Example sentences of "[adv] over a [noun sg] [prep] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 2 | This benefit , phased in over a number of years , came fully into operation in 1979 , and replaced child tax allowances and family allowances . |
| 3 | Any new planting was designed to be phased in over a period of years , planting schemes having to take account of the need to create a distinctive landscape for the immediate future as well as for the long term . |
| 4 | In other cases , a partner 's contribution may be agreed to be collected in over a period of years out of his profit share . |
| 5 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 6 | The aim of Heidrick and Struggles ' approach is to build a team that can truly work and integrate together over a number of years . |
| 7 | As couples live together over a period of years they will find more and more areas where decisions can be made without consultation because they will understand a lot of each other 's interests and desires . |
| 8 | In practice the distribution between the various hospital and community services may have little objective foundation , having developed incrementally over a number of years . |
| 9 | Specific and lengthy training — usually over a period of years so the non-committed will fall by the wayside . |
| 10 | Er and it 's a force commitment it is n't I mean short of saving up over a period of years which we are not allowed to do |
| 11 | It contains the practical experience of the members of MAS built up over a number of years of carrying out a wide variety of MAS assignments . |
| 12 | The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 13 | 2.3 The implication of this three-year transition is that the existing assessment and examination system will be phased out over a number of years , as courses are transferred to the new system . |
| 14 | He said : My impression is that what has been going on over a period of years has come from , or been led by , a small mafia group of MI5 who have contacts outside in one or two sections of the press , and a few self-appointed private enterprise security agents . |
| 15 | Boswell had by now made it plain over a number of years that he wished to write Johnson 's Life . |
| 16 | It emphasises lengthy and direct involvement with one 's subjects , sometimes over a period of years ; it places great stress on the recording of actual speech ; and it stresses the need to consider the apparently trivial , the story behind the story , the background that is normally omitted from conventional journalism . |