Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [noun] over the past " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is important , too , that close attention is paid to image building ( e.g. banks and insurance companies must be seen to be stable , reliable institutions , but with a friendly , non-intimidating attitude — an image which banks in particular have spent a lot of money fostering over the past decade ) . |
| 2 | Given the halving of living standards over the past year , this was an even more remarkable result . |
| 3 | The American embassy in Seoul reviewed the history of guerrilla activity over the past few years in April 1950 . |
| 4 | We have announced a number of job losses over the past 12 months which have arisen as a result of er an internal cost cutting exercise to make our research more er cost effective , and also as a result of decisions by the Government and the electricity supply industry who have cut down their funding for basic research into reactor technology . |
| 5 | Without doubt , the most important use of tax havens over the past 10 years has been to save ( or defer ) capital gains tax . |
| 6 | Psychoanalytic theory has probably been the single most important theoretical influence on the discipline of Art History over the past decade . |
| 7 | One of the unsatisfactory features of employment law over the past couple of decades has been the rule that a wrongful dismissal claim must be brought in either the County Court or the High Court . |
| 8 | THE vast majority of workers continue to receive pay rises above the inflation rate , despite a doubling in the number of pay freezes over the past year , according to a study published today , writes Keith Aitken . |
| 9 | Ballysillan Leisure Centre has had to spend over £2 , out of a budget already pared to the bone repairing windows smashed in a spate of weekend attacks over the past month . |
| 10 | Some of the most serious allegations of child torture concerned South Africa , where Koojimaans reported that " 80 to 90 per cent of children detained under State of Emergency regulations over the past five years had alleged being tortured in detention " . |
| 11 | The history of company legislation over the past century can only be understood if it is seen as an attempt to rectify the imbalance and injustice resulting from the creation of limited liability in the mid-nineteenth century . |
| 12 | In keeping with that statement growth in undergraduate numbers over the past few years has been less than 1 per cent a year . |
| 13 | Written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain , the fully revised 2nd Edition of this widely acclaimed atlas now brings you right up to date with the most significant developments and advances in AIDS research over the past two years . |
| 14 | Are you aware of any significant changes in council policies over the past five years ? |
| 15 | Welch implies that to account for the apparent increases in zooplankton biomass over the past 30 years in the North Pacific without a marked concomitant increase in phytoplankton biomass ( as reflected by chlorophyll ) , phytoplankton productivity must have increased . |
| 16 | Which ? has deduced from safety inspections over the past six years that models from Audi/VW , Saab , Vauxhall and Volvo are ‘ clear leaders , showing an across-the-range application of thoughtful protective safety and design ’ . |
| 17 | The article reported a survey by the National Solid Waste Management Association of the change in landfill capacity over the past five years . |
| 18 | With the vast expansion in library collections over the past 20 years , library professionals have had to deal with an ever increasing burden in the production and maintenance of library catalogues . |
| 19 | At present , climate patterns — including the 0.3C to 0.6C increase in air temperature over the past 100 years — were on the same scale as natural variations . |
| 20 | Er Brian has already confirmed that er he will support the Conservative resolution which in effect recognises that some of the changes in government regulation over the past er decade has not always turned out for the best er this County in particular order er other asked the Secretary of State to re to relieve some of the pressures that generates in that area and it 's for that reason er |
| 21 | It is appropriate to consider briefly some of the more important developments in world trade over the past fifteen years or so . |
| 22 | The most spectacular change in mortality rates over the past 150 years has related to deaths within the first year of life — the infant mortality rate . |
| 23 | The steep fall in interest rates over the past two years has boosted their operating profits enormously . |
| 24 | There has been a series of trials within the Engineering Branch of the RAF of the technologies related to expert systems over the past 5 to 10 years . |
| 25 | Featuring an exceptional collection of photographs , informative illustrations and maps , this book combines first hand accounts along with historical facts and figures relating to air combat over the past 78 years . |
| 26 | What can we expect from a Government who are dismantling quality training in the construction industry and whose record on training boards over the past decade has been one of failure ? |
| 27 | MORE than 200 children are believed to have been sexually assaulted and beaten by staff at council homes over the past 20 years . |
| 28 | But there has been an even greater spur to Unigate 's renewed interest in the milk market in the shape of Northern Foods ' aggressive push for market leadership over the past 18 months or so . |
| 29 | The 1986 data destroyed the myth that the foreign kill rate was comparable to the US rate , and confirmed that the widely accepted official figure of 6 million dolphins killed by purse seiners over the past 30 years was a gross underestimate . |
| 30 | Basically , I come to praise the positive steps taken by Health Ministers over the past five years , although in a minor way I will ask for reconsideration of a wrong done to a medical practice in my constituency . |