Example sentences of "[noun] over the [adj] two " in BNC.
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| 1 | But developments in Britain and the United States over the past two years suggest that micros need ultimately to cost little more than a tape recorder or a good transistor radio . |
| 2 | The consequence of the Knoyles ' poverty and the Hutchings ' absenteeism over the previous two centuries was that the Manor House had a miraculous escape from Georgian owners wanting to keep up with the times . |
| 3 | Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years . |
| 4 | ‘ However , I feel justified in saying that the return on our investment over the past two years has been immense . ’ |
| 5 | In the main cash market , dealers who have progressively flattened their trading books over the past two weeks were caught on the hop by the sudden decision of several large institutions to buy stock while voting was still going on . |
| 6 | The shock statistics reveal a sharp rise in drug abuse of all kinds among teenagers over the past two years . |
| 7 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 8 | There has been a significant reduction in the numbers of young people placed in residential settings over the past two decades . |
| 9 | Abundant research over the past two decades has indicated that the language employed by most adults when addressing babies and infants is , in fact , highly simplified and largely correct in terms of grammar . |
| 10 | Written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain , the fully revised 2nd Edition of this widely acclaimed atlas now brings you right up to date with the most significant developments and advances in AIDS research over the past two years . |
| 11 | One of the most remarkable discoveries arising from oceanographic research over the past two decades or so has been the youth of oceanic sediments and the underlying basaltic crust . |
| 12 | Now a fully revised and updated 2nd Edition brings the topic right up to the minute by taking into account the many significant developments and advances made in medical knowledge and research in AIDS over the past two years . |
| 13 | These conclusions are confirmed by what happened at Eighth Army HQ over the following two days , as we shall come to shortly . |
| 14 | McAuley , who has driven for the factory teams of Swift and Van Diemen over the past two years , had hoped to graduate to Formula Three this season , but was unable to raise the £150,000 budget . |
| 15 | My right hon. Friend has shown the utmost skill and stamina over the past two days in keeping us away from the dangerous path towards the centralised Europe that none of us who are good Europeans want to see . |
| 16 | It would appear to be an easy task to show that the nuclear family has progressively lost many of its functions over the past two hundred years . |
| 17 | We are , in the practicalities , preserving many of the characteristics of the poll tax that have plagued and complicated our lives over the past two or three years . |
| 18 | Scientists in Rio de Janeiro blame local authorities for not fighting the mosquito over the past two years . |
| 19 | The period of intensive fieldwork lasted from the summer of 1983 to the summer of 1984 , but there was continuing contact with both companies over the following two years . |
| 20 | They are perfectly well aware that we have a unique portfolio for profitable growth : a portfolio of opportunities carefully and successfully identified by Palatine 's own management over the past two years . |
| 21 | Prices have tumbles over the past two years , and to tempt you to part with your cash , software companies are bundling their packages with more and more freebies : tons of clip-art , hundreds of fonts , utilities , you name it . |
| 22 | A HOODED man who raped a 19-year-old student is thought to be responsible for at least six other sex attacks over the past two years . |
| 23 | There was a more dramatic drop in refining margins over the past two years — from $5 to $2.88 a barrel in Europe and $2.71 to $1.75 in the US — reflecting competitive conditions in product marketing during the recession . |
| 24 | Senior Planning Officer , Andrew Lewis says that after various planning applications over the past two years which were turned down , due to objections from local residents , the latest plans have now been cleared , regarding the extension and the feelings of the local residents . |
| 25 | The machines have replaced $90m of mainframe equipment for the cellular telephone business over the past two years . |
| 26 | Scotland has had a fairly successful period over the past two or three years and some think that we might not now be so successful — but there is a lot of talent up here . |
| 27 | A thorough and systematic evaluation of the kinds of support which have passed between kin over the past two centuries is a separate project in its own right . |
| 28 | Proceeding with due caution therefore , we can ask : what do we know about patterns of support between kin over the past two centuries ? |
| 29 | He mentioned studies over the past two decades — this is far too short a period to obtain real evidence in such matters . |
| 30 | The lack of international controls in the North Pacific Ocean , and the proliferation of the salmon , tuna , billfish , and squid drift-net fleets over the past two decades , has resulted in the development of a North Pacific fishery so huge that during the 6-month season , the 1000 or so vessels involved deploy 35 million km ( 1.9–3.4 million miles ) of netting . |