Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] over [art] past " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 75 per cent of Perkins ' UK production is shipped overseas , and the company has picked up four Queen 's Awards for export over the past few years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Although Cold War ideology and initial public ignorance in the West of the horrific power of nuclear weapons at first muted the public pressures behind a renewed expression of the unacceptability of indiscriminate means of warfare , the growth of the popular movement for peace over the past twenty-five years and especially in its recent phase must now lead to a reaffirmation of the principle and its application to nuclear weapons . |
| 4 | The standard of play over the past few years has shown a considerable step-up and the cream of the local talent now face a daunting challenge in their bid to reclaim the title for ‘ home ’ keeping . |
| 5 | John Farrant will be talking about the development of Brighton over the past three hundred years and how patterns of trade and commerce have tended to repeat themselves . |
| 6 | There is no doubt that NIA should be an attractive prospect , given the amount of public money which has been ploughed into the expansion of Aldergrove over the past 30 years . |
| 7 | Despite this minimal preparation , and regular changes of personnel over the past fortnight , they achieved a wholly implausible blend of skill , aggression and indomitable spirit . |
| 8 | In a remarkable series of investigations over the past four years , the MMC has examined the practices in beer , petroleum , and motor vehicle supply . |
| 9 | In several incidents in the eastern part of Germany over the past two months the Russians have continued to act like occupiers — and drawn only mild reproof from the German government . |
| 10 | I wish he would keep his eyes off me , Laura thought grimly , feeling certain that she must have experienced almost a lifetime 's amount of tension over the past few days . |
| 11 | Leaving aside the numerous examples of the rise and fall of parties over the past century , there are many instances of change even in the relatively short period of time since the end of the Second World War . |
| 12 | I know how long he has been concerned about the aggravated taking of vehicles and the mayhem caused by young men in parts of Nottinghamshire over the past couple of years . |
| 13 | If we look at the development of computers over the past 30 years we see accelerated change of a phenomenal nature . |
| 14 | The Worldwide Fund for Nature is , of course , just one part of a huge international Green Movement , in which we have seen massive increases in the number of supporters over the past few years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Having been on the receiving end of a whole host of visits over the past couple of years , we decided it was our turn to get out and about and took advantage of a kind offer by local brewers , of Abingdon , for a guided tour of the brewery . |
| 17 | One big piece of deregulation over the past ten years will be hard to reverse : the freeing of interest rates . |
| 18 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 19 | Launching a report on the changing face of England over the past 50 years , Burton called on the government to target the 150,000 hectares of derelict land in cities before it allows more building in the countryside . |
| 20 | The second technical advance that has improved the performance of tokamaks over the past decade has been in auxiliary heating . |
| 21 | Jackson , Mississippi-based LDDS Communications Inc , Metromedia Communications Corp and Resurgens Communications Group Inc have now reached the letter of intent stage in their plan to merge with LDDS shareholders retaining about 68.5% of the combined company and John Kluge , chairman of Metromedia , expected to be chairman of the combined company with Bernard Ebbers , LDDS chief executive , taking that post ; the combined company will be the fourth largest long-distance carrier in the US , a title that has been held by a whole string of companies over the past few years . |
| 22 | Councils have had an enormous amount of money through their hands , and have spent it in an equally enormous number of areas over the past 12 years . |
| 23 | Economic growth , at an annual average of 4% over the past five years , is not bad in the circumstances , though not as spectacular as the South-East Asian growth rates that Sri Lanka aspires to emulate . |
| 24 | Moreover , by relating this information to data on spreading rates , the directions of relative plate motions derived from the analysis of earthquakes , and palaeomagnetic evidence of continental palaeolatitudes , it has been possible to establish the direction and speed of present-day plate motions and what is probably a fairly accurate history of movements over the past 200 Ma or so ( Fig. 2.16 ) . |
| 25 | We have only to look at the disciplinary background of vice-chancellors over the past 30 years to see evidence of the modern superior position of science and technology . |
| 26 | The desirability of continued economic growth has been raised by a number of economists over the past decade and the titles of their publications make their conclusions clear — Does Money Buy Happiness ? |
| 27 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 28 | Other polls have been published in the newspapers , however , and the issue has gained a good deal of attention over the past few weeks . |
| 29 | The record of capitalism over the past 200 years in transforming the standard of living of the Western world is remarkable . |
| 30 | Freeman , a BAIE member , initiated British Gas 's sponsorship of the Bobby Charlton sports school , which has enabled 10,000 youngsters all over Britain to receive free tuition in a wide range of sports over the past four years . |