Example sentences of "[noun] over the years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sloth has been graded Hard Severe , VS and HVS over the years . |
| 2 | In spite of a long-established programme , with the best technical expertise in the world , the programme over the years has achieved a very mixed success . |
| 3 | Commented development director Ian Coull : ‘ The clerks of works have provided a very valuable role to the JS development programme over the years , and within the team there was a number of very long serving JS staff , whose knowledge and wise counsel will be hard to replace . ’ |
| 4 | Toby continued : ‘ As for this Harley business , we now know that there has been a closer relationship between Martinez and Jefferson over the years than the normal one of agent and manufacturer . |
| 5 | You 've dragged me along to all your trade shows and staff socials over the years . |
| 6 | The KGB had penetrated all these organizations over the years , but the purpose and the location of this summit was kept secret . |
| 7 | Her mother had once remarked that it was her opinion that Harry had actually caused Nathan 's idiocy in a fit of temper soon after he was born , and through whispered gossip over the years she had guessed that Tristram had become the focus of conflict between his parents and that he had found it increasingly necessary to defend both Nathan and his mother against his father 's violent outbursts of temper . |
| 8 | Boris Pintar , 44 , told police he found the shells over the years while tilling near Gorizia , Italy . |
| 9 | They maybe have n't listened to their clients enough , particularly their industrial and commercial clients over the years . |
| 10 | But whilst Best is certainly under pressure to continue England 's winning ways into the Five Nations Championship , the realist with the acid tongue and the blunt manners , which have been the bane of countless committeemen and lacklustre trainers over the years , is by no means just a dour pragmatist . |
| 11 | There were also many other gorgeous flowers for this beautiful actress , who has given so many theatregoers great joy by her performances over the years . |
| 12 | For those of us who have admired Dury 's talent over the years , the main concern is whether he will ever recapture the charm , compassion and humour of his early recordings ( all recently reissued ) . |
| 13 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 14 | This has been a very fine England side over the years , but I think there will be many more Irish players in the party than were mooted at the beginning of the season . ’ |
| 15 | Some of the other changes were intended to take account of a number of anomalies that our experience had brought to light over the years since 1969 . |
| 16 | My mother , a witness to many acts of motiveless violence over the years , was already holding the door open . |
| 17 | Harbour commissioner Frank Sluman said : ‘ The sea is a cruel master and it takes its toll over the years . ’ |
| 18 | For this reason the campaigning elements of the organization — and that includes many of the 80,000 British members who undertake to be active on Amnesty 's behalf — have increased and refined their methods over the years . |
| 19 | SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt . |
| 20 | Patrick 's Athletic player , Derek O'Kelly , is compiling a selection of the best stories and anecdotes from Irish soccer fans over the years and tells the Phantom he would welcome contributions from travelling supporters , pub screamers , and armchair fans alike . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | He really had a hard time and suffered a great deal over the years from the wounds he received back then . |
| 23 | Forecasting has obviously improved a great deal over the years . |
| 24 | For , as we shall see , one of the most obvious effects of the myth of judicial independence on sentencing practice over the years has been the extent to which sentencers have been left to police themselves according to their own rules arid principles . |
| 25 | Erm we 's we 've had a number of changes in the water industry over the years . |
| 26 | has seen many changes in the pig industry over the years at the NAC Pig Unit at Stoneleigh . |
| 27 | The general conclusion that emerges from the data over the years , apart from 1977–9 when the questions were altered , is that there is a strong correlation between social class and self-reported morbidity — a finding which is supported by the estimates made by studies using other methods . |
| 28 | With an average of 10,000 tennis playing members in his clubs alone , Lloyd has hit upon the formula which by its very success , is speedily replacing the ‘ traditional ’ tag which had so burdened the British tennis club over the years . |
| 29 | Wally Smott 's mediocrity raised him above many of the managers who guided the club over the years , but Athletico reserved a bottom six position from 1951 to 1955 and Ken Mentle 's dream of League football became a nightmare . |
| 30 | Each club had one of these books which they called Grimoires , and –he loss or destruction of these Grimoires has accounted for the disappearance of other branches of The Hell Fire Club over the years . |