Example sentences of "[verb] over [art] previous two " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was suggested that too much VAT had been claimed over the previous two years . |
| 2 | It was suggested that too much VAT had been claimed over the previous two years . |
| 3 | The offensive was an attempt both to consolidate gains made over the previous two months and to wrest control of the main road and rail links to Thailand . |
| 4 | The operation , run by the police , Army and Air Force , was to last 60 days and was to result in the eviction of all garimpeiros from the 2,000-sq km reserve which had been progressively invaded over the previous two to three years . |
| 5 | Their initiative was thought to have been in response to an open letter published on Jan. 15 under the signatures of three former Presidents , the Archbishop of Bogotá , and the leader of the left-wing Patriotic Union Party ( UP ) , which had offered them the prospect of " society 's support … for less rigorous treatment " by the government if they released the estimated dozens of hostages they had seized over the previous two months and stopped drug trafficking . |
| 6 | A report prepared for the United States State Department , published in September 1989 , stated that the Somali armed forces had " purposely murdered " at least 5,000 civilians in fighting over the previous two years . |
| 7 | The school librarian is provided with a monthly total of items borrowed over the previous two years and a running total of items on loan to each year group . |
| 8 | The economic programme presented in February , which relaxed the monetarist controls implemented over the previous two years and sought to lift the economy out of recession by investing in state enterprises and boosting imports [ see pp. 38774-75 ] , was rejected by the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) on March 5 by 171 votes to 138 with 38 abstentions . |
| 9 | On Oct. 22 , 1989 , Ogonek published a poll , only 12 per cent of respondents to which believed that perestroika ( " restructuring " ) would lead to significant positive change ; only 23 per cent said that their living standards had improved over the previous two to three years . |