Example sentences of "[noun] over [art] following [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its most controversial suggestion to cut the financial burden on the state was to phase out SERPS over the following three years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The first part of the relief becomes available one full year after disposal of the shares , and the rest is available in equal instalments over the following nine years . |
| 4 | When these targets had been achieved , with increased skill and investment levels showing up in higher productivity , the proposal would be to implement a higher national minimum wage for all workers , aiming for 60 per cent of average earnings over the following five years . |
| 5 | In 1873 Gladstone 's government passed the Judicature Act ( succeeded by further statutes over the following two years ) . |
| 6 | The World Bank announced on July 10 that Egypt was to receive a total of US$8,000 million from about 30 governments and international institutions over the following two years . |
| 7 | New medium-term targets aimed at progressively reducing the public-sector deficit over the following three years were also adopted . |
| 8 | Most spectacularly of all , the Soviet leader announced a reduction of 500,000 in the size of Soviet armed forces over the following two years , including reductions in the number of divisions in both Europe and Asia and changes in the structure of the forces that remained ( including the withdrawal of a large number of tanks ) so that their purposes became more clearly peaceful . |
| 9 | The rest took early retirement at different points over the following three years . |
| 10 | The Mexican federal government announced on July 15 , 1989 , that it would commit $13,750,000 to " regenerate " Mexico 's rainforest over the following 10 years . |
| 11 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 12 | Under this procedure , each summer a committee of officials called the Public Expenditure Scrutiny Committee ( PESC ) prepares a report forecasting public expenditure over the following five years . |
| 13 | This involved setting targets each year for the growth of money supply over the following four years : the targets got progressively tighter over the four years , thus ‘ putting the squeeze on inflation ’ . |