Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have come a long way since then , thanks to the vast amount of public investment over the last century . |
| 2 | With luck this benign influence and economic motor could extend its benefits even deeper into the continent over the next decade . |
| 3 | Whilst there may well be every justification for such developments , which have been growing steadily since the 1950s but with increasing rapidity over the last decade , these emphases do undermine the notion of RBs as being wholly concerned with liberal adult education . |
| 4 | It might be say at equal opportunities which we 've worked at a very great deal over the last year . |
| 5 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 6 | ‘ Mind you , I 'm regarded more as a provider than a goalscorer and I have n't done too badly in that department over the last couple of years . ’ |
| 7 | Let me know if you change your mind over the next week or so . ’ |
| 8 | Dealers have reported some very heavy selling of the nil-paid stock over the last fortnight and yesterday 's rise , with the ordinary shares up 16 at 693p and the rights stock up 16 at 85p , was dismissed as a technical bounce . |
| 9 | If nothing else , the relative lack of action over the last couple of nights would ensure a good sleep before setting off home . |
| 10 | THE £94m which will be spent by the Government on new housing in the North-East over the next year is welcome news . |
| 11 | Unless the new pitch is going to be pretty hard wearing , prospects for staging Euro 96 , and perhaps more importantly for playing good football over the next couple of seasons , do not look good ! ! |
| 12 | It was little wonder I lost so much weight over the next year , which my mother considered a small compensation for having to associate with the likes of Charlie Trumper . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most important events concerning the Village Association over the last year have been related to land , its ownership and usage within the village . |
| 14 | The money I was going to save on rent over the next month could be put towards a deposit on something — always assuming the Department of Employment did eventually pay me my due — and then I would be able to start again . |
| 15 | As widely predicted in the City , which has marked Costain shares down nearly 75 p.c. over the last year , there is no final dividend , leaving the interim of 43/4p the sole payout , compared with a total of 12¼p last time . |
| 16 | The seemingly inexorable march of new technology in the newspaper industry has taken on a new complexion over the last couple of weeks . |
| 17 | In fact , the courts have progressively narrowed this species of manslaughter over the last century or so : there was a time when the mere commission of a tort or civil wrong sufficed as the ‘ unlawful act ’ , and when there was no additional requirement of ‘ dangerousness ’ to be satisfied . |
| 18 | Yet , given the rate of decline of house prices in the south over the last year , this deposit would be wiped out in just six months . |
| 19 | The development of SVQs has formed a major part of our work in this sector over the last year . |
| 20 | THE coming of age of Regional Railways as a fully-fledged business within British Rail is expected to trigger investment in signalling equipment over the next decade . |
| 21 | But he will get it right with a bit more work over the next couple of days . ’ |
| 22 | Gray explained his decision in terms of wishing to exert influence over the next generation of black leaders , to earn a higher salary , and to spend more time with his family and his local Baptist church . |
| 23 | If it is the latter , then we are seeing a constant rate of rape over the last decade but where women are more willing to make legal complaints and the police and courts not willing to convict other than a very small increase in the number . |
| 24 | Thanks to the committee members for all their help over the last year and particularly to Graham Espin for many years of enthusiastic effort with the committee , to Ross Hamilton our treasurer for all his hard work , to Mrs Sheila Peterson for her abilities as vice chairman and particularly her talent with the children at our functions , to Miss Netta Gibling who , as ever , provides continuity and expertise as secretary . |
| 25 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 26 | The policy of this council over the last couple of years has been to get down to that figure enforced upon us as gracefully as possible with the least damage to our services and the least damage to the morale of our staff and our staff are after all the most important asset that a local authority possesses and that is what we 're trying to consider . |
| 27 | Statistics from the Association of Investment Trust Companies show that this trust has produced the highest total return over the last year out of five emerging markets trusts . |
| 28 | However , the resolution also demanded further research into the proposal over the next year , during which the commercial ban would remain in force . |
| 29 | His thin , pale face contorted as he said , " Well , I sha n't go into the seamy details … the more basic facets of life , but on a cleaner if more frustrating theme , I have been trying to seduce that lovely Dickson boy over the last week . |
| 30 | It has been the most successful new beer product launched in the UK off-trade over the last decade . |