Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] over [art] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | Product differentiation and improvement has been occurring steadily over the years and now includes metal and wooden window frames , doors , storage tanks , household furniture , beds , as well as a much improved range of braziers , and tin trunks . |
| 2 | After climbing steadily over the years , the percentage supported by government reached a peak in England and Wales of 66.5 per cent in 1975/6 . |
| 3 | They 're just doing us out of money that we 've been saving up over the years . |
| 4 | We have taken various risks looking back over the years , like Wapping . |
| 5 | Looking back over the years , the initial aim of creating awareness has been substantially achieved . |
| 6 | Looking back over the years at the relative strengths of Japan versus the US in the semiconductor industry — a polarisation that will always make the news in Japan — during the 1970s , the US had an advantage , Grove said , which faded in the 1980s when Japanese manufacturing disciplines , just-in-time and its clearly superior semiconductor manufacturing equipment led to the Japanese gaining the upper hand , particularly in memory chips . |
| 7 | Indeed , looking back over the years , I have become surprised , not that people murder each other but that , given our love of bloodshed , they do n't do it more often . |
| 8 | Anyway , looking back over the years I can imagine what that poor bastard at Smithfield felt . |
| 9 | This is entirely due to excessive muscular tension building up over the years and pulling the bones of the spine closer together , by as much as two or even three inches . |
| 10 | Watchpoint : If you are in the right category , but your weight has been creeping up over the years , then it would be wise to reassess your eating habits . |
| 11 | Why do you think these mentions of him kept cropping up over the years ? |