Example sentences of "from the [noun] over the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total subvention to British Coal from the Exchequer over the past five years . |
| 2 | It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year . |
| 3 | THE British defence industry has taken a battering from the government over the past decade . |
| 4 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 5 | There has been a marked and regrettable increase in reports from the town over the past year concerning the behaviour of students . |
| 6 | of the world 's largest media group , Time Warner , died on 20th December at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer which had forced him increasingly to withdraw from the business over the past year . |