Example sentences of "and [noun sg] [noun] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the increasing interest in discourse and text analysis over the last ten years has sharpened awareness of some crucial differences . |
| 2 | In rats with combined treatment with indomethacin and cyclosporin A over the same period cyclosporin A blood concentrations were significantly higher than in rats treated with the corresponding dose of cyclosporin A only ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 3 | Though the economic situation has now somewhat improved , it has affected both government expenditure and living standards over the entire decade . |
| 4 | We 'll be reporting on the progress of the garden and swimming pool over the next two months . |
| 5 | In the judgement of two recent historians of British transport , the increased supply and quality of road and waterway transport over the eighteenth century are " perhaps the most important part of the build-up of the general facilities of the economy — what economists call its infrastructure — and are therefore to be regarded as a preparation for general economic advance " . |
| 6 | Investing £6,300 million in our trunk road and motorway network over the next three years , concentrating particularly on bypasses . |
| 7 | Gordon and Julie Wellsted , from Darlington , have collected tins of unwanted cat and dog food over the last month for the Eldon Hope Kennels , Shildon . |
| 8 | On site , blast cleaning of the existing steelwork and stonework , installation of the cast iron panels and painting of the steelwork , required detailed traffic and pedestrian management over the major traffic route . |
| 9 | In practice , control is best achieved by exchanging , in the spring , pastures grazed by sheep and beef cattle over the previous year , preferably combined with anthelmintic treatment at the time of exchange . |
| 10 | Consequently , an active programme of asset disposals has been under way over the last year in order to reduce the group 's high level of debt , which was the result of decisions to develop new oil and gas fields over the last few years , as well as the additional debt burden inherited following the acquisition of Ultramar . |
| 11 | In the light of the extremely poor showing at the Park Lane Hotel Silver and Jewellery Fair over the last two years , the event will not take place this February . |
| 12 | He 's made dramatic progress through the British and World rankings over the past year . |
| 13 | The spate of major medical and nutritional reports published by governments and health authorities over the past few years has more than confirmed this suspicion . |
| 14 | We have heard quite a lot , colleagues , about pensions and pension schemes over the last eighteen months perhaps we have to actually thank Mr Maxwell for raising the issue , even if those pensioners he cheated wo n't thank him . |
| 15 | Several members of the Group are convinced that connection is essential to facilitate the development of our scientific and information systems over the next ten years . |
| 16 | While these two assessments of the predictive validity of various personnel selection methods differ slightly , what they both demonstrate clearly is the enhanced predictive validity of both ability tests and personality tests over the traditional selection methods of the interview and letters of reference . |
| 17 | 1991 , 27 , 1151 ) failed to mention that the special exhibition on the work of Sir William Henry Perkin was in addition to a poster exhibition that had been touring Essex and east London over the previous six months . |
| 18 | Despite legal changes , smaller families and improved educational and employment opportunities over the last century or so , marked inequalities remain between the social and economic roles of men and women . |
| 19 | Our experience at the Royal National Throat , Nose , and Ear Hospital over the past two years in a study of over 200 children aged 3–8 years with chronic ( more than six months ) or recurrent ( more than three episodes ) glue ear is that a high proportion ( over 80% ) have allergic rhinitis and that treatment of this is associated with resolution of the secretory otitis media in most cases . |
| 20 | He fought to hold it down , getting up and pacing about , counting strides aloud in the English tongue , forcing himself to observe minutely every crack and cobweb , every light pattern and shadow texture over the rough brick walls and polished leather of bridles and saddles , until he 'd mastered the terrible memory . |
| 21 | This legislation will ensure that the UK can meet its international obligations to significantly reduce the national emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides over the next decade . |
| 22 | While we have charted the moves away from the more strident outpourings of the 1979 campaign , within the Conservatives ' law and order strategy over the last decade , it should not be assumed that they will not revert to this rhetoric if the need arises . |
| 23 | Overleaf you will find Statistics about our Standard Grade , S5 and S6 Higher and CSYS results over the last four years . |
| 24 | Since there have been very significant changes in population structure and family composition over the last two centuries , any discussion of how family relationships have changed must always acknowledge that we are not comparing like with like — an observation which of course itself calls into question the over-simplified view of a gradual deterioration of family ties from pre-industrial society to the present day . |
| 25 | BP Exploration plans to axe 350 technical staff and office workers over the next 12 months . |