Example sentences of "number of [noun] over the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the enforcement of lorry weights , we have doubled the number of inspections over the past five years . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | raises yet again a problem that has been before the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions over the past 10 years or so . |