Example sentences of "of [adj] [noun pl] over the years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , a great many of the most important decisions by British Governments have been introduced without any prior leave by the electorate as has been the case with respect to the repeal of the Corn Laws , 1846 , the passing of the Trades Disputes Act , 1927 , the departure from the Gold Standard in 1931 , the decision by the post-war Labour Government to opt for a nuclear-defence policy , the decision to apply for membership of the European Economic Community in 1961 , the passage of the Commonwealth Immigration Act , 1968 , as well as a host of foreign-policy matters over the years . |
| 2 | The Thames has seen its share of odd events over the years , but a Dragon Boat Race must rank alongside waterskiing commuters . |
| 3 | They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 . |
| 4 | We make up more than a fifth of the European Parliamentary Labour Group in Europe , which in turn forms a quarter of the socialist group the biggest political block in the European Parliament and G M B Members cover the full range of parliamentary committees over the years we feel that a vast range of queries and questions whizzed by the G M B membership . |
| 5 | This is a most useful provision that has come to the assistance of many tenants over the years . |
| 6 | Hazel said she intended to spend her vouchers on items for her home and said : ‘ I am very pleased to reach this milestone because I have always enjoyed my work and have made a lot of good friends over the years . ’ |
| 7 | In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time . |
| 8 | The makers of sanitary towels have promoted their wares in a number of ingenious ways over the years , but few have shown the same initiative as that of Southall Brothers and Barclay of Birmingham who , in July 1888 , took up one third of the back cover of The Antiquary with an advertisement . |
| 9 | Sybil had her eye on the main chance , and so have a lot of other women over the years . |
| 10 | But in practice , as we have seen , courts have enjoyed a considerable degree of autonomy thanks to the failure of successive governments over the years to develop an overall sentencing policy of their own , or even to articulate a coherent set of principles from which a jurisprudence of sentencing might emerge . |
| 11 | 2.8 There have been a large number of judicial observations over the years about the general nature of the remedy established by fatal accidents legislation . |