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 amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has gone up by 25% over the past 150 years . |
| 3 | The death rate for bleeding peptic ulcers has averaged between 6% and 10% over the past 30 years . |
| 4 | Although tax consultancy fee income rose by 3% to £105m , this compares with a total increase of 134% over the previous three years . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Figures just out show that coal imports have risen by five hundred percent over the past ten years . |
| 7 | Real wages in Australia have fallen by 5% over the past seven years ; in Britain they have risen by almost 20% . |
| 8 | I believe that the Government can be proud of their record on benefits for disabled people over the past 12 years . |
| 9 | Such complaints are symptomatic of a profession whose confidence has been eroded by the constant battering it has taken from politicians and the media over the past ten years , and who are shell-shocked by the speed and scale of recent curriculum innovation . |
| 10 | In its latest salvo over equal access to each other 's markets , AT&T Co is telling the US regulatory authorities that the accounting rates — the amount the originator pays the co-respondent for landing a call — between the UK and the US could be cut by 60% : according to the Financial Times , AT&T says British Telecommunications Plc has refused to agree a cut , British Telecom says nonsense , we are still considering it and we will let them know next month ; transatlantic accounting rates have fallen by near 50% over the past two years . |
| 11 | Commenting on its reduced losses ( see page five ) , Bradford-based Microvitec Plc says it has cut gearing to between 40% and 50% from approximately 80% over the past two years ; profit on continuing operations before interest was £1.2m against a loss last time of £2.5m . |
| 12 | The scheme , with its first three survey phases now complete , has cost £6.3m over the past six years . |
| 13 | The scheme , with its first three survey phases now complete , has cost £6.3m over the past six years . |
| 14 | However , Gwynedd still has the highest percentage of active sports-people , despite a drop of more than 6pc over the past two years . |
| 15 | Our results imply that WUE of C3 plants may have increased by 27% over the past 200 years and 100% since the LGM . |
| 16 | It already pays all claims of more than £220 in Northern Ireland — at a cost of £680m over the past 23 years . |
| 17 | I understand that that support has averaged £250,000 over the past three years . |
| 18 | The latest figures show that the number of cases of serious backpain reported has risen by 40% over the past 5 years . |