Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] over [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1928 the Medical Officer reported that maternity and child welfare had developed remarkably over the last two years . |
| 2 | Well the list has certainly took off over the last few days . |
| 3 | A few little personality defects like indecision but we 'll get those sorted out over the next few months . |
| 4 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 5 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 6 | Follow-up visits will be carried out over the next three weeks , to obtain additional information on equipment , software , and your immediate working environment . |
| 7 | The Dorset , Devon and Cornwall holiday areas benefited from the good summer weather and from the upgrading of pubs carried out over the last few years . |
| 8 | The collection comes from almost fifty digs carried out over the last twenty years . |
| 9 | The collection comes from almost fifty digs carried out over the last twenty years . |
| 10 | Bankings which have been torn apart over the last two centuries and then rebuilt and rebuilt again may have to be moved back to take the sting out of the pile-driving force of the river in spate . |
| 11 | However trends in the activity rates of men and women have differed significantly over the last 15 years . |
| 12 | AMNESTY in Britain has grown tremendously over the last four or five years , but what has this meant for our effectiveness as a campaigning organisation ? |
| 13 | Fewer than 1 in 5 of the men in our sample has confined his sexual experience to a single partner , though two-thirds of them have done so over the last 12 months . |
| 14 | ‘ Our business in this market has grown impressively over the last five years , thanks largely to the efforts of Tony Hardacre and our agents , the Sumitomo Corporation , ’ said Juan . |
| 15 | Whatever happened , the Virgin Group was secure , but the airline , 500 jobs , everything that had been built up over the last eighteen months , was suddenly in jeopardy through no fault of anyone at Virgin . |
| 16 | Castle continues to value video copyrights on a historical cost basis because its catalogue has only been built up over the last two or three years and there is less earnings experience on which to base a valuation . |
| 17 | Building in opportunities for student progression is one of these , so that special courses , very necessarily built up over the last 15 years , do not become an end in themselves but rather a means towards mainstream education and training . |
| 18 | It is a wonderful feeling to be able to experience the strength , suppleness and stamina that you have built up over the last three weeks . |
| 19 | ‘ During our Everest expedition in 1953 we had vast quantities of firewood at base camp and never thought about the problems , but environmental consciousness has grown enormously over the last 30 years or so . ’ |
| 20 | The demand for in-service training has grown enormously over the last three years in response to the following factors : |
| 21 | In 1881 Mr Kibataro Oki produced the first Japanese telephone and created a company that has grown dramatically over the last 110 years . |
| 22 | In 1881 Mr Kibataro Oki produced the first Japanese telephone and created a company that has grown dramatically over the last 110 years . |
| 23 | Now speaking to you , as chairman of the G M B parliamentary group I can tell you that we have met twice over the last few weeks on this issue of modernization and we are agreed on the need to avoid a damaging public row from which everybody yes including the unions , will lose . |
| 24 | The proportion of women combatants has risen considerably over the last three years . |
| 25 | Cultural contamination of soil on a large scale has occurred only over the last 200 years and is generally absent in the more remote areas . |
| 26 | Clearly , then , the church reflects the important early medieval status of Brimpsfield with its castle and priory , whilst also providing an indicator that the centre of gravity of the village has shifted westwards over the last 800 years . |
| 27 | The extra 300 staff will be phased in over the next few years . |
| 28 | Tory sources insist that Mr Major is leaving the decision up to backbenchers , who will be sounded out over the next few days . |
| 29 | Whether GRIDS themselves are used or another comparable scheme of self-review , choices slowly emerge about what should be strengthened , retained or phased out over the next four years . |
| 30 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |