Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb -s] [verb] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators says that demand for good qualified chartered secretaries has rocketed over the last three to four years . |
| 2 | The birth rate in developed countries has slowed over the past decade , according to the US Demographic and Health Surveys ( DHS ) project , a huge study encompassing 25 developing countries and funded by the Agency for International Development . |
| 3 | The number of companies mentioning environmental issues in their annual reports has doubled over the last year to around 18 per cent of the total . |
| 4 | The most important of these controversies has arisen over the theological nature of the established state church , and in particular over the prevalence and popularity of the doctrine of predestination — the belief that humankind is divided into immutable groups of the saved and the damned , and that an individual 's salvation depends not on his or her actions while on earth , but rather on a predetermined and arbitrary decision by God ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 5 | I look to the day when the , to see what the tabloids make , when one of these individuals gets clobbered over the head er , in carrying out their duties . |
| 6 | Unlike most manufactured goods , however , the real price of most services has increased over the last few decades . |
| 7 | One of the reasons why the range of special paints has diminished over the last few years is that ordinary paints and primers are so good . |