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 .
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