Example sentences of "[vb pp] over years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The champions of optimum treatment irrespective of age point to the surprising number of years of expected life even at advanced ages ( for example , about 5 years for a healthy 87-year-old American woman ) and to moral entitlements accrued over years of work , tax paying , family rearing , and possibly military service . |
| 2 | Perhaps we do not face immediate revolution , but our danger , seen over years , is worse . |
| 3 | ‘ It can not be done overnight , but when we look at all our successful neighbours in Europe , we know it can be done over years , so not only do we have an economy in which we all have confidence , a society in which we can all be at ease , and a country of which we can all be proud , but our children can have the benefit too , ’ he said . |
| 4 | But your daughter has been consistently betrayed over years . |
| 5 | He says the precinct should have been covered over years ago . |
| 6 | This plant is a hybrid which has evolved over years of cross breeding with the Sinningia speciosa from Brazil . |