Example sentences of "in [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.

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1 Dr Horn 's assessment is that by the 1790s the southern farm labourer 's standard of living had been falling for thirty years , and that an increase of around 85 per cent in money wages over the war years kept it just about level up to 1815 .
2 The October 1990 rate cut was anticipated for some time in advance by the gilt market which bought gilts and drove up gilt prices ( see Fig. 17.3 ) , as was the continued fall in base rates over the next two years .
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4 Following these discoveries one of the most noticeable trends in skin care over the next few years looks set to be the development of products which are specifically ‘ Retin-A compatible ’ .
5 The data does not include common land and it has had to be standardised to overcome changes in category definitions over the years .
6 In keeping with that statement growth in undergraduate numbers over the past few years has been less than 1 per cent a year .
7 Although it retains the overall configuration and shape of previous models , the BV will be a substantially different aircraft with a seven-foot increase in fuselage length over the Guylfstream IV , an entirely new wing of thirteen feet greater span with an airfoil section optimised for high-altitude , high-speed operation , an enlarged flight deck ( the airstair door has also been moved five feet aft for easier cabin access ) , and new braking , nose-wheel steering and electrical systems .
8 Not surprisingly , the most rapid increase in economically active persons between 1971 and 1981 was registered by the New and Expanded Towns , with Milton Keynes LLMA experiencing a massive 64 per cent growth in labour supply over the decade .
9 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 .
10 The conference approved the Economic Equality policy review which proposes : Ending tax on childcare ; Introducing a minimum wage starting at half of average male earnings ( £2.80 an hour ) , rising to two-thirds the average ; Income tax levels of no higher than 50 per cent at the top , down to less than 20 per cent at the bottom ; ‘ A significant and generous increase in child benefit over the lifetime of the Parliament ’ ; To tax gifts and inheritance at the point of receipt ; To crack down on tax loopholes ; Raise pensions immediately by £5 for single people and £8 for couples ; To introduce a new disability benefit ; To simplify income support rules ; To keep mortgage interest tax relief ‘ at a single rate equivalent to the basic rate relief which we inherit ’ .
11 Are you aware of any significant changes in council policies over the past five years ?
12 A further problem with this aspect of the analysis is the changes in exchange rates over the period of the study .
13 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 .
14 Dilnot and Kell felt that any ‘ incentive ’ effect which may have been present could only account , at most , for 1.2bn or 3% of the total increase in tax revenues over the period studied .
15 The River Wye Raft Race … a gruelling hundred miles through Herefordshire to Wales … was won in record time over the Bank Holiday .
16 The trust , a capital-growth specialist in Far Eastern investment , excluding Japan , lifted its NAV from 26.26p at the year-end to 36.44p in the six months to 31 January , easily beating the performance of the comparable benchmark , the FT Actuaries Pacific Basin ex-Japan Index , which rose by 20.1 per cent in sterling terms over the same period .
17 Given the revolution in business technology over the last twenty years and its implications for all aspects of business , there is a need for experts in the field of business communication .
18 Increasing the age at breeding leads to selection for reduced senescence , and both evolutionary theories specify that survival and fertility later in the lifespan will in consequence increase over the generations to come .
19 The tax cuts for the top income earners , the increase in share prices over the decade , and the effects of the recession have sharpened economic differentials in the Thatcher period .
20 The scheme , forbiddingly called a fixed assured note , will take a minimum £5,000 and guarantees to provide people with the full increase in share prices over the next five years as measured by the FTSE100 index .
21 All five countries except Japan registered gains in share prices over the year up to the Gulf crisis .
22 The article reported a survey by the National Solid Waste Management Association of the change in landfill capacity over the past five years .
23 To expand the discussion to cover the changes in water properties over the entire water column , we have made comparisons with previous data sets .
24 A spokesman for City Sites said that it did not envisage that the sale would lead to a reduction in rental income over the year .
25 Digital Equipment Corp 's share of this market declined 14.5% in revenue and 3.6% in volume terms over the previous year , to $1,059m .
26 DEC 's share of this market declined 14.5% in revenue and 3.6% in volume terms over the previous year , to $1,059m .
27 In theory children over the age of 12 months could just use an adult seat belt .
28 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 .
29 She dived down a narrow lane , and within minutes she was in front of a small shop with the name ‘ Suzanne ’ in gilt letters over the bow-windows .
30 This is only partly explained by a fall in pupil numbers over the same period — of 17% .
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