Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] over [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blond Australian has been plagued by the worst possible luck over the years . |
| 2 | My mother , a witness to many acts of motiveless violence over the years , was already holding the door open . |
| 3 | In the reflection of what is going on out of bed , people with relatively well-integrated personalities find that their sexual intercourse over the years represents a variety of feelings and moods . |
| 4 | There can be little doubt that the administration of criminal justice has paid insufficient attention to problems of sexual abuse over the years , and recent improvements in police procedures and in services for victims are to be welcomed . |
| 5 | To the mechanics who 've nutured the old warhouse over the years , it 's like saying goodbye to an old friend . |
| 6 | It was the ‘ second line ’ , ‘ support ’ and ‘ facility ’ squadrons which took the UK Canberra squadrons into another twenty years of service with a variety of roles and mark conversions , and so brought a continued need for the services of 231 OCU , albeit on a decreasing scale over the years . |
| 7 | It 's grown into a different shape over the years , ’ she says of the abundance of jugs , pebbles , paintings ( almost all done by members of the family ) , china , and even animal skulls , which jostle each other to form displays everywhere you look . |
| 8 | But she conveyed an impression of someone much older because her movements were restricted by rheumatism and her limbs made frail by lack of proper nourishment over the years . |
| 9 | Before looking at the relationship between mortality rates and social class over the years , it is worth referring to some evidence which suggest that similar medical care benefits upper-class patients more than their lower-class counterparts . |
| 10 | I have had the dubious privilege over the years of debating with him on many occasions . |
| 11 | The only visible damage over the years has been to its statuary . |
| 12 | And of course the Britches , thanks to your mother 's public-spirited stand over the years . |
| 13 | Eddie was associated with the Donegall club for more than 50 years and did tremendous work over the years at developing young talent . |
| 14 | The United States had the same sort of missiles in Italy and in Turkey and , before this crisis had developed , President Kennedy had in fact ordered them er to be er er returned to the United States , these missiles had no strategic purpose at all because a major change that had come into the strategic equation was the arrival of the intercontinental ballistic missile , and it was these missiles , really , which held the strategic balance er and were to change in fact radically both international politics and global strategy over the years to come , but I 'm going to talk about that later , the point I 'm making here is that er Khrushchev claimed that the missiles were there in the event of an American assault on Cuba , they were a deterrent weapon in exactly the same way as the defensive deterrent weapons er were d were defensive er for er the United States and for the Soviet Union . |
| 15 | The United States had the same sort of missiles in Italy and in Turkey and , before this crisis had developed , President Kennedy had in fact ordered them er to be er er returned to the United States , these missiles had no strategic purpose at all because a major change that had come into the strategic equation was the arrival of the intercontinental ballistic missile , and it was these missiles , really , which held the strategic balance er and were to change in fact radically both international politics and global strategy over the years to come , but I 'm going to talk about that later , the point I 'm making here is that er Khrushchev claimed that the missiles were there in the event of an American assault on Cuba , they were a deterrent weapon in exactly the same way as the defensive deterrent weapons er were d were defensive er for er the United States and for the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | The Daily Mirror has been right all along in accusing Pakistani cricketers of obtaining extra swing over the years through illegally roughening one side of the ball by scratching it with fingernails or even ripping the red leather surface . |
| 17 | You have played far more contemporary music over the years than most people care to remember : a lot of Henze at one time , and more recently music through to Ligeti and Penderecki . |
| 18 | It means that , by a certain amount of fairly skilful organization over the year , you 're meeting a good cross-section of senior and middle management . |
| 19 | It has always been thus in Ulster tennis which has had an amazing ability over the years to lose its talent to other activities . |
| 20 | If you 're able to lend us the entire amount of your covenanted donation at the outset ( e.g. £100 if you decide to covenant £25 a year ) we can invest your contribution as a lump sum and earn extra interest over the years and still reclaim the tax . |
| 21 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 22 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 23 | The 1.6 per cent increase in CO2 is set against an increase of only 1 per cent in gross domestic product over the year , indicating that the economy became more polluting per unit of wealth created . |
| 24 | The daughters-in-law made it clear that Mrs J. had given all of them a hard time over the years . |
| 25 | And if he can really put the icing on the cake of this remarkable recovery story by winning , he will be the toast of the Portsmouth greyhound racing fraternity — where he 's become a great favourite over the years . |
| 26 | He really had a hard time and suffered a great deal over the years from the wounds he received back then . |
| 27 | Forecasting has obviously improved a great deal over the years . |
| 28 | The silk was of the first order , better than one could obtain nowadays , and had kept in good condition over the years . |
| 29 | For , as we shall see , one of the most obvious effects of the myth of judicial independence on sentencing practice over the years has been the extent to which sentencers have been left to police themselves according to their own rules arid principles . |
| 30 | A gift of £250 from Sir Alan 's will went towards the making of tennis courts , and in due course a Trust Fund was established , of which the School has been a great beneficiary over the years . |