Example sentences of "terms over the [adj] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal also included an offer to reduce the price of supplies in real terms over the first five years and a pledge that during the contract period prices would remain ‘ within the general movement of prices in the economy ’ . |
| 2 | The average price paid by industrial and commercial consumers declined only slightly if at all in real terms over the first ten years of nationalisation , but electricity usage in industry was probably less price-elastic than in most uses , and other factors were the main stimuli to sales growth . |
| 3 | Green boasts that British Coal has reduced prices by 30 per cent in real terms over the past six years and predicts the trend will continue ‘ not just by closing marginal capacity , but by ensuring existing capacity will be more efficient ’ . |
| 4 | The banking and finance sector has grown more than 20 times in real terms over the past 30 years so that it now accounts for almost 20% of GDP , compared with 5% in 1960 . |
| 5 | The leaked financial projections show that the Government is giving the authorities substantial leaway for raising dividends in real terms over the next 10 years . |
| 6 | However the Lyceum , unlike the King 's , depends on subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council which is planning to cut its funding in real terms over the next four years . |
| 7 | Pensions have increased in real terms over the last twenty years , but not as fast as real personal disposable incomes . |