Example sentences of "[noun] over the last [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Economic thinking over the last 40 years , the report observed , had shifted dramatically away from the promotion of state-directed industrialization towards a more " market-friendly " approach to development , but " markets sometimes prove inadequate or fail altogether " and " governments must , for example , invest in infrastructure and provide essential services to the poor " . |
| 2 | Parcelforce has made a loss over the last two years , despite strong efforts to turn the business around . |
| 3 | Central government has sunk over 1,200 waterholes in southern and western provinces over the last ten years , and continues to sink about 150 boreholes a year in Lusaka alone . |
| 4 | I have immensely valued your advice , help , support , commitment , encouragement and above all your friendship over the last six years . |
| 5 | A SOLDIER was killed by an IRA sniper last night — victim No. 3,001 in Ulster 's grim death toll over the last 23 years . |
| 6 | After all , she had had lots of practice over the last four years ! |
| 7 | Much of geography over the last 40 years has been concerned with analysing these subsystems by breaking down each subsystem into ever smaller component parts and studying these parts , and their interrelationships , at an increasing level of detail . |
| 8 | At the first stage of the project , a selective economic history of the industry over the last 120 years was compiled ( B/00/23/2070 ) . |
| 9 | Pictures of stars who have made most contribution to the music industry over the last 25 years featured at a glittering party in New York 's Four Seasons Restaurant . |
| 10 | The fast-swimming Dall 's porpoise has been particularly hard hit in the North Pacific and hundreds of thousands of animals over the last 20 years have been entangled in the giant drift-nets of the salmon , squid , and tuna fisheries . |
| 11 | It is difficult to provide any comparable data over the last thirty years and though the general impression is one of slight reduction in socio-economic inequalities in GP consultation , this should not be taken for granted . |
| 12 | Dolphin , which has been developing SCI over the last two years , will add its own SCI-based multi-processing system using the Motorola Inc 88110 later this year . |
| 13 | The painstaking work on the wreck undertaken by the amateur Chelmsford Sub-Acqua Club over the last twelve years will be the subject of an exhibition at the Maritime Museum this year . |
| 14 | The hearings system is claimed to have turned thousands of youngsters away from a life of crime over the last 20 years , but because of the confidential nature of the work done by reporters and panel members , much of the evidence is anecdotal . |
| 15 | Thousands of Italians have settled in the North-East over the last hundred years . |
| 16 | ‘ York 's football over the last two years makes Berwick v Arbroath relatively breathtaking , ’ he says . |
| 17 | A shift in the financial management of football over the last ten years has brought a new and more aggressive generation of directors to the forefront of the game . |
| 18 | This has come about partly as a result of research over the last 10 years or so into various forms of involvement in the teaching of reading . |
| 19 | Research over the last sixty years has demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that , for many people , unemployment is responsible for deterioration in mental and physical health . |
| 20 | erm The Schools Council , erm as you may remember , has been putting millions of pounds into educational research over the last dozen years , and all kinds of new curriculum ideas and patterns of organisation have emerged . |
| 21 | Before gaining the commercial weight of the mighty Epic Records , Martyn Joseph had already established a considerable market for his songs , having recorded on independent record labels over the last six years , including his own . |
| 22 | Dividend yields on expected 1992 earnings are up to 3.8 p.c. , compared with an average 3 p.c. over the last seven years and the economy can count on a resilient currency , low wage claims and an expected 40 p.c. fall in the trade deficit this year . |
| 23 | He stressed the need for economies after accumulated serious losses over the last seven years . |
| 24 | As I have already mentioned , the record of the NHS over the last 12 years in the constituencies of my hon. Friends is good , but we are not complacent . |
| 25 | Changes in the law over the last 19 years have brought extra work to education departments across the country and changes in the way the service is administered . |
| 26 | I ca n't think of anywhere that the stage designs have been more consistently imaginative and beautifully realized than in Salzburg over the last twenty years . |
| 27 | The need for more prisons has appeared in many jurisdictions over the last fifteen years . |
| 28 | He believes the government has generally down-graded people working in the public services sector over the last ten years , with university teachers having fared particularly badly as far as pay is concerned . |
| 29 | One of the most significant developments in the provision of legal advice and assistance over the last 20 years has been the emergence of law centres . |
| 30 | The rise in the quality of French tennis over the last 20 years , culminating in the emergence of players such as Yannick Noah , Henri Leconte and now Guy Forget , coupled with the transformation of the French Open at Roland Garros into what the majority of players regard as the best organised of the four Grand Slams ( even though Wimbledon remains favourite as to the one they most want to win ) are due very largely to the leadership he has shown . |