McCarthy taught social sciences in public high schools for a few years.

VOA: special.2009.08.30

She taught zoology at the University of Maryland for a few years.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

He went to school only for a few years.

VOA: special.2009.01.01

For a few years, the settlement grew.

VOA: special.2009.10.06

A few years ago,some marketing and advertising experts were asked to name the best nickname for an American city.

VOA: special.2009.12.27

Yet he tells us Covestor remains a private company after a few years because it is still too risky for most investors.

VOA: special.2011.01.07

Within a few years, there was not enough grass for all the cattle, especially along the trails.

VOA: special.2010.03.18

A few years later, he drew pictures for the first "Little Bear" books, written by Else Minarik.

VOA: special.2009.10.05

The number of people in the small town of Spencer,Iowa,for example, dropped from eleven thousand to eight thousand in just a few years.

VOA: special.2009.02.23

A few years ago, America's Centers for Disease Control studied deaths linked to carbon monoxide poisoning.

VOA: special.2010.02.02

He says it took a few years for Ug99 to show its destructive power.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

"Over a few years of exposure, the increase for your risk of developing cardiovascular disease...

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

When Cabot Oil & Gas offered a lease for the natural gas under their land a few years ago, saying that it might drill a single horizontal well nearby, they weren't worried.

VOA: standard.2010.01.02

He qualifies exhumations as a humanitarian act that allows families to close what he calls the circle of pain and mourning in which they have been caught for a quarter of a century, and says it was unthinkable as recently as a few years ago that investigations into war crimes would have been allowed in this country.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

But at the same time,Admiral Mullen, who is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, expressed confidence that with a solid Afghan partner, an increase in U.S.forces can bring a measure of security and stability to Afghanistan within a few years, as the 2007/2008 "surge" helped provide an opportunity for Iraq to move forward in a more secure environment.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04