Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] period from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each night over the five-day period from Aug. 22 , several hundred neo-Nazis and skinheads attacked the reception centre . |
| 2 | The result was that the proportion of the population over the age at which state pensions can now be drawn ( 65 years for men and 60 for women ) , increased over the eighty-year period from about one in twenty ( 5 per cent ) to over one in six ( about 18 per cent ) . |
| 3 | The number claiming SB has risen over the same period from three million to just under five million ( figures from CPAG ) . |
| 4 | In the south-east , it shot up over the same period from 4 to 9.7pc . |
| 5 | While male activity rates have fallen steadily from 58.1 per cent in 1970 to 55.6 per cent in 1986 , female activity rates have risen over the same period from 26.6 per cent to 32.5 per cent . |
| 6 | Seen over the whole period from 1960 to 1989 the human family has been becoming significantly healthier . |
| 7 | In table 9.8 are shown some examples of the changes in unit costs which were used in the GRE formulae over the short period from 1983/4 to 1986/7 . |
| 8 | The tax will be phased in over a three-year period from July 1994 . |
| 9 | Failure to extend the agreement would have meant selling the buffer stock over a 4@1/2-year period from October , with potentially damaging consequences for prices , which were already at their lowest point for many years after five seasons of glut . |
| 10 | It is understood the airline could face fines and costs totalling more than £300,000 in connection with the case which relates to events over a six-year period from 1981 . |
| 11 | Wright and West , in a study of all incidents recorded by the police as genuine rapes or attempted rapes in six English counties over a five-year period from 1972 to 1976 , found that of a total of 297 cases , fellatio was attempted or demanded in 30 incidents , cunnilingus in 13 , buggery in 12 and other sexual acts usually involving masturbation in 35 . |
| 12 | The counterfeit cheques , for sums between £20 and £60 , were made out over a five-month period from March last year . |