Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Using the same analysis as Government statisticians , the figures show that over the period 1979 to 1988 , real disposable incomes rose by over 30 per cent . |
| 2 | Likewise they implicitly assume that over the medium-term ( 3-10 years ) , the supply side can not be assumed to be constant . |
| 3 | Following the trends further , we find that over the decade 1961–71 manufacturing employment began to decline absolutely ( employment in 1971 was 95 per cent of the 1961 level ) , while the faster-growing non-industrial sectors accounted for a substantially increasing proportion of the workforce . |
| 4 | And also state that over the years er your father used to run the business done hundreds of jobs for Avon Insurance at , and er also you yourself have done jobs for Avon Insurance before who have never ever had any trouble whatever so ever ! |
| 5 | Yes I think that over the course of our married life we had a number of moves for various reasons , generally to improve the accommodation , erm as standard of life increased so the desire to have a better house to live in or rather in those days a house was out of the question , we generally had rooms in a house , erm , they , the flat for instance that we were bombed out from was a basement flat , erm according to the estate agents it was a garden flat , erm and it meant that you had access to the front garden and the back garden , but as for being a garden flat it was below the level of the garden in the front and at the back it was on the level with the erm green grass at the back of the house , it was also along side of the trolley bus depot , so there it was considerably noisy , nevertheless it was a self contained flat , the first one we 'd had , no the second one we 'd had and we were perfectly happy there although of course it did have minor difficulties , the fact that you used the front door with people who had flats on the other remaining three floors , but nevertheless it did involve you in a certain amount of community living , you were aware of your neighbours , you had to be very conscious of them and they were very conscious of you . |
| 6 | Erm , I just think that over the generations er ma a er perhaps we 're forgetting that in the seventies , for instance , er well , cannabis was a at that time a popular , a popular thing , but you also had ecstasy is n't either the main thing in the in the papers |
| 7 | My main concern is , that I think that over the years , as people have lived longer and as they became retired , we 've tended to neglect them , not so much financially and in terms of their conditions , though I think there 's always arguments about that ; I think we 've actually neglected their role in the community . |
| 8 | The guidelines envisage that over the period to 2011 the proportion of aggregates supply met from primary land-based sources in the region will decline from 85% to just over 20% . |