Example sentences of "[been] [vb pp] over [adj] year " in BNC.
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1 | These major companies are very stable , with an organisational structure which has been developed over many years and , like the Japanese Zaibatsu , they have a large-core business which is able to withstand changes in the market place . |
2 | It may be related to the size , complexity and nature of the company 's operation and therefore to the organisational structure which has been developed over many years . |
3 | While case management has empirical referents which have been developed over many years ( largely in the USA ) care management has , until recently , had none . |
4 | Canteiro is a wine which has been matured over many years without going into an estufa , and it is of a good age . |
5 | Moreover , the distinction between services and manufacturing has been exaggerated over recent years by the growth of leasing [ Rybczynski , 1982 ] . |
6 | It has been earned over many years through dedicated teamwork and attention to detail . |
7 | Under the terms of the Compromise , Member States were supposedly given the right to veto decisions affecting their vital national interests ; under the terms of this Maastricht Declaration they effectively renounce that right , thus giving to foreign policy at the outset the same status as that acquired by other areas of policy where the Compromise has gradually been eroded over many years . |
8 | ‘ To disturb them after all the work that has been done over many years would be a disaster . ’ |
9 | Guests saw how the plant has been upgraded over recent years and capacity increased from 45,000 to 70,000 tonnes . |
10 | Paintings from the collection have been sold over subsequent years , some passing through the Paris art trade while a number of works entered major public collections including the National Gallery , London and the Metropolitan , New York . |
11 | Considerable research effort has been invested over many years into both speech recognition and speech understanding , but very few robust implementations have been developed . |
12 | In addition , a new and powerful tool in the form of " spreading " for meiotic prophase analysis , has been introduced over recent years . |
13 | They have been targetted over recent years . |
14 | Inventories have been refined over many years to meet your needs on flotilla , and include little touches like sets of snorkels and flippers — and a pack of foodstuffs and cleaning materials to start you off . |
15 | Numerous papers have been published over many years identifying the need for an integrated approach to health and social care at the practice level . |
16 | The content and blend has been improved over recent years , but I do n't think that there has been a fundamental change . |
17 | In order to understand the nature of the changes that are taking place following the Education Reform Act 1988 , and in particular the changing role of the local education authority , it is important to reflect briefly on the nature of relationships which have been established over many years . |
18 | Links with the University of Moscow and with the Universities of Zagreb , Belgrade and Ljubljana have been established over many years . |