Example sentences of "[noun] over five [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 A group of electronics specialists chaired by John Alvey , the director of technology at British Telecom , said the government should contribute the lion 's share of a £350 million programme over five years to coordinate IT research in universities and industry .
2 Wildavsky ( 1969 ) supports this view by pointing out that it took the Rand Corporation over five years to develop the pilot system adopted in the US Department of Defense .
3 Now its looking for £37.5m over five years to regenerate the town centre an tackle unemployment , housing , health and social problems .
4 Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor .
5 They then drank a peptone meal over five minutes consisting of two beef cubes ( OXO Ltd , Croydon , UK ) dissolved in 200 ml water at 50°C .
6 They then consumed a peptone meal over five minutes consisting of two beef cubes ( OCO Ltd , Croydon , UK ) dissolved in 200 ml water at 50°C , 75 ml of semi-skimmed milk , and 20 g cornflakes ( Kellogg 's ) .
7 AT&T says it has plans to expand the service to nine European countries in 1994 and plans to invest $350m over five years to deliver the services but may spend less if it can form ventures .
8 Capital expenditure over five years has averaged £13m per annum ; taking out one major education project , the average would be £10m , and in neither case is it the £15m claimed .
9 THE European Community will provide finance over five years to help Morocco eradicate cultivation of cannabis in the Rif mountains in the north , the EC announced .
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