Example sentences of "over five [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They then drank a peptone meal over five minutes consisting of two beef cubes ( OXO Ltd , Croydon , UK ) dissolved in 200 ml water at 50°C . |
| 2 | They then consumed a peptone meal over five minutes consisting of two beef cubes ( OCO Ltd , Croydon , UK ) dissolved in 200 ml water at 50°C , 75 ml of semi-skimmed milk , and 20 g cornflakes ( Kellogg 's ) . |
| 3 | Using hot water from a kettle , it took just over five minutes to heat up to operating temperature . |
| 4 | A group of electronics specialists chaired by John Alvey , the director of technology at British Telecom , said the government should contribute the lion 's share of a £350 million programme over five years to coordinate IT research in universities and industry . |
| 5 | Now its looking for £37.5m over five years to regenerate the town centre an tackle unemployment , housing , health and social problems . |
| 6 | THE Capita Group has won a contract worth around £24 million over five years to manage financial services for the London borough of Bromley , it was announced yesterday . |
| 7 | Results show that interviewers who have worked for over five years have lower refusal rates than more recent recruits . |
| 8 | But the RMIF wants car tax taken out over five years to prevent residuals being hit . |
| 9 | The Bush administration also moved on proposals for tax cuts , designed to appeal to middle-class voters hurt by the recession , and to counter a plan put forward by Senate finance committee chairman Lloyd Bentsen ( Democrat , Texas ) for tax cuts of $72,000 million over five years financed by a 5 per cent cut in defence spending . |
| 10 | Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor . |
| 11 | AT&T says it has plans to expand the service to nine European countries in 1994 and plans to invest $350m over five years to deliver the services but may spend less if it can form ventures . |
| 12 | Szeliga has a promotional budget of £1 million this year to carve a slice of the UK market for loudspeakers , which he estimates to be worth £50 million , and an R&D budget of up to £20 million over five years to develop amplifiers , compactdisc players and cassette decks , a sector estimated to be worth £1 billion a year in Britain . |
| 13 | Wildavsky ( 1969 ) supports this view by pointing out that it took the Rand Corporation over five years to develop the pilot system adopted in the US Department of Defense . |
| 14 | Capital expenditure over five years has averaged £13m per annum ; taking out one major education project , the average would be £10m , and in neither case is it the £15m claimed . |
| 15 | An additional £600m ( $A1.36bn ) over five years has been allocated for this . |
| 16 | THE European Community will provide finance over five years to help Morocco eradicate cultivation of cannabis in the Rif mountains in the north , the EC announced . |