Example sentences of "over [adj] years [pers pn] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over many years we have together worked towards the day when all the people of South Africa are able to vote for a government of their choice and be in control of their own destiny . |
| 2 | Over many years I have ascended the steep final slopes to the broad top often . |
| 3 | Over many years I have visited some of the gardens Andre Gide wrote about in his book the Fruits of the Earth . |
| 4 | Over recent years we have been subtly conditioned into an expectation that charities and voluntary organisations should legitimately be used across an ever-increasing range of services . |
| 5 | Over recent years we have become increasingly alarmed by the dramatic growth in aggregates demand and the assumption that this growth will continue and must be catered for . |
| 6 | Over recent years we have become increasingly alarmed by the dramatic growth in aggregates demand and the assumption that this growth will continue and must be catered for . |
| 7 | As I said in answer to an earlier question , over recent years we have agreed 19 directives on the social dimension — more than anyone else in the Community — and we have implemented them . |
| 8 | It would probably be fair to say that views of this kind have been dominant among British socialists from the Labour-left leftwards , but over recent years they have come under increasing criticism , on both theoretical and political grounds . |
| 9 | ‘ Over recent years I have combined my knowledge and skills into the area of fine hand painted furniture , ’ she explained . |