Example sentences of "[noun] over the [adj] three years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Menem also indicated that Argentina , in return for EC aid and improved trading arrangements , would be prepared to accept up to 300,000 immigrants from the former Eastern bloc over the next three years ; he discussed with EC commissioners the possible arrival of 40,000 immigrants in the short term . |
| 2 | And SEARS , the high street stores giant which sells Dolcis and Saxone shoes , is closing 350 shops over the next three years with the loss of 1,700 people . |
| 3 | It should also be stated that changes in political thinking over the past three years have changed the complexion of the West German energy future . |
| 4 | His own thinking over the next three years was developed , accordingly , through successive disagreements with Lyell 's views on the organic world , while he continued to accept his mentor 's teaching on the physical world of land , sea and climate changes . |
| 5 | A SUCCESSFUL tooling company is on the expansion trail , with hopes of 70 new jobs in North Powys over the next three years as a result of a £4m investment programme . |
| 6 | In fact , there are now more companies with no plans for future investment ( 52 companies ) than companies that had not made any investment over the previous three years ( 43 ) . |
| 7 | Using data supplied by local police forces and government ministries , the report stated that ( i ) 4,611 children and adolescents had died from violence over the previous three years , more than 50 per cent of them shot and the rest killed by stabbing , beating , poisoning or strangling ; ( ii ) young girls were raped and many had died from clandestine abortions after becoming prostitutes ; ( iii ) children were exploited from the age of three by professional beggars , from the age of six by drug traffickers and , if they survived , ended up in armed groups used by criminal gangs and even the police ; ( iv ) the abuse of drugs and solvents was common among street children ; ( v ) an estimated 3,000 children were illegally adopted annually by foreigners , 50 per cent going to Italy and 30 per cent to France , who paid up to US$20,000 for a white child ; and ( vi ) 25,000,000 out of 45,000,000 children were chronically underfed , 30 per cent lived in poverty and 10,000 were child workers . |
| 8 | General KV Krishna Rao , a former army chief , replaces Girish Saxena to co-ordinate anti-terrorist operations by the army and paramilitary forces and organise elections in the state , where around 6,000 people have died in militant-related violence over the past three years . |
| 9 | Expansion of Career Development Loans to provide 60,000 more opportunities over the next three years |
| 10 | Mr Shaban told AIBS representatives of the difficulties he had experienced in establishing Amnesty pre-groups in Gaza over the past three years . |
| 11 | Hank Holland , president and chief executive , said the firm would continue to support its E and M mainframe series software for another seven to 10 years , but would start to reduce research and development expenditure in favour of client-server environments over the next three years . |
| 12 | Its most controversial suggestion to cut the financial burden on the state was to phase out SERPS over the following three years . |
| 13 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 14 | Italtel SpA is to install around 400,000 lines for Telecom Argentina SA over the next three years in a deal worth $600m : it says it will install the first 58,000 lines this year and the rest of them by 1996 |
| 15 | The privatised company has agreed to reduce its share from 95 p.c. to 40 p.c. over the next three years . |
| 16 | The initiative has been allocated £150,000 from ESRC funds over the next three years . |
| 17 | The company has agreed to keep the average rise in domestic telephone charges to four percentage points below inflation , and to lower international rates by 12% over the next three years , starting with an 8% cut in the first year . |
| 18 | We maintain a high level of capital expenditure to improve productivity and quality in production and packaging , exemplified by the investment of more than 200 million in Scotland and Spain over the next three years . |
| 19 | Erm Mr introduced the the the the the prospect that erm if they 'd have taken migration over the last three years , it would have been a much reduced figure . |
| 20 | Lord Sanderson , the chairman of the Scottish Conservative & Unionist Association , expressed delight at the appointment and paid tribute to Mr Mitchell 's work over the past three years , particularly in the run-up to the election . |
| 21 | The new scheme , which , it is hoped , will introduce tennis to some 20,000 youngsters over the next three years , has been masterminded by former British Women 's Team manager , Sue Mappin , most recently remembered for her success in staging the 1991 Federation Cup tournament in Nottingham . |
| 22 | The Miniphone cellular network has gone into operation in Buenos Aires and some of its suburbs : the network is expected to have 10,000 users within a year , and is being run by Movistar — set up by Telecom Argentina SA , and controlled by STET SpA and France Telecom — and Telefonica Argentina ; initial investment in the project is $42m , but this is expected to rise to $100m over the next three years . |
| 23 | The Welsh FA have signed a sponsorship deal with Welsh Brewers Ltd which could net them more than £100,000 over the next three years . |
| 24 | Yesterday Mr Mandela began a three-day tour of the Natal Midlands , cockpit of the virtual civil war between the ANC and Inkatha which has claimed thousands of lives over the last three years . |
| 25 | This study is concerned with identifying how far the inflation adjusted accounts which have been produced by large quoted companies over the past three years have economic consequences . |
| 26 | In a further effort to tackle the chronic air pollution of its capital , [ see EDs passim ] , the Mexican government has announced that all public transport and cargo vehicles in the city must convert to natural gas or liquid petroleum over the next three years . |
| 27 | The pure terephthalic acid business , based at wilton , has significantly increased its profitability over the last three years through improved control of product quality . |
| 28 | It will open a further 20 sites over the next three years , Acer says . |
| 29 | The contributions will provide the raw material for group discussions during the seminar , and will form the basis of strategies and plans to be implemented by WACC-LA/C over the next three years . |
| 30 | SHABBA AND ‘ The Specialist ’ may not be the only ones to respond with a terse ‘ Who he ? ’ when confronted by Scritti Politti , Green having kept such a low profile over the last three years . |