Example sentences of "[vb pp] over [art] century " in BNC.
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| 1 | One tree in a school near Worcester has remained in its original position , while the buildings around it have been demolished and rebuilt over the centuries . |
| 2 | really answer the first part of the Noble Lord 's question by saying that er er it is a question of future cost , er we are er we are already spending a great deal of money on the first part er of this er library and er we will have to examine the future cost very carefully and I put it to you to the Noble Lord that it would be a really sad reflection where the field of creative endeavour in which this country is m has most excelled over the centuries , in other words literature to have no single focus for celebration , preservation and active use , it really is er very important that this library continues , but may I remind Your Lordships also that we 're not talking about the s the library in this question , we 're talking about the u the site at present used by the builders . |
| 3 | We are now back where we were in Elizabeth I 's days : a middle power , making our way in a world dominated by two superpowers , and doing so through intuitive manipulation of balances of power , as we have always done over the centuries . |
| 4 | And is n't that just the case with everything you gone and done over the centuries of black oppression ? |
| 5 | Chinese philsophers , gourmets and poets have produced over the centuries an extensive literature devoted to tea and its presumed effects upon the body and soul . |
| 6 | The scrutiny would further reveal the utter confusion created by the phenomenal amount of — holy ’ writings or scriptures produced over the centuries . |
| 7 | For Marx and Engels the French Revolution marked the violent transition from feudalism to capitalism , which had occurred over a century earlier in England during the civil war . |
| 8 | As well as those mentioned , there are others too that have been domesticated over the centuries providing food , clothing and transportation . |
| 9 | These Severnsiders : a breed apart , that mixture of ancient races mingled over the centuries to form a perfection of self sufficiency and social harmony . |
| 10 | Nottinghamshire has always been an industrious county and the skills of local people have contributed over the centuries to the growth of a diversity of well known products . |
| 11 | The columns of this building were originally of wood , replaced over the centuries by stone . |
| 12 | The Colosseum was huge and wonderful to behold , even though much of its decorative sculpture had been stolen over the centuries for the building of many of Rome 's palaces . |
| 13 | David Cross talks about how it has been portrayed over the centuries . |
| 14 | Given that the eminent genealogist Sir Anthony Wagner has said in his book English Genealogy , that ‘ where a distinctive surname is found over the centuries in one place in successive tax returns and the like , family continuity can be presumed even if descent can not be proved step by step ’ , a useful study is possible . |
| 15 | FTIR and electron spin resonance ( ESR ) spectroscopy are being used in archaeology as a valuable complement to elemental analysis in the search to determine the provenance of raw materials , the place and date of manufacture , and how they have weathered over the centuries . |
| 16 | It also remains the case that the Cabinet , as an institution , does not rest on parliamentary authority but rather on practice developed over the centuries . |
| 17 | The gardens at Dalemain , developed over the centuries from a medieval herb garden , contain many unusual plants and shrubs and a wide variety of roses . |
| 18 | In Thailand , for example , there is practised an ancient art of war which has developed over the centuries into a highly exciting spectator sport . |
| 19 | In Cambridgeshire , Jack Ravensdale has been able to show from documentary references how the village plans of Cottenham , Landbeach and Waterbeach have changed and developed over the centuries . |
| 20 | They are now to admit women to orders , orders which they themselves have rightly filled over the centuries . |
| 21 | Or is the idea merely a piece of folklore belief , sustained over the centuries by an inexact understanding of the quality of lunacy and destined to go the way of other popular myths , such as phrenology , astrology , and Mesmerism ? |
| 22 | Among such workers more sophisticated means of conducting disputes had emerged over the century . |
| 23 | The stables have been converted into an information centre with displays of Border reiving history and battles in which the family has been involved over the centuries . |
| 24 | Echoes of this declaration were revived over a century later with the Novi Sad Agreement of 1954 . |
| 25 | ‘ Statues of the gods once stood in the niches that surround us , but they were borrowed over the centuries and not returned . |
| 26 | These problems of determinism have been discussed over the centuries . |
| 27 | The internal economic geography of the UK has been reworked over a century by fundamental change in the nature and orientation of exports , which has reflected the success of individual industries and their factories . |
| 28 | Arguments over the authenticity or otherwise of these ‘ Casket Letters ’ have continued over the centuries . |
| 29 | Treatment has concentrated on the removal of dirt accumulated over the centuries and conservation of areas of the bronze affected by acid rain and pigeon droppings . |
| 30 | I believe that the cases of hauntings recorded over the centuries are actually the results of a Darkfall . |