Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the [adj] [num] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The fact that France had already received the lion 's share of new European component investment over the previous five years was beside the point . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ However , I feel justified in saying that the return on our investment over the past two years has been immense . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Many of those interviewed said their job had changed beyond recognition over the past five years and were providing more personal care at the expense of domestic help . |
| 9 | The contribution which adults other than teachers , both employers and trade unionists , can make to the school curriculum has gained widespread recognition over the past ten years , through the activities of the SCIP , the Royal Society of Arts Industry Year ( 1986 ) , and the more recent DTI initiatives . |
| 10 | Because of the political impasse over the past ten years Cambodia , one of the poorest countries in the world , has received no UN development aid , nor any bilateral or multilateral development aid from the UK . |
| 11 | Scotland has achieved an economic and cultural regeneration over the past 13 years . |
| 12 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 13 | It features elements of many of the trends in classification theory and practice over the past 100 years . |
| 14 | Before examining the more recent developments in self-advocacy and normalisation , however , we need to consider the two approaches which have been prominent and have dominated the emergence and style of professional practice over the past 50 years : the medical and educational approaches . |
| 15 | There have indeed been great changes to public health practice over the past 20 years . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
| 18 | For one section of youth , the ‘ upwardly mobile , individualistic fraction of the ( male ) British working class ’ — epitomised by young dockers and construction workers — the restructuring of British industry over the past twenty years has produced relative prosperity . |
| 19 | Noorda says that Novell is acutely aware of the ‘ history ’ of Unix and its penetration into government and industry over the past 20 years . |
| 20 | Is the Secretary of State aware that millions of people have been hit by the actions of his Department over the past 12 years ? |
| 21 | I began by noting that in 1987 building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting , but the influence , in particular , of the EC has narrowed the gap over the past five years , so that the rules applicable to banks ( The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 ) and building societies ( the 1992 regulations ) are now very much in line . |
| 22 | He points to American chemical giant , Du Pont , which has lost the equivalent of only one working day in industrial action over the past 30 years . |
| 23 | Written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain , the fully revised 2nd Edition of this widely acclaimed atlas now brings you right up to date with the most significant developments and advances in AIDS research over the past two years . |
| 24 | All the medical research over the past ten years has linked early sex with the onset of cervical cancer , a potential killer . |
| 25 | But research over the past 40 years or so has revealed some great surprises in the natural world . |
| 26 | Now a fully revised and updated 2nd Edition brings the topic right up to the minute by taking into account the many significant developments and advances made in medical knowledge and research in AIDS over the past two years . |
| 27 | It has been restored by the National Maritime Museum over the past five years and was reopened in May . |
| 28 | The FPR called for the overthrow of the regime and the return of all Rwandan refugees ( mostly Tutsi who had been forced to flee to neighbouring countries after ethnic clashes with the dominant Hutu over the previous 30 years ) . |
| 29 | It was about this time that Wynne made her first contact with Lars Carstensen and links were forged with Carita House , who have supplied so much of our equipment and clothing over the past 25 years . |
| 30 | The implications of the existence of wet-rice agriculture in Japan have an important bearing on the development of the rural sector over the past 150 years . |