Example sentences of "[prep] the years [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With subtle revisionism , it chooses examples throughout the years such as the Cyclonic vacuum ( on sale for £1,000 , but have you ever seen one ? ) . |
| 2 | This practice has continued to the present day and over the years many of the field geologists became recognised petrographers . |
| 3 | Over the years many men have come to my clinic because they have considered themselves failures in one vital respect . |
| 4 | Over the years many sailing ships were wrecked on the rocky shores of Madeira , driven there by foul weather . |
| 5 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
| 6 | Although a complex and costly procedure , over the years many authorities have acquired powers by this means to perform particular functions in their localities : for example , to maintain the external decoration of listed buildings ( Kensington and Chelsea ) , and to operate a municipal bank ( Birmingham ) . |
| 7 | Over the years many obstacles have arisen to halt these dreams , yet still for many the ultimate objective remains . |
| 8 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 9 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 10 | The funding of capital expenditure is usually spread over the years that benefit will accrue . |
| 11 | In 1968 an urban programme was established under the Home Office , and over the years several thousand small-scale projects , put up by local authorities and voluntary organizations , were approved for capital expenditure . |
| 12 | Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals . |
| 13 | Traditionally the dominant class had its basis in landownership , but over the years these elites have often shifted their capital to the urban sector because of the possibility of better returns on it , and , on occasion , because of agrarian reform . |
| 14 | Over the years these have come in a variety of shapes ‘ sizes and materials : mild steel , galvanised steel , cast iron , copper , aluminium and stainless steel . |
| 15 | Poland reappeared on the maps of Europe not so much through its own efforts to liberate itself — though over the years these had been prodigious but unsuccessful — but through the collapse of the partitioning powers that had held Poland in check . |
| 16 | Over the years these monastic institutions acquired a particular expertise in the embalming of bodies , an example of their handiwork being discovered in 1969 when the coffin of Archbishop Godfrey de Ludham ( d. 1265 ) was opened in York Minster . |
| 17 | Over the years this has averaged out at two gundogs and two rabbiting dogs . |
| 18 | However , over the years this has been augmented by dwellings branching out from the main road . |
| 19 | Over the years this has killed a great many Canberra aircrew . |
| 20 | Over the years this must have harmed his chest , as it had already badly discoloured his teeth . |
| 21 | Between six and ten years ago , there was a hundred and eighty pits in this country , yes a hundred and eighty pits , now we have a handful left and it has been leaked that all thirty one pits will still be closed within twelve months , done quietly and by the back door ignoring procedures and over the years this is what has been done . |
| 22 | Over the years most of the stations and lines in the region have been dismantled but Wainfleet is on the main ‘ trippers ’ line to Skegness . |
| 23 | College Report has recorded over the years most of Marjorie Boulton 's considerable output of writing , both in English and in Esperanto , a field in which she has become a leading international figure and through which she has enjoyed much travel and many friendships . |
| 24 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 25 | It must also be presumed that gradually over the years some kind of folklore will develop , a collective consensus about how to apply the criteria to the actual written work to be examined , whether as course-work or examination scripts . |
| 26 | As water levels changed over the years some caves became dry , while others are still being made larger by the effect of underground streams , and some are still completely waterlogged . |
| 27 | And these are n't the sort of people that write to us using block capitals all the way through , these are reasonable people who 've had their property damaged over the years some quite horrendous tales and talk about walls being knocked down . |
| 28 | Over the years some famous visitors have dropped in to Cheers : Emma Thompson , Roger Reed and John Cleese , who won an Emmy for his 1987 appearance as marriage counsellor Simon Finch-Royce . |
| 29 | Over the years some famous visitors have dropped in to Cheers : Emma Thompson , Roger Reece and John Cleese , who won an Emmy for his 1987 appearance as marriage counsellor Simon Finch Royce . |
| 30 | Over the years some penalties have been done away with and others have been introduced . |