Example sentences of "[noun pl] over the [num ord] ten " in BNC.
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| 1 | Central government has sunk over 1,200 waterholes in southern and western provinces over the last ten years , and continues to sink about 150 boreholes a year in Lusaka alone . |
| 2 | People want to spend their day forgetting about hard times — even if they pay it off in instalments over the next ten years . |
| 3 | In March 1987 a new rule was introduced , whereby anyone with earnings of more than £100,000 who joined a new pension scheme was required to base their final salary assessment on their average earnings over any three consecutive years over the last ten . |
| 4 | Closer to home is the trauma faced by social workers over the last ten years . |
| 5 | I 've taken eight antidepressants over the last ten years , Prozac has n't been one of them I must admit . |
| 6 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |
| 7 | This led into a technical and commercial appraisal of European competition and the anticipated market changes over the next ten years . |
| 8 | The average price paid by industrial and commercial consumers declined only slightly if at all in real terms over the first ten years of nationalisation , but electricity usage in industry was probably less price-elastic than in most uses , and other factors were the main stimuli to sales growth . |
| 9 | The scepticism is born out of two small signs over the last ten years . |
| 10 | There has been a plethora of books on country houses over the last ten years , but author and illustrator Peter Morter and Brian Delf , have found a new and intriguing approach . |
| 11 | Several members of the Group are convinced that connection is essential to facilitate the development of our scientific and information systems over the next ten years . |
| 12 | Actor , author and director of multi-media events over the last ten years , Ricardo Mosner has concentrated mainly on painting , sculpture and graphic art . |
| 13 | The conductor Richard Hickox writes : I had the pleasure of working with Alfreda Hodgson on numerous occasions over the last ten years . |