Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the past [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive . |
| 2 | It should also be stated that changes in political thinking over the past three years have changed the complexion of the West German energy future . |
| 3 | ‘ However , I feel justified in saying that the return on our investment over the past two years has been immense . ’ |
| 4 | Police have been among the main targets of Muslim extremists seeking to turn Egypt into an Islamic theocracy and more than 200 people have died in the violence over the past 20 months . |
| 5 | General KV Krishna Rao , a former army chief , replaces Girish Saxena to co-ordinate anti-terrorist operations by the army and paramilitary forces and organise elections in the state , where around 6,000 people have died in militant-related violence over the past three years . |
| 6 | Many of those interviewed said their job had changed beyond recognition over the past five years and were providing more personal care at the expense of domestic help . |
| 7 | The contribution which adults other than teachers , both employers and trade unionists , can make to the school curriculum has gained widespread recognition over the past ten years , through the activities of the SCIP , the Royal Society of Arts Industry Year ( 1986 ) , and the more recent DTI initiatives . |
| 8 | After gathering momentum over the past six months under the guidance of an Interim Action Board while fundamental matters such as constitution , scope , budgets and organisational structures were determined , DISC is now poised to seek confirmation from the BSI Board that DISC may be formally established within the BSI framework . |
| 9 | ‘ But I 've become a cult figure over the past 18 months , I have respect now ; people do n't walk up in the street and say ‘ Hi Chris ’ and clap me on the shoulder . |
| 10 | Because of the political impasse over the past ten years Cambodia , one of the poorest countries in the world , has received no UN development aid , nor any bilateral or multilateral development aid from the UK . |
| 11 | Scotland has achieved an economic and cultural regeneration over the past 13 years . |
| 12 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 13 | It features elements of many of the trends in classification theory and practice over the past 100 years . |
| 14 | Before examining the more recent developments in self-advocacy and normalisation , however , we need to consider the two approaches which have been prominent and have dominated the emergence and style of professional practice over the past 50 years : the medical and educational approaches . |
| 15 | There have indeed been great changes to public health practice over the past 20 years . |
| 16 | Not only did he own Werner Lines , a worldwide shipping empire with more than vessels in commission , but he had also branched out into the freight industry over the past four years and succeeded in cornering an important section of its competitive market by buying out a succession of small , struggling companies and amalgamating them under an experienced board of directors answerable only to him . |
| 17 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
| 18 | For one section of youth , the ‘ upwardly mobile , individualistic fraction of the ( male ) British working class ’ — epitomised by young dockers and construction workers — the restructuring of British industry over the past twenty years has produced relative prosperity . |
| 19 | Noorda says that Novell is acutely aware of the ‘ history ’ of Unix and its penetration into government and industry over the past 20 years . |
| 20 | Is the Secretary of State aware that millions of people have been hit by the actions of his Department over the past 12 years ? |
| 21 | This particular company , with the unusual name of Garth Enterprises , had been quite a glamour stock over the past eighteen months or so , and had a mixture of interests in restaurants , pubs , snooker halls , and property . |
| 22 | I began by noting that in 1987 building societies were at the forefront of financial sector reporting , but the influence , in particular , of the EC has narrowed the gap over the past five years , so that the rules applicable to banks ( The Companies Act 1985 ( Bank Accounts ) Regulations 1991 ) and building societies ( the 1992 regulations ) are now very much in line . |
| 23 | He points to American chemical giant , Du Pont , which has lost the equivalent of only one working day in industrial action over the past 30 years . |
| 24 | Abundant research over the past two decades has indicated that the language employed by most adults when addressing babies and infants is , in fact , highly simplified and largely correct in terms of grammar . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | One of the most remarkable discoveries arising from oceanographic research over the past two decades or so has been the youth of oceanic sediments and the underlying basaltic crust . |
| 27 | All the medical research over the past ten years has linked early sex with the onset of cervical cancer , a potential killer . |
| 28 | But research over the past 40 years or so has revealed some great surprises in the natural world . |
| 29 | She 'd lost weight over the past three weeks ; now her features seemed positively angular , and her skin was as pale as to be almost translucent . |
| 30 | Now a fully revised and updated 2nd Edition brings the topic right up to the minute by taking into account the many significant developments and advances made in medical knowledge and research in AIDS over the past two years . |