Below you will find example sentences with "four decades". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Four Decades in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: decades
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.4 words

Words in this phrase

four decades

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • four can mean: A numerical value equal to 4; the number after three and before five; two plus two. This many dots (••••) Very common word
  • decades can mean: plural of decade. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after four decades they ended 1× and over four decades before they 1× bradyseism occurred four decades ago where 1× c stennis four decades 41 years 1× doom almost four decades ago and 1× for nearly four decades 1× for over four decades had headed 1× four episodes four decades here s 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a decade ago 1× a fixture on 1× a news release 1× a similar bradyseism 1× after four decades 1× among the 221 1×

Common sentence endings:

over four decades 2× 40 000 people 1× a wide margin 1× and captured it 1× arctic more frequently 1× for 60 percent 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

ago 6× president 3× years 3× deal 2× win 2× world 2× best 2× jones 2× party 2× eight 2× dividend 2× country 2×

Related phrases

four counts two decades four years rating four four weeks four times four seasons four hours four goals four days

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around decades:

two decades 20× decades ago 15× few decades 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

four days four counts four assists four appearances founding artistic founder sam

Just after it in the phrase index:

four games four goals four hits four hours four hundred four innings

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

four counts four years four weeks four times four seasons four hours

Same ending:

two decades few decades

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "four decades" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after four decades they ended, and over four decades before they, ago, president and years stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with four counts, two decades, four years, two decades, decades ago and few decades, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with four decades

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

And, in the four decades after that, prices quintupled. (9 words)

After four decades, they ended up in the same precarious position they’d started. (14 words)

China is the world’s second biggest economy and has grown at a stupendous pace over the past four decades. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The film earned four acting nominations for its cast, including best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan -- who appeared as a child in "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" almost four decades ago -- and best lead actress for Michelle Yeoh. (41 words)

Lapang, a four-time chief minister who had been associated with the Congress for over four decades, had headed the party in the state till December when its president asked him to hand over charge to younger leaders. (38 words)

The potential normalization deal could have a seismic effect, unlike anything the region has seen in decades, bigger than the signing of the Camp David peace deal between Israel and Egypt more than four decades ago. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

The potential normalization deal could have a seismic effect, unlike anything the region has seen in decades, bigger than the signing of the Camp David peace deal between Israel and Egypt more than four decades ago.

A news release said “La Russa and Connie Mack are the only two managers to win World Series titles in three different decades and to win pennants in four decades.

The film earned four acting nominations for its cast, including best supporting actor for Ke Huy Quan -- who appeared as a child in "Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom" almost four decades ago -- and best lead actress for Michelle Yeoh.

I pitched him on the concept of, “Four episodes, four decades, here’s how I see it,” and he saw so much more and captured it.

Lapang, a four-time chief minister who had been associated with the Congress for over four decades, had headed the party in the state till December when its president asked him to hand over charge to younger leaders.

The four gold bands and eight ties denote John C. Stennis' four decades (41 years) in the Senate and the eight presidents he served with, from President Truman to President Reagan.

A decade ago, J.P. Morgan Asset Management found companies that initiated and grew their dividend over the four decades between 1972 and 2012 outperformed non-dividend-paying stocks by a wide margin.

A fixture on the left-wing political scene for more than four decades, Mr Corbyn was schooled in radicalism by his parents, who met as activists in London during the Spanish Civil War.

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After four decades, they ended up in the same precarious position they’d started.

Among the 221 cases recorded in the country in over four decades, Salim said Lagos, the country’s largest cosmopolitan centre accounts for 60 percent.

An 83-year-old man from Louth who admitted historic sex offences against a young girl more than four decades ago has been sentenced to more than six years imprisonment.

And, in the four decades after that, prices quintupled.

A similar bradyseism occurred four decades ago, where magma chambers filling and draining deep below the Earth's surface prompted the evacuation of 40,000 people.

As I recall my time at that White House luncheon four decades ago, it is clear that today’s politicians must put party politics aside and do the job their constituents elected them to do.

As the figure below shows, it took 20 years for the number of horses used on farms to drop by 50% and over four decades before they were largely phased out.

Beverly Kearney is perhaps the most decorated collegiate track and field coach ever, with a career that has spanned over four decades.

But with climate models and satellite imagery, Pengfei Zhang of Penn State University and co-authors found that in the past four decades, atmospheric rivers have been penetrating the Arctic more frequently.

Chesterfield Symphony Orchestra is celebrating its 40th anniversary by performing a greatest hits concert, drawing on favourite compositions from more than 400 works played over four decades.

Chicago luminaries Quincy Jones, Jennifer Hudson and Chance the Rapper have joined forces to reopen the historic Ramova Theater in Bridgeport, which was dormant for nearly four decades.

China is the world’s second biggest economy and has grown at a stupendous pace over the past four decades.

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