Example sentences of "over many years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The yard was a product of piecemeal development over many years and found an important role in the air-braked wagonload network ( Speedlink ) from the 1970s onwards . |
| 2 | ‘ We must note that the nations of Europe have evolved their national clearing and depository systems over many years and , for many reasons , they are all different from one another , ’ he says . |
| 3 | Although a skilled fisherman , George Trowark became renowned as a knitter and over many years and many voyages he accumulated detailed notes of designs and patterns . |
| 4 | His thinking over many years lead to his innovative Lotus 78 , the car that pioneered F1 's ground effect era , and his creative energy over the past 10 years has been instrumental in galvanising Lotus , once a car maker with a fragile future , into an engineering consultancy of huge standing worldwide . |
| 5 | However , conversion of more modest manufacturing and storage buildings into individual dwellings has occurred over many years — possibly even centuries . |
| 6 | It is based on ‘ commonly accepted general principles of good journalistic practice ’ built by council adjudications over many years . |
| 7 | Pinza was owned by Sir Victor Sassoon ( who had spent a huge amount of money over many years trying to win the Derby ) and trained by Norman Bertie . |
| 8 | According to the society , water voles , otters , redshank , snipe and lapwing and wetland plants such as marsh orchid and bog pimpernel had declined as a result of over-abstraction and drainage over many years . |
| 9 | In addition , the considerable influence of Miss Helen Stocks together with the experience and commitment of Sophie Green had given sustained momentum to the District 's educational provision and , of course , the Cassell Fund had provided invaluable financial support over many years . |
| 10 | The wars with France and Spain during the eighteenth century stretched over many years and disrupted plant exchange as did the American War of Independence in 1775 . |
| 11 | Dr Paul Altmann of the Kidney Unit at the London Hospital in Whitechapel is reported as saying : ‘ It is when you are absorbing aluminium over many years that it is potentially damaging . |
| 12 | My experience of these potencies over many years has demonstrated their usefulness in the treatment of serious cases , and deep pathology is rarely wholly eradicated without the aid of fifty millesimal potencies . |
| 13 | Professor Jim Jeffery , who has attempted over many years to disentangle the truth from the official statistics about the AGR series , estimates that the cost overrun on building just four of the stations ( Dungeness B , Hinkley Point B , Hartlepool and Heysham 1 ) amounts to over £6.5 billion ( at 1988 prices ) . |
| 14 | The knowledge which the parents possess will be based on perhaps a superficial understanding built up over many years and based largely on misconceptions . |
| 15 | In fact , the work was never really completed , additions simply being made over many years as the need for extra wards arose . |
| 16 | The Golden Lion is said to have had a gallery but nothing now remains , though it has been referred to by word of mouth over many years . |
| 17 | Public Schools and grammar schools provided , or sought to provide , the same curriculum : it was traditional , and innovations ( like science , modern languages , or geography ) were stoutly resisted over many years . |
| 18 | Last year 's crop of court cases at the Old Bailey reported in national newspapers included : a French master who had a store of pornographic photos of teenage pupils dating back ten years ; a religious education master who simulated sexual intercourse in front of his pupils ( the Old Bailey heard he had done this little party trick dozens of times at different schools ) ; a primary school teacher who was allowed to go on teaching after being found guilty of ‘ lewd , indecent and libidinous practices ’ against ten- and 11-year old boys ; and a music teacher in Sussex who had raped , attempted to rape and indecently assaulted hundreds of girls over many years . |
| 19 | The library itself is yet another of Carnegie 's donations and , like the Carnegie Library at New Mills , it has also lost its original collection of books on Brentford acquired at great cost and expense over many years . |
| 20 | Let there be no doubt , these young criminals are not in any way representative of the vast majority of the Afro-Caribbean community whose life has contributed to the life and culture of the West Midlands over many years and whose hopes and aspirations are at one with those of every other law-abiding citizen . |
| 21 | Over many years I have ascended the steep final slopes to the broad top often . |
| 22 | As it stood , it consisted of a multi-volume jumble of vers libre , written over many years , some in the form of letters , especially to her mother — ‘ if I sent her a letter she sent me some money — so I kept on writing ’ — listing the men she 'd known . |
| 23 | A Pension Loan for Professionals is an extremely practical and cost-effective way of raising finance , because you reduce your outgoings over many years — and you take advantage of available tax concessions . |
| 24 | The financial resources of Abbey National are exceptionally strong and our reserves have been built up over many years through a combination of prudence and innovation . |
| 25 | Over many years , we at Sun Alliance have gained a solid reputation for dealing with Policyholders , promptly and efficiently . |
| 26 | Why is it that structural ageism sanctions discrimination against older people and enables it to continue unnoticed on a daily basis , and remain unchanged over many years ? |
| 27 | Services for people with disabilities have been a low priority over many years , and the inadequacy of provision — both in quantity and quality — is well known . |
| 28 | Such studies will be difficult to mount because they will need large numbers of patients followed over many years to demonstrate any benefit . |
| 29 | So I had been a visitor , and an occasional attender at the X-ray Department , but all that was spread over many years . |
| 30 | Over many years I have visited some of the gardens Andre Gide wrote about in his book the Fruits of the Earth . |