Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] couple [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past couple of years we have seen application tools embrace the facilities offered by the Windows front end or graphics user interfaces ( GUIs ) . |
| 2 | Office rents have soared in London over the past couple of years but political factors are also significant as government departments make up more than a quarter of moves . |
| 3 | Over the past couple of months all the leading Japanese DRAM suppliers — including Hitachi , Toshiba , NEC , Mitsubishi Electric and Fujitsu — have started shipping ‘ engineering samples ’ of 16-megabit chips . |
| 4 | This criminal neglect has been particularly indefensible over the past couple of decades . |
| 5 | The business of environmental consultancy has evolved rapidly over the past decade , with the number of UK firms involved jumping from 100 to 225 over the past couple of years alone . |
| 6 | In fact Benitses has always been a rocking resort , and over the past couple of years has become even more exciting . |
| 7 | This has certainly been the case in Liverpool , where truancy prosecutions and care proceedings per annum fell by 40 per cent between 1981 and 1987 — although there has been a slight increase over the past couple of years . |
| 8 | One of the unsatisfactory features of employment law over the past couple of decades has been the rule that a wrongful dismissal claim must be brought in either the County Court or the High Court . |
| 9 | Over the past couple of millennia , the industry has had its fair share of problems , but modern processing techniques ( not to mention an increased tin price ) promise to extend its life |
| 10 | Over the past couple of years Marine Mining has spent £1.3 million surveying the sea bed to discover the most concentrated deposits of the waste , which generally forms a layer about 1 metre thick . |
| 11 | Over the past couple of years , Waverley Borough Council have been considering a number of plans to redevelop the area and it was recently decided that because of the state of the building it should be demolished . |
| 12 | Please pass on our thanks to all the Mums , Dads and kids who gave us such a great present for our involvement with the creche over the past couple of years . |
| 13 | He confessed that he had ‘ missed playing Test cricket over the past couple of years ’ but had never lost the belief that he would one day play for his country again . |
| 14 | House prices in Greater London have been rising at a rate of around 15 to 18 per cent over the past couple of years . |
| 15 | Not content with the dull stage shows , and even duller songs , that have clogged the nation 's more modest venues over the past couple of years , Adorable are determined to resuscitate the long ignored notions of ‘ stardom ’ and , gulp , ‘ entertainment ’ ! |
| 16 | Over the past couple of years , a number of organisations have been launched offering services and facilities to people in the 50-plus age group . |
| 17 | An important new factor which has upset many people 's sums over the past couple of years has been the state of the property market . |
| 18 | Many developing countries have seen big increases in their foreign reserves over the past couple of years . |
| 19 | IT IS of no great consequence to the rest of the world that a small island off the end of the Indian subcontinent should have sunk over the past couple of decades into a condition of violence so endemic that the murder of the president and a leading opposition politician within eight days can be regarded by the locals with something like equanimity ( see page 71 ) . |
| 20 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |
| 21 | Over the past couple of years they have waited patiently while the Microsoft and IBM products converged . |
| 22 | And I 've seen it happen on several occasions over the past couple of years , always when there are no TV cameras on him . |
| 23 | She 's phoned several times over the past couple of days . ’ |
| 24 | Carved into the stone was more of the same type of repulsive alien art that had become so familiar over the past couple of days . |
| 25 | The third , comparatively new , market segment , is one in which BP has become increasingly prominent over the past couple of years . |
| 26 | The trade in all his restaurants had been slack over the past couple of weeks , and he was glad to see so many lunchtime diners . |
| 27 | Blufton had carefully manicured his image as a man of the people over the past couple of years , the sergeant went on , preferring to give interviews in an open-necked shirt and jeans — both with designer labels — rather than wear a suit . |
| 28 | ‘ What with your clever copy , Nige 's brilliant artwork and my own masterminding over the past couple of months , we 're home and dry — and air-conditioned ! ’ |
| 29 | Bassett adds : ‘ There have been opportunities over the past couple of years where clubs have shown an interest in me . |
| 30 | A few years ago that may have been true , but over the past couple of years , we have reduced the commission charge by 10–20 per cent . |