Example sentences of "over the [adj] ten years [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past ten years we have all learned from watching IOR boats that fractional rigs outperform masthead rigs . |
| 2 | Over the past ten years it has been government policy to encourage this ( DHSS , 1976a ) . |
| 3 | … Over the last ten years we 've built up a pretty good network . |
| 4 | Prof David Brock , of the university 's department of human genetics , said : ‘ Over the last ten years we have been very successful in finding defective genes . |
| 5 | ‘ Over the last ten years it 's been getting much worse . |
| 6 | Over the last ten years I 've gone through different phases and characters . |
| 7 | Over the last ten years I 've gone through different phases and characters . |
| 8 | Over the next ten years they are to fund expeditions abroad , publicising Swindon 's virtues . |
| 9 | Over the next ten years it kept going by making a succession of calls on its shareholders for additional funds ; by 1708 it was fairly clearly insolvent , and after 1713 it almost completely ceased trading . |
| 10 | Over the next ten years it opened the doors to the development of relations between Wilson 's union and the shipowners so cordial and mutually supportive that his enemies in the labour movement could express ironic astonishment that he had ever had " any special connection with the Seamen at all " . |
| 11 | Over the next ten years it had averaged £23 billion a year . |
| 12 | Over the next ten years she logged in note form details concerning her three-acre garden , trips to London and the arrival and departure of guests . |