Example sentences of "[adj] over [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fashion of railway excursions became very popular over the next 100 years , spreading throughout Britain and far beyond , and it is seldom realised that this leisure pursuit began in Ayrshire , with Troon and Barassie as the first seaside resorts for railway passengers . |
| 2 | Given the British Government 's determination to provide official aid to democratic countries — we are seeing the emergence of a growing number of them — does my hon. Friend agree that it would be proper and popular over the next five years to halve the gap between our official aid and the United Nations target ? |
| 3 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 4 | This has been particularly clear over the last couple of years . |
| 5 | Other places , particularly the tropical Far East have been very unstable over the last 15 million years . |
| 6 | It is intended to identify specific issues for attention within a comprehensive national agenda of issues of science and technology policy thought likely to be prominent over the next 10-15 years . |
| 7 | It was noted that Mrs Joan Blair would be on the Staff part-time over the next year . |
| 8 | Tandy Corp broke ground in Dallas on Tuesday for its third Incredible Universe computer megastores , and says it plans to open 14 more US-wide over the next three years : the first two are in Wilsonville , Oregon and Arlington , Texas ; the one in Dallas will be the biggest yet . |
| 9 | A loss that will become increasingly serious over the next decade . |
| 10 | ‘ Our sales figures have been fairly consistent over the last few months . |
| 11 | A total of £1.1 million was payable on completion in cash , with the balance payable over the next three years . |
| 12 | The microprocessor wars are going to get vicious over the next two or three years , and to convince its acolytes that Sparc will be one of the survivors , Sun Microsystems has been mapping out the future of the architecture . |
| 13 | Unmatched over the last ten years . |
| 14 | As the Western and Eastern alliances fade — as now looks increasingly likely over the next few years — the European Community will become the dominant focus for European foreign policy and security . |
| 15 | Some modest amendments to these modules are likely over the next few months , as a result of full consultation with centres . |
| 16 | With the growth that seems likely over the next few years one can not help asking what the future holds . |
| 17 | Rights issues have become increasingly unpopular over the last decade or so . |
| 18 | And in one particular patch of I worked damned hard over the last three years to get a doctor onto that estate . |
| 19 | The second reason that , that we 're delighted to see you is that as a Trades Council we have been trying very hard over the last six or seven years to raise the profile of the trade union movement and this has been quite difficult in in during the Thatcher years , during the anti-trade union legislation , the onslaught by the media , trade unions er , the profile of trade unions has not been easy to raise . |
| 20 | They are said to be very fast over the first 40 yards , and the advice offered by the locals is that you should run on a zig-zag course if one of them takes a fancy to you . |
| 21 | Ozone depletion is likely to become more rapid over the next few years , according to researchers from the University of Arizona 's lunar and planetary laboratory , because of links between ozone concentrations and the sun 's activity . |
| 22 | Things have become far more sophisticated over the last fifty years , of course — from slowing down Clapton 's licks on record ( while 16RPM was still a reality ) to units like this one . |
| 23 | Despite an improvement in overseas business activity in the financial services sector in the UK it is likely to be flat over the next quarter , according to the latest CBI/Coopers Deloitte quarterly survey of financial services . |
| 24 | The company plans to boost MP-2 system performance 10-fold over the next 18 months . |
| 25 | However , Brian Carr , head of community services at Barclays Bank , says the bank expects to make 15,000 staff redundant over the next three years , and seconds at most 100 people at any one time . |
| 26 | The town 's housing market has remained stagnant over the last year and an Abbey National survey showed property prices did not significantly alter during 1991 . |
| 27 | No-one knows whether it is the vast crowds — around 120,000 will be present over the next three days — or the mere hint that spring is really in the air again that motivates them , but Festival form certainly counts . |
| 28 | Erm and I have to er pick up the point made opposite that the protection has been pretty good over the last few years without the policy . |
| 29 | Some of the key questions to be addressed are : Has the UK income distribution become more or less equal over the last 10-15 years ? |
| 30 | The particular needs of elderly members of ethnic minorities will become more important over the next few decades as the population ages and its profile becomes similar to that of the white population . |