Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] over [art] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got a few awards over the years , and I ca n't quite remember what some of them were given for , but I 've only ever got one for writing and that 's the one I would n't want to give away . |
| 2 | He 'd played with a few friends over the years but never managed to overcome the logistics of forming and fronting a band . |
| 3 | An ordinary little firm that has operated perfectly cheerfully with a clerk and a few assistants over the years , is it actually a practical proposition to install the computer and perhaps train one or two of the workers to use it ? |
| 4 | The KGB had penetrated all these organizations over the years , but the purpose and the location of this summit was kept secret . |
| 5 | The effect of the drugs on their length of life was very difficult to judge , and small differences could be attributed to many incidental causes , such as differences in smoking , dietary habits , the amount of exercise they took , or to changes in all these habits over the years . |
| 6 | Many times over the years , I have contacted radio or television stations all over the world to propose a client to appear on a show . |
| 7 | As for the others , there 's a hard core who attend virtually all the Circle 's functions ; I 've seen them many times over the years . |
| 8 | I have updated the models many times over the years , but I can not say I have made a fortune from my knitting . |
| 9 | The fact that it has been necessary so many times over the years to attempt interventions to halt conflict and define stretches of frontier invites an explanation . |
| 10 | If there is a good general historical museum within the region , offering wide ranging collections , then this is a resource that pupils should return to many times over the years , to pursue different enquiries . |
| 11 | I have been involved in many cases over the years , but nothing like this one . |
| 12 | The band has also competed in many contests over the years having won many trophies . |
| 13 | This small but impressive gallery has been a launch pad for many artists over the years and has built up a steady , progressive reputation under the new directorship of Tim Eastop . |
| 14 | The increase in the numbers of scientific papers being published has exercised many authors over the years . |
| 15 | Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons . |
| 16 | ‘ We have been pioneers in many areas over the years , ’ said Dave Butterworth , managing director . |
| 17 | Select committees have had substantial coverage , but all the evidence suggests — and this is my own impression , having served or attended many committees over the years and now seeing them on television — that , with a few minor modifications , the ways these committees work is little changed . |
| 18 | This is a most useful provision that has come to the assistance of many tenants over the years . |
| 19 | Ann says that she has seen many changes over the years . |
| 20 | But Sherborne has seen many changes over the years . |
| 21 | Home for novelist Monica Dickens has meant many things over the years . |
| 22 | He reminded me that I 'd predicted many , many things over the years and that so far nothing had come to anything apart from purely coincidental moves . |
| 23 | Although the Club has had many friends over the years his contribution would be difficult to equal . |
| 24 | Whilst the above may seem obvious , there are many examples over the years of an inappropriate technique being applied with consequent waste of resource . |
| 25 | As I have learned so many tips over the years from your readers , I thought they might be interested in my method for working buttonholes . |
| 26 | We seem somehow , to be shy of shouting from the rooftops of our many , many achievements over the years , here in the United Kingdom and overseas . |
| 27 | He and his children were always grateful to ‘ Nat ’ ( whose successor as Principal was Dr Marsh ) for many kindnesses over the years . |
| 28 | He and his children were always grateful to ‘ Nat ’ ( whose successor as Principal was Dr Marsh ) for many kindnesses over the years . |
| 29 | The many occasions over the years when this summit has been short of water were thus inevitable unless the level of leakage could have been reduced to an absolute minimum . |
| 30 | She has been seen several times over the years . |