Example sentences of "over the [adj] five years " in BNC.
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| 1 | In May 1984 Charbonnages de France ( C de F ) , the state-owned coal company , announced that between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs would be lost over the following five years . |
| 2 | Over the following five years , in a textbook case of the value of basic research , the microprocessor programmers learned to adapt the ideas worked out by the academic researchers , and in doing so created a new , if quite small , industry . |
| 3 | When these targets had been achieved , with increased skill and investment levels showing up in higher productivity , the proposal would be to implement a higher national minimum wage for all workers , aiming for 60 per cent of average earnings over the following five years . |
| 4 | Under this procedure , each summer a committee of officials called the Public Expenditure Scrutiny Committee ( PESC ) prepares a report forecasting public expenditure over the following five years . |
| 5 | In February the commander of the Border Guard announced that his forces were to be cut from 22,000 to 9,000 over the following five years . |
| 6 | First , his trustee , Mr Basden , charged him with contempt of court for failing to produce statements of his financial affairs over the preceding five years , and Hooley was eventually committed to Brixton Prison for a month . |
| 7 | The proposal also included an offer to reduce the price of supplies in real terms over the first five years and a pledge that during the contract period prices would remain ‘ within the general movement of prices in the economy ’ . |
| 8 | The maximum number of new shares which may be issued under the schemes is restricted to 5% of the issued ordinary share capital over the first five years ending in 1991 and thereafter 3% over any three year period . |
| 9 | Issue E Children 's Bonus Bonds give a tax-free guaranteed return equal to 7.85% a year compound ( v 9.1% issue D ) over the first five years . |
| 10 | To this end , you have the option of selecting a Midland Life Low Start Endowment Policy , under which your repayments are reduced over the first five years of the mortgage . |
| 11 | Over the first five years he introduced new locomotive designs and continued the development of the main-line ‘ Pacific ’ type , incorporating detailed improvements pioneered by George Jackson Churchward [ q.v. ] of the Great Western , whose work he greatly admired . |
| 12 | In early February 1991 Czechoslovakia , Hungary and Poland had all begun negotiations on association agreements with the EC , which was offering a 10-year transition period to mutual free trade in two stages with asymmetrically large EC tariff cuts over the first five years in all sectors except agriculture , steel and textiles — the very areas where the three countries most desired access . |
| 13 | We can only presume the allocation for the current financial year is the first element of a rapidly expanding budget over the full five years of the scheme . |
| 14 | She had learned , over the past five years , that a vicar 's wife is expected to be sympathetic , helpful , and above reproach . |
| 15 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
| 16 | Fortunately , as well as complaints , we have received plenty of praise and awards for our distinctive photography and excellent writing over the past five years . |
| 17 | There have been some 35 building society mergers over the past five years . |
| 18 | ‘ The commission took into consideration their record over the past five years , ’ said Graham Kelly , the FA 's chief executive , ‘ but they also noted that they had taken steps to improve it over the last 18 months . ’ |
| 19 | Having cut his teeth at Disney Studios , Lasseter has developed a reputation with a series of shorts over the past five years which have brought together the very best aspects of hand and computer animation , creating something quite special in the process . |
| 20 | A merger between Chase Manhattan and its New York neighbour , Chemical Bank , could free up more money than the two banks ' combined net profit over the past five years . |
| 21 | The only society with its own stockbroking arm , Norwich and Peterborough , has pioneered user-friendly share dealing over the past five years . |
| 22 | There have been significant advances in management techniques in industry , and over the past five years CAC has been actively developing ways of transferring TQM education into new working behaviour and attitudes . |
| 23 | Renewable energy generation 45% of electricity demand could be met from wind power In fact , the amount of electricity produced by renewable sources in the UK has steadily declined over the past five years . |
| 24 | It has been restored by the National Maritime Museum over the past five years and was reopened in May . |
| 25 | When further broken down , the figures for public institutions are somewhat sobering , since educational libraries represent only 9% of publishers ' total sales , and public libraries a mere 5% — and these contributions as a percentage of the total have fallen steadily over the past five years , due to wide-ranging public spending cuts in this period . |
| 26 | Much of Rhône-Poulenc 's effort in 199 was focused on integrated the large number of acquisitions it has made over the past five years . |
| 27 | Are you aware of any significant changes in council policies over the past five years ? |
| 28 | Over the past five years , shipboard transmitters have boosted their average out put from 400 watts to 2 kilowatts , according to the British Ship Research Association . |
| 29 | However , over the past five years , a new industry has developed that makes and markets machines whose purpose and promise is that they can outthink humans in an arena traditionally thought to demand reasoning of the highest sort . |
| 30 | Sheldon Krimsky 's book stems from this study , but in the light of the other books devoted to this same goal that have appeared over the past five years , it is worth considering what Genetic Alchemy adds to previous efforts . |