Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] over [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Team spirit and research expertise developed over the years would be lost . ’ |
| 2 | While the race covered approximately 1000 miles , the route varied over the years but maintained Brescia as its base . |
| 3 | Few were inclined to believe this version , a scepticism reinforced over the years by countless reports , some highly credible , of sightings of the Swede , in prisons , mental homes and labour camps . |
| 4 | But at least the money saved over the years by cycling has enabled me to afford early retirement , and escape the commuter rat-race ! |
| 5 | The similes usually used to describe the stylistic hybrid produced over the years by the Cuzco painters — the ‘ melding ’ , or ‘ blending ’ , or the ‘ intricate amalgamation ’ of European and indigenous traditions to produce an art of ‘ Byzantine richness and splendour ’ — obviously belies the violence of events . |
| 6 | The same table also shows that the proportion of women qualifying for unemployment benefit increased over the years so that it surpassed that of men . |
| 7 | Professor Lacey said yesterday : ‘ I have seen the membership of the committee refined over the years to suit the interests of the large food and pharmaceutical companies . |
| 8 | The second course is to write the history of the local organisation from general knowledge gleaned over the years , and to send this to the leader , or committee , for comment . |
| 9 | The grants , the of the grants of course increased over the years and the main thing about erm awards of course was to assess them and this is something which erm , I always felt a bit self conscious about because , we had this erm very comprehensive form where parents and erm , oh individuals when they were the students themselves had to complete and give very precise details of income |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | As for my hon. Friend 's other question , I confirm that it is as a result of this Government 's economic policies and the growth achieved over the years that we have secured not only higher public spending but a substantial reduction in direct taxes . |
| 12 | ‘ I may even recover my northern accent lost over the years spent away , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Since the 1950s , £16 billion has been spent on nuclear research and development , which is equivalent to a one and a quarter pence tax on each unit of nuclear electricity produced over the years . |
| 14 | For this purpose the investigators are using the UK Family Expenditure Survey pooled over the years 1970 to 1985 set up jointly with the Institute for Fiscal Studies . |
| 15 | John said his misery increased over the years as several friends died of AIDS . |
| 16 | ‘ In the West we are constantly telling the Third World to save the rain forests — rather hypocritical considering we are not even prepared to replace the tree cover destroyed over the years in Essex . ’ |
| 17 | The course changed over the years and , in 1957 , following a tragic accident , the last Mille Miglia was held although smaller version of the race around Brescia continued to be staged , and a series of nostalgic races has been held since 1982 . |
| 18 | No , it 's the realisation that you 're alone at last , all that emotional energy expended over the years and where 's it got you ? |