Example sentences of "of [noun] over the years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recognition to the part Sue Davies has played in the promotion of photography over the years , she was awarded an OBE in 1988 . |
| 2 | We 've made plenty of enemies over the years , even politicians here at the UN , and this will provide them with the perfect ammunition for them to shoot UNACO down in flames . |
| 3 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sure she did , lots of times over the years , and she always got the door slammed in her face . ’ |
| 5 | I have had a lot of pleasure over the years keeping and breeding tropical fish , and cichlids in particular . |
| 6 | You have been fortunate enough to build up a reserve of savings over the years , or you may find yourself in receipt of an inheritance . |
| 7 | SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt . |
| 8 | So , Sir , I have been able to reflect on the inherent good sense of the people of Worcester over the years I have been privileged to be the Member for that constituency . |
| 9 | Table 3.9 shows the size of these categories and , with Table 3.8 and the appendix , the decline of independence over the years . |
| 10 | Deaf education has been associated with a great deal of dogma which has had varying degrees of influence over the years . |
| 11 | ‘ It has been my privilege to see the best of England over the years , sir , within these very walls . ’ |
| 12 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
| 13 | Maturity of outlook over the years led it to have a capacity for assuming an independent role , based on its own inherent values . |
| 14 | Detailed observation of Willis over the years , however , and his general ‘ out to lunch ’ demeanour , suggested Dylan to be more a tribute to that rather vacant rabbit of Magic Roundabout fame . |
| 15 | With advance in other areas of chemistry over the years , the zeolite based exchange material was able to be replaced by manufactured , synthetic ion exchange resin beads , with a highter capacity for ion exchange , coupled with physical and chemical stability . |
| 16 | They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory . |
| 17 | But there 've been a number of changes over the years , certainly prior to nineteen seventy four that would be the case , water boards supplying water , local councils treating treating the sewage , and the rivers authorities looking after the river pollution aspects . |
| 18 | In spite of the millions of words they contain , and some noticeable shifts of emphasis over the years , the volumes of the Church Dogmatics are marked by an immense overall coherence and harmony . |
| 19 | The introduction is an essay by Octavio Paz in which he stresses the isolation in which the civilisations of the Americas evolved ( as opposed to Europe with contacts from the East ) and he examines the reactions of Europeans over the years to Mexican art . |
| 20 | It 's given miners a lot of service over the years and eased a lot of the er distress of the at work . |
| 21 | He must have embezzled thousands of pounds over the years . ’ |
| 22 | This must be quite disappointing to the Danes who have spent millions of pounds over the years building up ‘ Danish ’ as a trademark on a par with Bisto or Nescafe . |
| 23 | ‘ The basic concept was that there should be a period of restraint to redress the balance of what has been a tremendous amount of development over the years , ’ he said , referring to the support the parish council had given to county and district while they were drawing up their local plans . |
| 24 | They tell a story that reaches back to neolithic man some 5,000 years ago , to the Roman occupation , to the many religious and military influences and the continuing threat of invasion over the years . |
| 25 | The mill had a number of owners over the years , its major business starting when , by the 1860s , it was taken over by Reece and Sandford . |
| 26 | The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill . |
| 27 | There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years . |
| 28 | If I had developed some measure of showmanship over the years , I felt it was not much use to me or anyone else while I sat in my office and let junior producers have all the fun . |
| 29 | The committee backed a motion by Holyhead councillor Alan Pritchard , recognising the station 's contribution to the economy of Gwynedd over the years . |
| 30 | The results of this process can be read in detail in catalogues raisonnés , which often give a blow-by-blow account of the arguments of scholars over the years . |