Example sentences of "number of [adj] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile Sun 's Colwell hints that more announcements concerning ‘ historic IBM-based companies with third-generation based traditional products ’ would be the subject of a number of other announcements over the next four to five weeks . |
| 2 | The makers of sanitary towels have promoted their wares in a number of ingenious ways over the years , but few have shown the same initiative as that of Southall Brothers and Barclay of Birmingham who , in July 1888 , took up one third of the back cover of The Antiquary with an advertisement . |
| 3 | In particular , there is bound to be a large amount of work involved in buying a number of small annuities over the years and it may be difficult to get the appropriate advice at the time . |
| 4 | The number of male suicides over the ten years was 2,073 — almost three times the total of females ( 682 ) . |
| 5 | The following table shows a surge in the number of female actuaries over the last decade an also demonstrates how male dominated we were 60 years ago . |
| 6 | It confirms a number of previous reports over the last few years [ see EDs 68 , 67 , 65/66 , et passim ] . |
| 7 | He tests it using data from a number of different countries over the same time period , reasoning that if equation ( 6.1 ) were true , then those countries in which aggregate demand has been highly unpredictable should be those countries in which unpredictable aggregate demand has little effect on real output . |
| 8 | They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 . |
| 9 | Mr Edward Pearce , the political pundit whose views have appeared in an impressive number of different newspapers over the past few years , has been pondering the curse of the accountant for the benefit of Guardian readers . |
| 10 | The LGC has seen a number of fundamental changes over the past few years , not least its relocation in 1989 from the south bank of the Thames in central London to its present plush premises next to the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington , Middlesex . |
| 11 | 2.8 There have been a large number of judicial observations over the years about the general nature of the remedy established by fatal accidents legislation . |
| 12 | The former Conservative Cabinet minister , John Biffen , welcomed the priority given to the industrial sector but voiced the concerns of a number of Tory MPs over the size of the public sector borrowing requirement , which is expected to rise to £50 billion in 1993/4 . |