In many cases, the people who will be surplus to requirements will have spent many years in school and university building up their skills.
In many cases - an adverbial; the people who will be surplus to requirements - a subject; will have spent - a predicator; many years - a direct object; in school and university - an adverbial; building up their skills - secondary predicate: [and will be] building up their skills.
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