Example sentences of "[noun pl] over a number " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each Club is set in spacious grounds with an adjacent sandy beach and all offer outstanding value for money proving a popular choice with our clients over a number of years . |
| 2 | They are more interested in the search process than in the goal of the search , and record the rise and fall of activity in competing units over a number of processing cycles . |
| 3 | She is prolific , having been awarded the Mary Vaughan Jones Prize in 1988 for her particular contribution to the field of children 's books over a number of years . |
| 4 | The resulting mechanism movements over a number of sequential increments in angle are shown in Figure 7.36 . |
| 5 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 6 | This is a major project which will be introduced in phases over a number of years . |
| 7 | Experimental evidence for the consistency of bond enthalpies over a number of compounds is provided by the standard molar enthalpies of combustion of alkanes in their homologous series ( see section 17.1 ) . |
| 8 | It should he pointed out , however , that high quality preparations of M1 human eggs in which reliable chiasma counts could be made , have never really been obtained despite numerous attempts on the part of many workers over a number of years . |
| 9 | I will not therefore take the time of the House with the conventional lengthy explanation of the detail of what are in fact relatively routine pieces of annual business , such as the guaranteed minimum pensions order and the draft contributions rerating order , which are very much in line with their predecessors over a number of years . |
| 10 | To place a detailed analysis in context it is necessary to look at trends in key figures over a number of years and to make comparisons with other firms in the same industry . |
| 11 | This is particularly likely to apply to multilateral contracts ; ie , where one party exercises powers over a number of others . |
| 12 | There had been several copyings out and rewritings over a number of years , and although the changes made are sometimes evidence of ideological revisionism ( the poet had become more conformist in his later years ) , what is remarkable is how much of the young man 's vision has been allowed to remain intact . |
| 13 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 14 | It has to do with short-term planning and public accounting systems , which mean that , although money can in theory be voted for projects over a number of years , in practice , it usually arrives in annual dribs and drabs . |
| 15 | The period affects all young people and involves a series of stages over a number of years , which are influenced by social and economic status . |
| 16 | Since you are agreeing to make regular payments over a number of years , it is probably easier for you to pay by Banker 's Order or Direct Debit Mandate when the payments will automatically be made from your bank account . |
| 17 | Some are sailing clubs , aiming to attract new members by running beginners ' courses over a number of weekends , with charges from about £20 to £70 . |
| 18 | It should be remembered that it is the consistency of the results over a number of items and not isolated examples which suggest that the context favours girls . |
| 19 | It would be useful to chart these trends over a number of years for each of these firms , rather like the analysis offered for Horizon in Table 11.4 . |
| 20 | Discount must also be made for the fact that the dependants will receive an accelerated benefit in the form of a lump sum rather than smaller benefits over a number of years . |
| 21 | One special feature of the materials is the fact that it was thoroughly tried and tested by the authors and their colleagues over a number of years before reaching its present form . |
| 22 | The experiments hit the scientific and popular headlines over a number of years before falling into disrepute when others found it quite hard even to train flatworms reliably on this pairing , let alone repeat the later steps in the procedure . |
| 23 | One crucial communicating network would link the individual schools promoting particular languages in which there has been continuity in terms of staffing and tutor-groups over a number of years . |