Example sentences of "over [art] past [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much has changed in the European energy picture over the past decade and much will change over the next two , yet one central preoccupation persists and will persist , and that is Europe 's dependence on imported oil . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Leaflets circulated by the " Peruvian Communist Party Ayacucho Base " of the Maoist Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) guerrillas on May 17 in the southern Andean city of Ayacucho claimed that Sendero Luminoso had " temporarily withdrawn from the armed struggle but not from the ideological battle " , in order to re-evaluate their " brilliant actions over the past decade and return with new energies " . |
| 4 | Ciba Geigy had invested heavily in personal and team development traininng over the past decade and the benefits can be seen among all the changes . |
| 5 | Ford 's employees are also wont to point out that their mortgage payments have rocketed over the past year and negotiations will take place against a background in which interest rates seem to be moving in one direction only . |
| 6 | Monami , 22 next month , has shown great promise over the past year and strikes the ball with an unbridled enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Wellcome shares have been performing strongly over the past year and the value of the company has almost doubled . |
| 8 | A niggling hip injury , which has troubled him on and off over the past year and hampered his preparation , was closer to the root of his troubles than any age-related downswing . |
| 9 | A January president 's page provides an ideal opportunity to look both back over the past year and forwards to the new . |
| 10 | Now the company has 270 staff ( it started out with just 30 three years ago ) , has increased production by 20% over the past year and has a turnover of £l2m ( it expects that to rise to £l4m next year ) . |
| 11 | He or she may even know the number of consultants within a particular firm , how it has been performing , what are its key issues , how it has grown over the past year and generally what it is doing and how successfully . |
| 12 | Firstly , he is a strong willed , capable and determined person — all qualities which have been well tested over the past year and a half . |
| 13 | We have had remarkably good figures over the past year and we are determined to beat them in 1992 . |
| 14 | Ann Act Return ; annual actual return ( per cent ) , this is the actual return earned over the past year and includes both capital appreciation ( depreciation ) and any dividend paid . |
| 15 | If the broad outline of metazoan phylogeny is now becoming clear , then surely all we need to do is commiserate with the authors of innumerable failed schemes constructed over the past century and promptly move on to more interesting problems . |
| 16 | I had discussed the possibility of a proper campaign with several friends over the past months and the idea had taken root in my mind . |
| 17 | The object of bereavement work with the elderly can be more one of continuing supportive intervention and understanding the old person 's need to look back over the past years and relationships than of expecting them to ‘ work through ’ their grief to its resolution . |
| 18 | One of the striking things about Havel is his commitment to drama over the past quarter-century and his insistence , in the period immediately before the Czech revolution , that he was first and foremost a writer . |