Example sentences of "acquired [prep] the years " in BNC.
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1 | Given the inevitable fact that the next PLO chairman could not hope to match the stature and international acclaim which Mr Arafat has acquired over the years , many Palestinians believe that the influence of the organisation would wane accordingly . |
2 | The word ‘ station ’ , which originally meant simply a stopping-place , has acquired over the years a more disciplinary , structural , and organizational connotation . |
3 | And before we can create this new confident person , we frequently have to break down the poor self-image he or she has acquired over the years . |
4 | The furniture , too , looked as if it had been gradually acquired over the years ; gifts , rejects , the unregarded remnants of long-forgotten jumble sales . |
5 | But when Grainne came to the Castle , he knew himself lost , and he knew that the carapace so diligently acquired over the years was melting . |
6 | Most of the insiders ' skills are assumed to be firm specific , acquired over the years and difficult to replicate in the short to medium run . |