Example sentences of "over [adj] years " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mexico agreed , however , to allow US and Canadian companies access to 50 per cent of PEMEX and Federal Electricity Commission procurement in the first year , rising to 70 per cent over eight years and with no reservation after 10 years . |
| 2 | In fact , the reader will seek in vain for an explanation of just how the column-inches in 2 million articles in local American newspapers over 12 years are converted into the 10 ‘ megatrends ’ . |
| 3 | Most of the twenty or so men and women in the Cabinet are well known to one another and have worked together over some years . |
| 4 | This change of outlook was the result of a fusing of perceptions over some years about the character and behaviour of the West Indians as partners in the project of amelioration and gradual emancipation . |
| 5 | The antislavery body also claimed effective access to government on the aspect of anti-slave trade policy which complemented suppression ; after pressure over some years for the British government to reduce discriminatory duties on commercial products from West Africa originating with information by Roscoe , duties on cotton wool , ginger , coffee and palm oil were lessened . |
| 6 | Over some years she was much occupied with the care of her mother and an invalid sister . |
| 7 | Immatures ( see pp. 156–7 ) start brown and gradually develop adult plumage , over 3–4 years in the larger species . |
| 8 | The death in 1702 of the Stadtholder William III ( King William III of England ) who left no son to succeed him , was followed by over forty years of republican rule . |
| 9 | Morocco 's Western government creditors , meeting as the Paris Club , agreed on Sept. 11 to extend repayment terms on an estimated US$11,000 million of debt , including some $1,200 million which would be rescheduled over 15-20 years . |
| 10 | But the creation of the European Community over 30 years ago was inspired by the idea of no more war in Europe . |
| 11 | His two string quartets , likewise , though both numbered Op. 22 , were separated by over 30 years . |
| 12 | Note : The only technical information needed in the above calculation is the compound interest factors of 5 per cent and 9 per cent over 30 years , and this is available in every good bookshop or library . |
| 13 | The study found that the number of passengers on the buses had increased by 3 per cent over 10 years when it might be expected to have declined by 25 per cent , because of changes in population , employment and the rise in car ownership . |
| 14 | Assuming a constant rate of inflation of 5 per cent per annum , the real value of the relief would decline by a compounded figure of 39 per cent over 10 years and , if inflation were at a constant 10 per cent per annum , the corresponding decline would be 61 per cent . |
| 15 | Full results were not due until the autumn of 1990 , but first figures showed an average population growth of 9.3 per cent over 10 years , with the Central Asian republics growing fastest ( 22-34 per cent ) and the Russian Republic ( with 51.4 per cent of the total population ) at only 7 per cent . |
| 16 | It stipulated that reductions would be made over five years ( taking 1990 as the base year ) instead of over 10 years backdated to 1986 as proposed by the EC [ see p. 37796 ] . |
| 17 | The USA , supported by Australia and other exporters of agricultural products , had originally wanted internal farm support to be cut by 75 per cent and export subsidies by 90 per cent over 10 years . |
| 18 | The Palace , a reconstruction of which is shown in Fig. 135 , was built of limestone in a little over 10 years . |
| 19 | Houghton suggests 80–100 issues over 5–7 years for hardbacks and 30–40 issues for paperbacks . |
| 20 | Motability Finance Ltd provides a set of finance tables over 4–5 years , taking into account the rate of mobility supplement and current interest rates . |
| 21 | Somehow , in a little over 100 years , science has let its hard-won reputation be whored down to a point where its priests might as well be selling chocolate or cars . |
| 22 | The increases were most marked among those aged 45 to 64 , with one in four being heavy drinkers , a rise of 19 per cent over six years . |
| 23 | At issue were ( i ) US proposals to cut EC oilseed production from 13,000,000 tonnes to 9,000,000 tonnes ( 500,000 tonnes below the level approved under the EC 's recently reformed common agricultural policy — see p. 38931 ) , with an eventual reduction over six years to 7,000,000 tonnes ; ( ii ) US demands that the EC reduce its cereal exports by 24 per cent over six years ; and ( iii ) EC insistence that the US impose export restraints on some products to " rebalance " EC concessions . |
| 24 | It is expected to be worked out in a little over six years . |
| 25 | Even their footsteps were silent on the thick carpet of pine needles built up over countless years . |
| 26 | I think probably the County Council are in a better position than me er to advise you as to whether that thirty one thousand commitment figure is true of not , but if it were the case , then I think , Yes I would agree that erm the train would stop very quickly , and in view of the situation that we 're now in , there would have to be a degree of future flexibility to allow for phased reduction in development over future years . |
| 27 | At the beginning of the season only older birds are nesting , and they , it seems , have learnt over previous years what their own eggs look like . |
| 28 | To take the Liberals first , it had been a commonplace of political analysis over previous years to regard the Liberal vote as largely a product of temporary disillusion with the Tories following on periods of Tory government , as a protest vote . |
| 29 | Looking back over previous years , Mr Stevens found that the more poor countries produce , the less they earn . |
| 30 | over previous years in Derbyshire . |