Example sentences of "[num] [noun] over [art] last [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man was questioned by officers working on Operation Mountbatten — the police hunt for the so-called Horse Ripper who has carried out almost 30 attacks over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties . |
| 2 | According to a report from the US Solar Energy Industries Association , sales of solar energy equipment have grown by more than 30 percent over the last two years , the vast majority being bought by developing countries . |
| 3 | The top seed , who has missed out on just one final in 30 tournaments over the last two years , looked set for a shock defeat at 3–6 , 0–3 down midway through the second set . |
| 4 | Walter Smith 's team have lost only six matches over the last 18 months , covering 74 league fixtures . |
| 5 | We 've averaged statistics on the windy season from three resorts over the last six years . |
| 6 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 7 | Dividend yields on expected 1992 earnings are up to 3.8 p.c. , compared with an average 3 p.c. over the last seven years and the economy can count on a resilient currency , low wage claims and an expected 40 p.c. fall in the trade deficit this year . |
| 8 | Fortunately , technical developments have ensured that the increase in computing power per unit cost has been growing at about an order of magnitude every 6 years over the last three decades . |
| 9 | Against South Tyneside Andrew Kirtland , Eddie Taylor , Peter Welburn and skip Eric Ramsdale collected five shots at the second end and went on to dominate C Brider , W Robertshaw , G Loughlin and K Donkin to win in style by 31–12 collecting 13 shots over the last five ends . |
| 10 | Whiteman , who played in the 1992 debacle , must have been spurred on by the memory as his rink took 13 shots over the last six ends while preventing the opposition from any further score . |
| 11 | A model of intensive subject assessment has been piloted in 18 colleges and one school over the last two sessions , supplementing the usual sampling in these centres . |
| 12 | Angus Blair laid the foundations for victory against the Welshmen with a 25-11 win over Len Webley , Robert Provan beat Dai Wilkins 25-12 , captain Robert McCulloch counted eight shots over the last six ends for a 22-14 win over John Price , and Alex Marshall edged out Spencer Wilshire 16-11 . |
| 13 | You see your canteen takings have dropped by nearly twenty percent over the last two months . |
| 14 | TROUBLED morning television station GMTV finally had something to smile about last night when it was revealed it gained an extra million viewers over the last two weeks . |
| 15 | The Mirror can reveal that there will be dramatic changes in the lives of the favourite characters that have regularly pulled in 16 million viewers over the last six years . |
| 16 | Irrigation and agricultural policies — especially for the Soviet cotton industry — meant that the water level in the Aral Sea had fallen by over 14 metres over the last 30 years . |