Sentence examples for spread over the years from inspiring English sources

Most of the plants were brought in by nurseries to dress up people's yards, but they spread over the years.

As word of his technical skill has spread over the years, Mr. Schwartz has found himself moonlighting as the technician of first resort for family and friends.

The mythical million comes from estimates built upon estimates that have spread over the years like Chinese whispers through the NGO community and, later, the internet.

The shadow influence of "Inspiration Information," though, began to spread over the years, and the tastemaker David Byrne gave it his seal of approval when his Luaka Bop label reissued the record in 2001.

Use of steroid drugs has spread over the years from weight lifters to bodybuilders to elite athletes to high school and college athletes and to groups, like gay men and gym aficionados, who simply want to improve their appearance.

As reports spread over the years of Pakistani nuclear progress, with Chinese help, the military and political leadership came to view the nuclear threat as a deterrent to India's overwhelming military power.

A few months ago, Congress awarded the center a $2.2 million grant spread over three years, but with the caveat that the money could not be used for investigations .

Mr Harland said that so far there had been anecdotal evidence of schools struggling with the sheer volume of entries all focused on one period, rather than being spread over the year as in the past.

This happens where rainfall is high and evenly spread over the year, and microbial activity is suppressed by low temperature, wetness, acidity/oligotrophy and/or salt or organic toxins.

In upland areas where temperatures are 'low' and rainfall/fog is evenly spread over the year, rain-dependent 'ombrogenous peat' (or 'high moor peat') forms where microbial activity is depressed by severe acidity, oligotrophy and/or organic toxins.

§§ Latest HIV test in 2005 or 2006 (i.e. within the previous 18 months); assuming that HIV-testing is equally spread over the year, this value was adjusted to 12 months The main barrier for not seeking medical treatment was 'shame' (44.0%).