Example sentences of "over the years the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so they refused to do it up , well the result was over the years the pot holes down to the sites got bigger and they 're so far off the road from |
| 2 | Over the years the Chalford Valley and surrounding area has housed many mills . |
| 3 | ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley . |
| 4 | ‘ Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley . |
| 5 | I have been sought redress for people damaged by the utilities , but over the years the Government have pushed my pleas to one side . |
| 6 | Over the years the exchange of engines between the 15″ gauge railways in England has become quite a feature of the little railway scene . |
| 7 | Over the years the Ponderosa has had some interesting and amusing yarns to tell . |
| 8 | Over the years the ASMF 's systematic investigation of the Köchel catalogue has left them relatively little time for Haydn . |
| 9 | ‘ Nearby there was an old hermit — Servanus , who became St Servanus — and he took in the child and over the years the child became his dearest friend , his Myn Ghu or Mungo . |
| 10 | Over the years the OCU became a truly cosmopolitan empire and hardly a month went by without a new uniform or flying suit making an appearance . |
| 11 | Over the years the committee has raised in excess of £17,000 for St. Gemma 's . |
| 12 | Over the years the Victor has not had the glamour or attention that has been bestowed on the Vulcan so I am seriously considering starting a Handley Page Victor Association . |
| 13 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 14 | Guided by his new-found friend , Charles studied Jung and also the work of economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher , who wrote a book entitled Small Is Beautiful ; over the years the Prince has found many of the answers he was searching for . |
| 15 | Although there were aunts and uncles on the London stage somehow over the years the contact was lost and never re-established . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , over the years the curriculum has become increasingly regulated , in the face of concern about the need for reform — expressed with increasing regularity once James Callaghan 's Ruskin College ( ‘ Great Debate ’ ) speech in 1976 had acted as a catalyst for debate . |
| 17 | Over the years the Ladies ' Minutes , whilst complete , give no more than a glimpse of the main Club 's activity , but it can be deduced that clubhouse alterations were made in 1914 and again in 1920 at which period the course was also altered . |
| 18 | Over the years the ladies have raised several thousands of pounds for the RNLI and this year the total collection in a two- hour session amounted to almost £400 . |
| 19 | Over the years the economics of different enterprises wax and wane : milk gives way to beef , livestock to arable , new husbandry methods are evolved , and new equipment is invented . |
| 20 | Over the years the Army turned to off-the-shelf civilian radio equipment to provide essential communications . |
| 21 | Over the years the lead has eased , the lid settling on the contents , highlighting the outline of the corpse within . |
| 22 | There was the house as well , and over the years the children ; more and more children , four boys and three girls . |
| 23 | Over the years the impact of new taxes have invariably been harsher on small businesses . |
| 24 | Over the years the plants have moved around to wherever suits them best , so that the effect is almost as natural as you could hope for in an aquarium . |
| 25 | Any wordlist , short of a full-blown dictionary , must be highly selective and although the following must needs be short , it contains terms which over the years the author has found particularly useful . |
| 26 | Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end . |
| 27 | SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt . |
| 28 | Over the years the weather and man have been responsible for destroying parts of the forested areas and , although some re-afforestation has taken place , large areas have remained depleted for many years . |
| 29 | Originally the class of persons entitled to claim was limited to the wife , husband , parent and child of the deceased but over the years the classes have been extended to enable all those classes mentioned in the 1976 Act to claim . |
| 30 | Gradually over the years the term has come to mean the minimum number of members who must be present if the meeting is to transact business . |