Example sentences of "[noun] over the [adj] couple of " in BNC.
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| 1 | With performances over the next couple of seasons helping to decide which club gains promotion to the All-Ireland League set-up , it is vital that clubs get off to a good start . |
| 2 | Many developing countries have seen big increases in their foreign reserves over the past couple of years . |
| 3 | Bassett adds : ‘ There have been opportunities over the past couple of years where clubs have shown an interest in me . |
| 4 | ‘ Mind you , I 'm regarded more as a provider than a goalscorer and I have n't done too badly in that department over the last couple of years . ’ |
| 5 | We think that it conserves services , that it has searched out the vast majority of efficiencies that we can find within this council and that it does n't pass on to the poll tax , council tax payers the fruits , I mean it does pass on the poll tax or council tax payers the fruits of how we have achieved savings and efficiencies over the last couple of years . |
| 6 | If nothing else , the relative lack of action over the last couple of nights would ensure a good sleep before setting off home . |
| 7 | Unless the new pitch is going to be pretty hard wearing , prospects for staging Euro 96 , and perhaps more importantly for playing good football over the next couple of seasons , do not look good ! ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Are there going to be any more job losses over the next couple of years ? |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The seemingly inexorable march of new technology in the newspaper industry has taken on a new complexion over the last couple of weeks . |
| 12 | Much has been written about training shoes over the last couple of years , as the style magazines and the newspapers have tried to come to terms with the massive increase in the popularity of the trainer . |
| 13 | But he will get it right with a bit more work over the next couple of days . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | FLACO HAS been involved in some fun collaborations over the last couple of decades — his trembling accordion signature on Ry Cooder 's ‘ He 'll Have To Go ’ and the peppy bits on Dwight Yoakam 's ‘ Streets Of Bakersfield ’ are two good examples . |
| 16 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 17 | The policy of this council over the last couple of years has been to get down to that figure enforced upon us as gracefully as possible with the least damage to our services and the least damage to the morale of our staff and our staff are after all the most important asset that a local authority possesses and that is what we 're trying to consider . |
| 18 | life in the fast lane … has its problems though … and our round-up starts in the pits with the Williams team from Didcot … they 're going to appeal against a proposed ban on the technology that 's helped them dominate the sport over the past couple of years … |
| 19 | The volume of beer sold through Greenall 's pubs over the last couple of months has shown a fall on 1988 levels , said the group financial director , Mr Michael Davis , as he unveiled profits up 10.5 per cent to £52million for the year to September . |
| 20 | The selection of so many England players was probably arrived at because of their high profile over the past couple of seasons . |
| 21 | The various pros and cons have been discussed and highlighted in the Journal over the last couple of years so I will not repeat them , although printing costs of the vouchers must be very high compared with a ‘ one off card ’ . |
| 22 | The plan is to grow the lawnmower business over the next couple of years and then float the shares to raise cash to add in a few operations that are less seasonal , and less weather-dependent . |
| 23 | Mr O'Hare suspects that ‘ not that many [ profit sharing schemes ] have been put in place over the last couple of years ’ because of the cash flow drain represented by the company 's contributions to the fund . |
| 24 | Sun 's German users in particular are said to favour the Motif option , and IXI has been out testing the waters on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of weeks . |
| 25 | It had become a familiar sound over the last couple of days . |
| 26 | But , for a reader coming for the first time to the subject , this can not give a sense of the rightness , diversity and very real differences in feminist art history and criticism over the last couple of decades . |
| 27 | As a lowly , poorly paid teacher and a member of Mensa , I wonder if RUNNING could put me in touch with sponsors and promoters who might make me a few million pounds over the next couple of years , even though I 'm not Canadian . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | United have been tumbling into trouble over the last couple of weeks … last time they won was Denis Smith 's first match as manager … |
| 30 | But he 's developed his game over the last couple of years very well . |