Example sentences of "[prep] [prep] [art] decade " in BNC.
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| 1 | In local authorities , expanding competition through compulsory competitive tendering has shown many successes for about a decade . |
| 2 | After over a decade of fighting , Basil defeated Samuilo at the battle of Kleidon in 1014 . |
| 3 | Moran 's commitment was legendary in over a decade at Old Trafford and nothing has changed . |
| 4 | For over a decade I lived with this new knowledge and with the ethical dilemma surrounding my own pursuit of insider research . |
| 5 | As the Thatcher government gradually recovered from a shaky and difficult start to retain power by a hugely increased majority in 1983 , followed by another overwhelming electoral triumph ( in seats if not in votes ) in 1987 and as the spectacle was observed in 1989 of a Prime Minister remaining in unchallenged power for over a decade , comparable to Lord Liverpool if not yet Robert Walpole in the past , the belief took hold that the values and style of modern Britain had been transformed . |
| 6 | As a privileged , and — clandestinely — highly-placed member of Arcady society , she knew pretty well which direction the world was heading in , and had had a place booked in Sky City One for over a decade . |
| 7 | The study did not spring into being overnight of course , and for over a decade a number of community groups throughout Appalachia have tried to combat the worst excesses of a pattern of landownership which breeds power without responsibility . |
| 8 | Situated in an ideal position on the front a Bellagio , the Du Lac has been a favourite with our clients for over a decade . |
| 9 | The spillover effect of safety demands on costs , coupled with an economic recession , had effectively resulted in no new nuclear stations being ordered in the United States for over a decade . |
| 10 | Additional benefits of tree-lined streams , in reducing the effects of nitrates and phosphates in the water and in shading out the choking growth of summer weed in a river bed , which may otherwise necessitate further expensive dredging , have been recognized by Dutch and German scientists for over a decade . |
| 11 | Apparently it has been recognised for over a decade that chlorine from chlorofluorocarbons may deplete the stratospheric ozone layer . |
| 12 | The two young women quickly washed and dressed before taking flight , not to surface again for over a decade . |
| 13 | ‘ It will be a disaster if the current team is maintained , ’ said the former India captain , whose left-arm spin mesmerised batsmen around the world for over a decade . |
| 14 | For over a decade he strode like a colossus over children 's TV , manfully climbing mountains , bravely jumping out of aeroplanes , ruggedly falling off bob-sleighs . |
| 15 | For over a decade the NWICO has been defamed partly because of the word ‘ order ’ . |
| 16 | It 's a performance story that 's been adding up for over a decade . |
| 17 | Consider then this year 's winner , the Mayan Indian peace-worker , Rigoberta Menchu , who has campaigned for the rights of Guatemala 's oppressed indigenous majority for over a decade . |
| 18 | Although the Act of Supremacy was passed shortly after her accession in 1559 , papal condemnation of Elizabeth was postponed for over a decade . |
| 19 | To begin with , her assertion that the U.K. undergoes ‘ extreme political shifts ’ sounds most peculiar when one considers that the same party has been in power for over a decade . |
| 20 | He might have told her that in the United States for over a decade now , the journals and magazines and guide-to-life books , aided and abetted by manufacturers , traders , and advertisers , had sung the song of the perfect home and the perfect homemaker . |
| 21 | Also Bosanquet has argued vigorously for over a decade — and has not been alone — that this suggests that younger age cohorts are growing up fitter and will not necessarily need such varied and prolonged care in the future . |
| 22 | For over a decade the medical and nursing professions in Britain have taken a leading role in calling for a clearer national commitment to tackling social inequalities in health . |
| 23 | On current spending education was essentially stabilised in real volume terms for over a decade , and the rates of growth in health and personal social services slowed down or ceased for some periods . |
| 24 | The rival patentees quarrelled for over a decade , taking the fight to Parliament in 1624 . |
| 25 | Brown remained her adviser for over a decade , although she also sought occasional assistance from the painter ( Sir ) Edward Burne-Jones [ q.v . ] . |
| 26 | Discourse analysts have for over a decade been probing the properties of what has come to be called the conversational ‘ turn ’ . |
| 27 | Yet for over a decade now , the media , medical scientists and the Government 's Warnock Report ( 1984 ) on these developments , have promoted these and other so-called advances as benevolent products of a progressive science . |
| 28 | The conference , the first general feminist-socialist conference for over a decade , attracted over 400 women from across the country . |
| 29 | Excellent training has been offered by the Metropolitan Forensic Science Laboratory for over a decade . |
| 30 | The reef , described by the World Conservation Union as more diverse than Australia 's Great Barrier reef , has been threatened for over a decade by the proposed building of a second airport for the island . |