Example sentences of "[verb] take place over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voluntary landscape agreements have not saved acres of hedgerows , heath or woodland and even those trees that remain in lowland England are an ageing population because insufficient planting has taken place over the past thirty years . |
| 2 | The report concludes that warming of between 0.3C and 0.6C has taken place over the past 100 years , a figure which correlates with data from a range of global warming models prepared recently by climate scientists . |
| 3 | According to Tory thinking , a successful economic miracle has taken place over the last six years . |
| 4 | Take the case of a hypothetical economy which had had no experience of inflation in its recent history so that the rate of inflation which was expected to take place over the foreseeable future was zero . |
| 5 | Admitting that the security forces were involved in a recent wave of kidnappings and murders of students , he said that his government did not have the means to combat the activities which had taken place over the past few months , aimed at creating a climate of terror and instability in order to justify an attempt to return to the past or the installation of a president who would promise a tough policy . |
| 6 | She felt it unnecessary to mention some of the incidents that had taken place over the last few days , least of all the confrontation at the cottage the previous night . |
| 7 | Some heads of department believed that the self-appraisal report was the product of departmental discussion , but that it was discussion which had taken place over the last few years rather than during the time specifically set aside for the self-appraisal . |
| 8 | Major shifts in population distribution have taken place over the two decades since the 1960s , despite the fact that the national population size is , by the 1980s , almost static . |
| 9 | Before describing the current guidelines in detail , it is worth reviewing the policy changes that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 10 | Our emphasis on the desirability of using the term ‘ blind ’ carefully arises from the many positive developments that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 11 | In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . |
| 12 | OUR ‘ Open Country Free Range Chicken ’ project is one of a number of new initiatives which have taken place over the last few years in response to the dramatic structural changes ongoing in the poultry industry . |
| 13 | Substantial changes in the provision of long term care for elderly people have taken place over the past decade . |