Example sentences of "[noun] over 20 years " in BNC.
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| 1 | The figures assume that the loan is to be repaid using equal annual instalments over 20 years and interest is charged at 10 per cent of the reducing balance . |
| 2 | I expect you know that Joan was killed in a road accident over 20 years ago , not long after the death of her husband . |
| 3 | An additional problem is that the most heavily used motorways are being designed to carry 100 million standard axles over 20 years . |
| 4 | By examining the coverage of the war over 20 years , Mr Wyatt convincingly disputes this view . |
| 5 | A new house , costing let us say £480 ( higher than the national average cost of houses being built in 1937 , then £427 ) , could therefore be purchased for a deposit of £24 , with repayments of 13s 6d per week over 20 years . |
| 6 | The RAF was thought to be responsible for 32 murders over 20 years , the most recent being that in April 1991 of Detlev Rohwedder , head of the Treuhand privatization agency [ see p. 38155 ] . |
| 7 | Moreover , both these leaders served immensely long political apprenticeships before finally winning independence ; Jinnah was at the forefront of Indian politics for nearly 40 years before he got his Pakistan ; Nehru was hailed as the Crown prince of Indian nationalism over 20 years before he was able to keep his tryst with destiny . |
| 8 | Somerville 's appeal last year for every graduate at some stage of her life to give £400 brought a surge of contributions totalling £60,000 — some giving deposited covenants for the whole amount and some spreading their contribution in annual covenants over 20 years . |
| 9 | We attach importance to environmental considerations and the House will be aware that there have already been , I think , four public inquiries into the project over 20 years . |
| 10 | Klein reviewed the so-called controlled trials of drugs in IBS over 20 years and found them all flawed . |
| 11 | ‘ It will require a sustained effort over 20 years to get our manufacturing base back to the levels we want to see . ’ |
| 12 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 13 | There is speculation about new political initiatives , each one a triumph of hope over 20 years ' experience . |
| 14 | Taking my situation instanced earlier , the event ( of a cheque which would have caused a negative balance ) and its context ( a good credit history over 20 years , small mortgage in relation to the property value and an otherwise steady income ) could have been exploited as clear marketing opportunities . |
| 15 | The arguments in Patrick Jenkin 's article ( ’ The unemployed can not blame automation ’ , 24 February , p 526 ) are identical to the way I saw things when first involved in computer-controlled machine tools over 20 years ago . |
| 16 | When the project is completed , the company intends to purchase the entire property from the HIE Network over 20 years , providing finance to re-inject into Highlands and Islands development . |