Example sentences of "over the years the " in BNC.

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1 Guided by his new-found friend , Charles studied Jung and also the work of economist and philosopher E. F. Schumacher , who wrote a book entitled Small Is Beautiful ; over the years the Prince has found many of the answers he was searching for .
2 Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley .
3 Over the years the players have done incredibly well from the national championships and have had higher prize money than a lot of international events , ’ said the SRA 's squash manager , Andrew Shelley .
4 Over the years the slow accumulation of bonds by the Club ( mostly by gift ) increasingly concentrated the power of the Club in the hands of those whose bonds were still to be redeemed , i.e. fewer and fewer people .
5 Over the years the Ladies ' Minutes , whilst complete , give no more than a glimpse of the main Club 's activity , but it can be deduced that clubhouse alterations were made in 1914 and again in 1920 at which period the course was also altered .
6 Nevertheless , over the years the curriculum has become increasingly regulated , in the face of concern about the need for reform — expressed with increasing regularity once James Callaghan 's Ruskin College ( ‘ Great Debate ’ ) speech in 1976 had acted as a catalyst for debate .
7 Over the years the Chalford Valley and surrounding area has housed many mills .
8 Over the years the economics of different enterprises wax and wane : milk gives way to beef , livestock to arable , new husbandry methods are evolved , and new equipment is invented .
9 Any wordlist , short of a full-blown dictionary , must be highly selective and although the following must needs be short , it contains terms which over the years the author has found particularly useful .
10 Over the years the Ponderosa has had some interesting and amusing yarns to tell .
11 SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt .
12 Also over the years the fortunes of different approaches to fusion have varied .
13 Over the years the first edition ( 1954 ) of this work has acquired something of the aura of a ‘ classic ’ text , and one or other of the editions is never likely to stray far from the student petrographer 's microscope .
14 German influence in East Prussia had been so strong that over the years the southern strip of East Prussia , which was occupied by a large number of ethnic Poles , had become increasingly Germanised .
15 Over the years the committee has raised in excess of £17,000 for St. Gemma 's .
16 Over the years the plants have moved around to wherever suits them best , so that the effect is almost as natural as you could hope for in an aquarium .
17 Over the years the weather and man have been responsible for destroying parts of the forested areas and , although some re-afforestation has taken place , large areas have remained depleted for many years .
18 Over the years the IRA has extended its target list from military , political and establishment targets to economic ones .
19 On three occasions all 12 have been Unionist , but over the years the usual figure has been 10 Unionist .
20 There was the house as well , and over the years the children ; more and more children , four boys and three girls .
21 Over the years the lead has eased , the lid settling on the contents , highlighting the outline of the corpse within .
22 Mr Macklin said : ‘ Over the years the reedbed has dried out and suffered from natural scrub invasion .
23 Over the years the ITPA ( Kirk et al .
24 Over the years the OCU became a truly cosmopolitan empire and hardly a month went by without a new uniform or flying suit making an appearance .
25 Over the years the exchange of engines between the 15″ gauge railways in England has become quite a feature of the little railway scene .
26 Over the years the number of grade Vs has quadrupled , with much over-crowding in the top end .
27 Over the years the Victor has not had the glamour or attention that has been bestowed on the Vulcan so I am seriously considering starting a Handley Page Victor Association .
28 Over the years the Savage Orc tribes became increasingly distinct as their brother Orcs continued to develop , until eventually the two kinds were quite different .
29 Over the years the body of Electors grew from the original Elector Counts to include representatives of the cults of Sigmar and Ulric .
30 Originally there were only what are now called provinces , but over the years the largest cities have grown in importance and have become self-governing .
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