a traditional game evolved to fit a changing world.On the other hand, pollutants which are slowly degradable, remain in the environment in an unchanged form for many decades.All efforts made during this decade aim to reduce by half the number of people who do not have access to safe drinking water.In the decades between the 1850s and 1880s the right to collect the tax was auctioned out to contractors.Land and capital cannot become useful on its own! For many decades in India, a large population has been considered a liability rather than an asset.You will study this history through the story of one game that in India has captured the imagination of the nation for some decades.Over the last three decades the proportion of those who report to be members of political parties in India has gone up steadily.Yet, pastoralists not only continue to survive, in many regions their numbers have expanded over recent decades.