Example sentences of "[art] years [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It almost goes without saying that over the years no single topic in agriculture has succeeded in raising passions more . |
2 | Over the years a small number of programmes have come from lesbians and gay men : the Scottish Minorities Group 's ‘ Glad To Be Gay ’ in 1976 , and coverage of the Clause 28 debate . |
3 | The Profitboss , whatever his job , builds up over the years a wide range of contacts to whom he gives assistance and with whom he exchanges information as well as completes mutually beneficial business deals . |
4 | It is true that over the years a few railway signalmen have been convicted of manslaughter for wrongful acts and omissions leading to fatal train crashes , but there is not the natural resort to the criminal law which is now a feature of road-traffic cases . |
5 | Over the years a niggling rivalry has been much in evidence between the two clubs , although Whaddon have progressed to a much higher standard of football . |
6 | Over the years a favourite quiz question was to name the scrum-halves who played with Jack Kyle . |
7 | I ca n't remember when I have n't had to work on Christmas Day became the animals have never got round to recognizing it as a holiday ; but with the passage of the years the vague resentment I used to feel has been replaced by philosophical acceptance . |
8 | On three occasions all 12 have been Unionist , but over the years the usual figure has been 10 Unionist . |
9 | German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised . |
10 | Over the years the first edition ( 1954 ) of this work has acquired something of the aura of a ‘ classic ’ text , and one or other of the editions is never likely to stray far from the student petrographer 's microscope . |
11 | Also , radiation doses are cumulative 5 and over the years the International Commission on Radiation Protection ( ICRP ) has steadily lowered its maximum permissible whole-body doses recommended for occupational exposure . |
12 | In each of the years the estimated production volume was 45,000 units and the estimated fixed overheads was £67,500 . |
13 | Then I realized that over the years the white wedding dress had become yellow , and the flowers in her hair had died , and the bride inside the dress had grown old . |
14 | Over the years the slow accumulation of bonds by the Club ( mostly by gift ) increasingly concentrated the power of the Club in the hands of those whose bonds were still to be redeemed , i.e. fewer and fewer people . |