The actual disintegration is predicted to begin occurring within a short span of years, though the crisis has been building for several decades.

The issues have been building for decades, but come into special focus in 2000, after the first presidential election since 1924 when a majority did not vote.

After a large quake, strain can build rapidly for several decades and then slow way down, he said.

Mr. Anderson said problems at Hanford had been building for decades and could not be quickly resolved.

Mr. von Trapp's frustration at his family being forever frozen in one moment of movie history has been building for decades.

This logic will just lead to an unravelling of what we have been building here for decades, in other words the single market in financial services.

At that moment, Einstein caught a wave that had been building for decades.

The reasons for the decline all grow out of forces building for decades.

Praeger asked incredulously, since no railways had been built for decades.

The school, built in 1924 and for decades a distinguished institution, was then one of the city's worst schools by any measure.