Example sentences of "[n mass] over the [adj] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | NHS dentists ’ incomes have dropped in real terms by 40pc over the past ten years and the most recent savage cuts proposed , leave many practitioners worried about possible bankruptcy . ’ |
| 2 | The European Communities ( EC ) announced grant aid for Ethiopia worth $387,000,000 over the next five years , to be directed towards rural development and small-scale industry and agriculture , with the emphasis on the private sector . |
| 3 | The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has gone up by 25% over the past 150 years . |
| 4 | Under the plan , L&H 's 629 former partners are being asked to pay back over $40m over the next 10 years , with some partners ' personal assessments totalling as much as $400,000. 475 partners are thought to have approved the plan , but the remainder have either expressed their intention to appeal or have declared themselves personally bankrupt . |
| 5 | The death rate for bleeding peptic ulcers has averaged between 6% and 10% over the past 30 years . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 8 | Mr Atkinson said the work would cost £60m over the first four years and between £11m and £15m over the next nine years . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It is good to report that branch membership has increased by 46% over the last four years . |
| 13 | Economic growth , at an annual average of 4% over the past five years , is not bad in the circumstances , though not as spectacular as the South-East Asian growth rates that Sri Lanka aspires to emulate . |
| 14 | In February of this year , she signed an exclusive contract with Revlon , which will bring her an estimated $4.5m over the next three years , a deal which eclipses previous records set by Christy Turlington ( Maybelline ) and Pauline Porizhova ( Estee Lauder ) . |
| 15 | According to a report from the US Solar Energy Industries Association , sales of solar energy equipment have grown by more than 30 percent over the last two years , the vast majority being bought by developing countries . |
| 16 | Figures just out show that coal imports have risen by five hundred percent over the past ten years . |
| 17 | AST now earns 7% of its revenue from open systems business , but is hoping to expand this to 30% over the next three years . |
| 18 | C&P 's north-east distribution department has reviewed the performance of its contract hauliers and , by making improvements and efficiencies , is instigating a programme which will save the Company between £10-12m over the next three years . |
| 19 | The Income & Growth PEP allows you to invest in the Capital House Income & Growth Unit Trust which , despite one of the most difficult periods for stock market investment , has seen an investment of £100 grow to £183 over the last five years — had you been able to invest in the Income & Growth PEP over this period you would have received this return free of all personal taxes . |
| 20 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 21 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 22 | Real wages in Australia have fallen by 5% over the past seven years ; in Britain they have risen by almost 20% . |
| 23 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 24 | Logica Plc is letting the Callserver Unix-based speech and call processing activities developed at its Cambridge research lab go in a management buyout for £187,000 and up to £1.3m over the next five years . |
| 25 | I believe that the Government can be proud of their record on benefits for disabled people over the past 12 years . |
| 26 | This Bill follows fr on from a series of attacks on the trade union movement and working people over the last fourteen years . |
| 27 | The total demand for water has increased by 70% over the last 30 years . |
| 28 | It hails from a strong mainframe background , which still represents 85% of it sales , though it says it is looking to downsize this commitment to 70% over the next two years . |
| 29 | Er w which in turn is is intended to minimize the loss of staff over the next two years . |
| 30 | Project Video is provisionally scheduled for publication in September 1989 and we anticipate sales over the first three years to be in the region of 2,000 cassettes . |