Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the [adj] 10 [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has come about partly as a result of research over the last 10 years or so into various forms of involvement in the teaching of reading . |
| 2 | Research over the next 10 years should greatly clarify the issue . |
| 3 | The government was planning an $8,000 million investment programme to double electricity-generating capacity over the next 10 years , while short-term measures to alleviate the problem involved importing movable power generators aboard floating barges . |
| 4 | To analyse trends in the number of authors per article over the past 10 years . |
| 5 | High interest rates have driven hundreds of thousands of small firms out of business over the past 10 years and the loss of more than 2 million jobs in manufacturing industry has carried with it , to their doom , many small firms that depended on larger businesses . |
| 6 | Closures have been taking place over the past 10 years . |
| 7 | As we move into 1993 The Women Artists Slide Library will be presenting a profile on its work and development over the last 10 years at the Centre 181 Gallery , King Street , in Hammersmith , London . |
| 8 | The price of all meats fell more in real terms than all foods — rising in price 15% less than inflation over the past 10 years — and are now 13% cheaper than a decade ago . |
| 9 | Following talks with President Gorbachev ( who accepted an invitation to visit Egypt ) and other Soviet leaders , agreements were signed on economic , trade , scientific and technical co-operation over the next 10 years . |
| 10 | I reckon that at the very least , £1 million will be heading back into the game over the next 10 years thanks to the WRU 's shrewd deal in supplying Burton with 500 tickets for every Arms Park international , plus their cup final . |
| 11 | And with military police on hand to keep out the hordes of autograph hunters that will dog the tourists ' every footstep over the next 10 weeks , there were no interruptions . |
| 12 | Those are the fruits of an improved economy over the last 10 years . |
| 13 | The Branch recently received the Wings Trophy , awarded annually to the branch which has made the most consistent progress in the Wings collection over the past 10 years , from North East Area Chairman Brian Wilkie . |
| 14 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |
| 15 | But in accounting , at least , Mr Aimetti thinks that there has been considerable progress over the past 10 years : ‘ With some adjustments , we are all following the Americans . ’ |
| 16 | Mr Sandeman said Leslie had made dramatic progress over the past 10 days . |
| 17 | Does the Secretary of State not accept that our valley councils have lost more in rate support grant over the past 10 years than he has given them in new money in the latest package ? |
| 18 | We have had a substantial reduction over the past 10 years . ’ |
| 19 | The patients fasted at 0900 having not taken any drugs which affect gastric secretion or motility over the previous 10 days . |
| 20 | More than 20 animals have become extinct within the state over the last 10 years — compared to 40 during the last 194 years , since colonization . |
| 21 | The overall award went to the Chesham Building Society but because the awards were based on performance over the last 10 years , the Royal Bank should soon be pitching for the top spot . |
| 22 | By this stage the fielding captain has been compelled to resort to his second and third string bowlers , keeping his main strike men back to stem the batting slog over the last 10 overs . |
| 23 | ‘ We have been monitoring the downward trend over the last 10 years , and our impression is that the decline is beginning to bottom out : there may have been 5m fewer loans last year , but the drop was 15m in 1991–92 . |
| 24 | We estimate that 150000 men aged 60 to 74 would be required in an evaluative trial for it to have an 80% chance of showing a 20% reduction in mortality over the ensuing 10 years , significant at the 5% level . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Seriously , as the Boundary Commission proceeds with its report over the next 10 years , would not it be correct to ensure that all parts of the United Kingdom had the same proportion of representatives ? |
| 27 | Even in the midst of deep recession , dietary supplements , such as minerals , vitamins and aids to healthy living such as ginseng and selenium , now represent a £230m market in the UK with a marked rapid growth over the past 10 years . |
| 28 | For the delegates to the 15th meeting of parties to the Antarctic Treaty , the main topic of discussion over the next 10 days will be the status of an agreement — the Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities — which collapsed in the summer after the French and Australian governments decided , in consultation with each other , to withdraw their support . |
| 29 | The cost over the next 10 years will be several billion pounds . |
| 30 | There has been widespread consultation throughout the country over the past 10 years involving the bishops , priests , religious education advisers , teachers parents , theologians and scripture scholars . |