He began the year with the lowest opinion poll ratings of any French leader for 50 years.

Production is not expected to begin for five years.

Thus the slave trade began and flourished for more than 200 years.

To begin with, for 10 years I had never earned more than $10,000 a year.

Construction will not begin for at least a few years.

The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years.

In 1980 the Salvadoran civil war began and continued for twelve years.

Construction on the $30 million dollar mall would begin in 1967 and last for two years.

But he estimated that even if a project was approved it would not begin for at least five years.

"I have begun every year for four years convinced this was the last year," he said.