Example sentences of "be [verb] [adv] over [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 2 | More repairs have been carried out over the years — the most recent and probably most rewarding is the cleaning , repointing and replacing of stonework — all done by one of the parishioners . |
| 3 | Mobilisations , deployments and manoeuvres have been carried out over the years to discourage resistance to Communist takeover ( Czechoslovakia 1948 ) , to block undesired contacts with West Berlin ( 19 separate occasions , including two seizures of West Berlin territory ) , to apply pressure in negotiations ( Norway and the Barents Sea ) , and to mask intentions in crisis ( Czechoslovakia 1968 and Poland 1981 ) . |
| 4 | Managing director said : ‘ The safety culture has been built up over the years and the team as a whole is to be praised for that . ’ |
| 5 | A great deal of expertise has been built up over the years in the shipment of petrochemical cargoes all over the world , often in custom-built vessels . |
| 6 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
| 7 | MORE than anything else , this week 's Labour Party conference should kill off a ritual that has been acted out over the years in a hundred radio and television studios . |
| 8 | Aircraft do appear however in the chapter on Calshot where good coverage of the various types to have been based there over the years is included . |
| 9 | The inquiry has been scaled down over the year as leads have fizzled out . |
| 10 | It contained various bits of junk that had been stored there over the years , but nothing was even remotely useful in the present crisis . |
| 11 | Selling and Distribution expenses are estimated to be £50,400 a year and are incurred evenly over the year . |
| 12 | Many theories have been put forward over the years as to its original purpose . |
| 13 | Various fairly unscientific theories have been put forward over the years as to why and how it got there . |
| 14 | Watchpoint : If you are in the right category , but your weight has been creeping up over the years , then it would be wise to reassess your eating habits . |
| 15 | These were used copiously over the years of Stormont rule . |
| 16 | The two , working together , made a formidable team , whose powers of persuasion were demonstrated clearly over the years by the Government 's support of major new initiatives , most notably the provision of the Causewayside Building , the second phase of which is now under construction . |
| 17 | You , you say you noticed more and more machinery being brought in over the years ? |
| 18 | The XJ6 is a great saloon that 's become better over the years . |
| 19 | Most of us have no idea how much we actually pay for services , because in fact we do buy parts at odd times when they are needed , so the cost is spread out over the year . |
| 20 | The portfolio has always been a nervous holder of Pentos paper , and while the shares have been traded successfully over the years , no fortunes have been made . |
| 21 | He began by saying that seven years earlier Meehan had been found guilty by a jury ‘ on evidence which was amply justified ’ , and then went on : ‘ Some public support was whipped up over the years for reasons which were not entirely clear and for motives which might be imagined . ’ |
| 22 | The company was worked consistently over the years to develop special knowledge and expertise in particular areas e.g. chiral compounds and building blocks ; quaternary ammonium compounds for phase transfer catalysis and electrochemistry ; silylating agents ; a range of products for ion-selective electrode work and a comprehensive range of highly purified reagents for bio-chemistry marked under trade name Micro-Select . |
| 23 | ‘ Just the one , but it was renewed periodically over the years because the bitch was irresistible , and she knew it . ’ |