Example sentences of "[noun] over the [adj] four years " in BNC.

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1 After all , she had had lots of practice over the last four years !
2 Not only did he own Werner Lines , a worldwide shipping empire with more than vessels in commission , but he had also branched out into the freight industry over the past four years and succeeded in cornering an important section of its competitive market by buying out a succession of small , struggling companies and amalgamating them under an experienced board of directors answerable only to him .
3 This can and must be done through the imposition , by the Secretary of State , of a statutory duty on MPAs to review such permissions over the next four years .
4 Lewis can become a multi-millionaire over the next four years if he becomes our first world heavyweight champion for nearly a century — and defends successfully .
5 Finally the Meeting was brought to a close by the new chairman , Hilda Lodge , who made a presentation on behalf of the Society to June Bascombe in recognition of all her hard work over the last four years .
6 It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years .
7 As the Venice Biennale approaches its centenary year , political machinations , seemingly so dear to the heart of Italian and particularly Venetian cultural activities , are holding up the appointment of new members of the Management Committee which is responsible for the programme of the Biennale over the next four years .
8 Nor is it good news for the majority of people who already own-especially those who became first-time buyers over the past four years and whose complete capital has been wiped out : more than a million such people are probably technically bankrupt but need not admit it so long as they keep paying their mortgage .
9 In 1891 , when shipbuilding was distressed , Harland was persuaded to introduce a system of cost plus contracts for favoured customers which secured a large volume of business over the next four years .
10 The review will take place over the next four years with all the changes in place by 1998 .
11 The title has been widely purchased by hobbyists , student , trainees , colleges , training departments and a very wide range of retail and industrial organisations over the past four years .
12 Freeman , a BAIE member , initiated British Gas 's sponsorship of the Bobby Charlton sports school , which has enabled 10,000 youngsters all over Britain to receive free tuition in a wide range of sports over the past four years .
13 Farr-Jones has not only proven himself to be the world 's leading scrum-half , but his captaincy over the past four years has grown in maturity and stature with each test and tour match .
14 Will my right hon. Friend join me in sending congratulations to a Yorkshire manufacturing company , Spring Ram plc , which at the end of the month will open two new factories in my constituency , creating 400 new jobs , which is at present building two new factories in Barnsley which will create 400 new jobs , and which has a plan to create 1,100 new jobs in Bradford over the next four years ?
15 The US Administration 's Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) has appealed to industry to halve emissions of 17 toxic substances over the next four years — or face potentially costly controls imposed by government .
16 Claiming that a coup was being planned even before he introduced economic austerity policies on taking office three years previously , Pérez told foreign correspondents on Feb. 9 that he intended to continue with his economic policies but would bring forward a $4,000 million social project to improve health care , education and social welfare over the next four years .
17 HUTCHISON Telecommunications has promised to invest £500m in the UK over the next four years , part of which will be used to increase the customer service department in Darlington .
18 At any rate , they are the best marks that were to appear on his performance schedule over the next four years , when his average ran at 56.4 per cent .
19 The £3.2m investment in the pottery includes the provision of new kilns and is expected to result in a trebling of the workforce over the next four years .
20 Future payments totalling $18.5m will depend on average post-tax profits over the next four years .
21 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 .
22 Intelsat plans to take the capacity as a stop-gap while it awaits delivery of 10 new birds over the next four years .
23 There were hard fights over the next four years which I do not resent .
24 These and other findings — reported at a meeting of the American Society of Testing and Materials — contradict extensive evidence of damage to the local environment presented by government researchers over the last four years .
25 THE risk of war with the former Soviet Union may have vanished , but plenty of fighting is still going on ; not least over which military bases should be shut down as the Pentagon tries to trim $1.1 billion from its budget over the next four years .
26 One of the most important tasks for WACC 's Central Committee this year is to authorise proposals for a new study and action programme which would guide all WACC 's activities over the next four years and prepare the organisation for its second world congress in 1995 .
27 Sun Microsystems Inc had to do something to prove it 's muscling into retail like Hewlett-Packard Co so it went and sold Dunkin' Donuts $8m worth of IPC machines to network more than half its 1,600 franchise operations over the next four years .
28 In a remarkable series of investigations over the past four years , the MMC has examined the practices in beer , petroleum , and motor vehicle supply .
29 His pledge to halve the deficit over the next four years is largely based on eliminating 100,000 government jobs .
30 A recent survey by the US Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association showed a 60 per cent increase in biotechnology medicines under development in the US over the past four years .
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