Example sentences of "over [art] past few [noun pl] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , she has been asked the question several times over the past few days and will not say yes or no . |
| 2 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 3 | We have reviewed our corporate design over the past few months and as from November we will be presenting a new design for this newsletter series . |
| 4 | Things had gone well for both families over the past few seasons and each farm was thriving . |
| 5 | My people , I must admit I have written to Hot Press over the past few issues but due to the fact that I am concentrating on my forthcoming solo gig in the Attic on George 's Quay on November the 6th at 9 o'clock , ( cover charge £2 ) , be there or be square etc. , the standard of my letter writing has faltered somewhat . |
| 6 | ‘ London may have faced the brunt of their criminal acts over the past few weeks but the attacks in Manchester clearly show that the IRA is prepared to strike anywhere , ’ he said . |
| 7 | You did n't have to be an angry young man to look around the car industry over the past few weeks and despair of ever hearing any good news . |
| 8 | His parents had detected a smell in the room over the past few weeks and had noticed a damp patch . |
| 9 | Rigney has been training quietly on his own over the past few weeks and believes that he will be back in action in the New Year for Greystones . |
| 10 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 11 | I have n't been too bad over the past few years but I 've certainly been left with the legacy of my habit . |
| 12 | What is amazing , therefore , is that the agency that has the responsibility for this programme — Milton Keynes Development Corporation — has been largely wound down over the past few years and the remainder of it will cease to exist in 1992 . |
| 13 | The book represents an attempt to explain the series of unexpected corporate failures over the past few years and why it was that company accounts do not appear to have given adequate warning of what was to happen . |
| 14 | Applications for undergraduate study in the Department have been increasing over the past few years and are currently four times the number of places available . |
| 15 | Now , our understanding of this relationship has increased dramatically over the past few years and our knowledge of new vessel formation or angiogenesis has also increased . |
| 16 | In fact the numbers of female motorists has risen sharply over the past few years and since 1987 the number has almost doubled . |
| 17 | Does my hon. Friend agree that those figures reflect a sharp improvement in this country over the past few years and scope for some of our Community partners to do more to encourage unleaded petrol sales ? |
| 18 | ‘ We have expanded rapidly over the past few years and have now outgrown our existing factory , ’ said David Gray , chairman and managing director of the Saltofix Group . |
| 19 | The workers feel the package is derisory , particularly as they have accepted minimum wage rises over the past few years and Yarrow has at least three years ' work on its books . |