After several weeks, it became clear that the Senate would approve President Garfield's choice for the tax collector's job.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

This is some of her advice: Before competition, extend your nightly sleep for several weeks to reduce a sleep debt.

VOA: special.2010.06.09

It took him several weeks to learn how to string the crystals, and how to separate them so they would look nice.

VOA: special.2009.05.18

For several weeks,the former president has been traveling to many cities to talk about the book.

VOA: special.2010.10.15

She was in a coma and was not able to communicate for several weeks.

VOA: special.2010.04.14

But the drug requires many painful injections several times a day for several weeks.

VOA: special.2010.01.04

Several weeks later, Giovanni went to visit Pietro Baglioni, a friend of his father's.

VOA: special.2009.05.23

Some foods can be kept fresh this way for several weeks.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

One morning,several weeks later, Professor Baglioni visited Giovanni.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

The photographs would be taken several weeks apart.

VOA: special.2010.07.11

American land forces arrived several weeks later.

VOA: special.2010.07.15

Mr.Micheletti said the ousted leader and his supporters have been trying to block the November elections for several weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.09.22

The president said he expects to make another trip to the Gulf region in the next several weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.07.16

Geithner said it will take several weeks for his plan to be properly evaluated by financial markets.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

"I think the two sides are getting much nearer to each other than it used to be several weeks or several months ago,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

Negotiations among the five permanent Security Council member states on a new sanctions resolution have been underway in New York for several weeks.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

For several weeks in Washington, U.S.President Barack Obama has been hearing counsel from his advisers about the best course to take with the war-torn country.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

North Korea had been hinting for several weeks that a major missile test was upcoming.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

The general's secret assessment, leaked to the Washington Post several weeks ago, follows the president's basic approach, but says it could fail unless he gets more troops.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

Several weeks ago, police mistakenly said Noordin had been killed in another raid.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

The list of reasons why teams coming from abroad were not thrilled at the prospect of several weeks in Nigeria for this year's Under-17 World Cup is long.

VOA: standard.2009.11.05

She cautioned that a final vote count might take several weeks.

VOA: standard.2009.08.17

Officials here say Mitchell, the former Senate Majority Leader and Northern Ireland peace negotiator, had obtained a Syrian visa several weeks ago but did not want to make the visit until after the Lebanese election.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09