Example sentences of "[coord] over the [adj] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the big draught breeds , especially in the Massif Central , have found new roles in the beef industry and over the last few years they have been exported in increasing numbers to boost beef production in several parts of the world , sometimes displacing some of the famous traditional British beef breeds . |
| 2 | Better police equipment might lead to more offences being recorded , as might an increase in police numbers , and over the last few years there has been a recruitment drive by the police . |
| 3 | Kate was curiously fascinating , but mixed in with the fascination was a sort of fear ; and over the last few months she had made it quite clear that the less she had to do with him , the better she would like it . |
| 4 | Sometimes erm given me the questions and sometimes answering the questions for me , its always informing me and over the last few years I 've erm , I said that to try and understand erm , how to use this information in my own work as , as a writer , and I see , I see parallels in all forms of art , communication is of course one , erm and the need to recognise and respond the plight of others is , is another area and the area that as a writer I 'm particularly drawn too . |
| 5 | MY wife and I joined the National Trust at Cragside in Northumberland and over the last few years have cut a pretty wide swathe through Trust properties in Northumbria , North Yorkshire , Kent , the Lake District and East Anglia . |
| 6 | The easier areas of supply are beginning to become saturated and over the last few years more effort has tended to be put into SUPPLYING gas to outlying villages which , because of the application of modern pipelaying techniques , and the subsequent reduction in unit costs , have become more attractive . |
| 7 | Most of this required data is found in a dictionary , and over the past few years more paper dictionaries have become available in machine-readable form . |
| 8 | It was a disgraceful affair and over the past few years there have been far too many riots in our prisons . |
| 9 | And over the past few days it had developed an infuriating habit of wandering unerringly back to the subject of Adam Burns . |
| 10 | The raid netted him £500 million and over the next few weeks he made his strategy clear . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , the donor must have been infected with the Aids virus just before his death , and over the next few years seven of his beneficiaries have become HIV positive . |
| 12 | This month Jane looks at re-training the older horse and over the next few issues she will be giving invaluable advice on overcoming the most common problems . |
| 13 | What is the manpower requirement at present and over the next few years ? |
| 14 | It was strange , the conversation Dad and I had , because when I saw him at home later and over the next few days he behaved as if it had never happened , as if he had n't told me he 'd fallen in love with someone else . |
| 15 | Disquiet at the new direction of religious affairs soon surfaced in parliament , and over the next few years a growing number of MPs began to speak out against the Arminian threat . |
| 16 | In the aftermath of the disaster , the rebuilding of London 's churches was entrusted to the brilliant young architect , Christopher Wren , who set to work almost immediately , and over the next few years completely transformed the ecclesiastical architecture of the capital . |
| 17 | After they died , many kung fu systems were developed by their students , and over the next few hundred years more branches of these styles , barely recognizable from the original forms , came into being . |
| 18 | ’ It is already possible to apply ( gene analysis ) methods for the early foetal diagnosis of these disorders ( haemophilia and other anaemias ) , and over the next few years it may even be possible to replace defective genes ’ , wrote the geneticist David Weatherall in an article on the new Institute for Molecular Medicine in Oxford . |
| 19 | Hundreds of parachutes have been prepared for the major drop over Salisbury Plain tonight and over the next few days . |
| 20 | Now I think this is a very interesting point because if you go home , and over the next few days do what most people do after course like this , and that is they listen perhaps a little bit to radio , certainly watch some T V and , and think about all these issues , one of the things that will surprise you is that some of the people who are prominent broadcasters are really rather incompetent . |
| 21 | We have , over the years , employed several students , but over the last few , have been unable to do so , for financial constraints . |
| 22 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 23 | But over the past few years a new breed of journalist has evolved — hungry , competitive and aggressive . |
| 24 | But over the past few weeks many Americans have sensed a change in her . |
| 25 | He 'd never had any particular fear of darkness , but over the past few weeks he seemed to have grown more and more nervous at night . |
| 26 | Mr. Walker : In fairness , they have not been tripled in Wales this year , but over the past few years . |
| 27 | But over the past few years fashion for men has experienced something of a silent revolution , with smoother lines and looser fits becoming ever more popular . |
| 28 | But over the past few years , what with one night stands and travel , there was little energy or time left except for eating and bed . ’ |
| 29 | In the past year they have lost a bishop in a love-child affair but over the past few days they had more faith in prayer than in their politicians when it came to saving the Digital computer plant . |
| 30 | The FT-SE 100 Index shed around 4 points at 2717.9 at the close but over the next few weeks all eyes will be on the pound . |