Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Diana 's insecurities about Camilla have developed through the years , ’ a friend revealed . |
| 2 | The report from the three wise men concludes : ‘ The significance of Super-SARA , from a Community point of view , has already been severely eroded during the years that the project has been under discussion and it is expected that its significance will be yet further undermined before the completion of the project . ’ |
| 3 | Returning to the fate of the Moscow Museum of Fine Arts , there are ways to help it to survive , even if they have long been forgotten during the years of subordination to its well-cushioned Soviet existence . |
| 4 | Finally , the study of homicide is largely based on a quantitative analysis of details of 1,482 cases committed during the years 1883 — 9 and 1900 — 4 ( Appendix B ) . |
| 5 | It was only when you looked at their faces that you saw the difference in both age and expression : Harry 's face was round , his eyes merry , while Joe 's features inclined to length and his grey eyes , which at times seemed colourless , had in their depths a touch of melancholy that had deepened with the years . |
| 6 | If there was an increase by 1545 , much of it may have come in the years after 1530 , and become important economically only after the period covered by this book ( 75 , p.69 ) . |
| 7 | Improvements at existing establishments have also been curtailed and will be necessarily confined in the years ahead to the renewal of essential services and repairs to enable establishments to continue in full operation . |
| 8 | His belief in peace at all costs in a policy of concession and containment — had eroded in the years since Han Ch'in 's death . |
| 9 | Practice has differed over the years . |
| 10 | Outside the Barbican , the National Gallery is mounting ‘ Edvard Munch : the Frieze of Life ’ ( 12 November to 7 February ) which focuses on the cycle of paintings of that name which the artist codified and modified over the years . |
| 11 | In addition , the SIB " high pressure " regime has been modified over the years . |
| 12 | I hope that he will also accept that Conservative Members have used the existing procedure to delay legislation which they have disliked over the years , which is why we want to change it . |
| 13 | The National Trust is responsible for the care and upkeep and the old wooden gutters have been repaired over the years . |
| 14 | The general conclusion that emerges from this chapter is that social policy has been a positive force in economic growth though not as powerful a force as some of its protagonists have claimed over the years . |
| 15 | The CPRW 's Pembrokeshire Branch has been strongly committed over the years to ensuring that the Dyfed Structure Plan , the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Plan and all local plans pay due regard to the need to protect the environmental quality of the area . |
| 16 | Partly in the course of his business , partly out of a personal interest , Julian Hayman had amassed over the years a remarkably comprehensive archive of criminals of every kind . |
| 17 | All the money I have earned over the years has gone — in some cases I do n't why or where — but the fact is that at the age of 40 , I have no savings . |
| 18 | In 1957 Macmillan inherited the leadership of an unpopular government , lagging behind Labour in the opinion polls , but the policies pursued over the years to 1959 managed eventually to retrieve the party 's position : Macmillan 's nuclear ‘ defence ’ policy seemed at the time a plausible way to reclaim the status of a world power on the cheap ; the formation of EFTA was negotiated ; Macmillan sacked the deflationary Chancellor Thorneycroft and substituted Heathcoat-Amory who instituted another convenient bout of pre-election tax cutting . |
| 19 | His superb physical shape has been honed over the years by a practical approach to food and exercise . |
| 20 | His instincts , honed over the years as he lived continuously on the threshold of danger , warned him that things were about to change . |
| 21 | These stylistic differences have gradually eroded over the years , and today regional divisions have all but disappeared . |
| 22 | Certain of the services implicit in a wholesaler function , and for which publishers have agreed to pay higher rate of discounts , have been eroded over the years , and we wish to see them reinstated . |
| 23 | By the 1920s an elaborate hierarchy of colours indicated the position of the record within a class system ; the overall range of prices varied over the years , but not the implied class structure . |
| 24 | The allowances were varied over the years to take account of inflation , but were never particularly generous . |
| 25 | While the race covered approximately 1000 miles , the route varied over the years but maintained Brescia as its base . |
| 26 | The party 's fortunes varied over the years . |
| 27 | The choice between lignocaine and bretylium has varied over the years , with comparative trials showing no difference in outcome between the two agents . |
| 28 | The differences between those consequences have themselves varied over the years : the current position is set out at 15.11 . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've got nothing to show for what I 've won over the years , ’ a distraught Florrie said . |
| 30 | The numerous fissures there , which came to be known as the Back Strings , represent these early excavations upon the vein outcrops , though they have been modified and deepened over the years . |