Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will obviously monitor everything that goes on over the next 12 months ’ , he says ‘ We can only hope that when we do our assessments of need we can support that need with the finances we 've been given . |
| 2 | In 1928 the Medical Officer reported that maternity and child welfare had developed remarkably over the last two years . |
| 3 | Well the list has certainly took off over the last few days . |
| 4 | This behaviour occurred repeatedly over the next few days , the fish ‘ playing dead ’ every time I returned into their field of vision . |
| 5 | The costs will be in the region of £30,000 to £60,000 for full optical systems , but entry level systems for hypermedia , CD-ROM , WORM and videodisk technology can be obtained off-the-shelf at the moment , and built up over the next five to ten years . |
| 6 | Much of the pollution is caused by a backlog of fertilizers , built up over the last 30 years , seeping into the groundwater which feeds many of the dykes . |
| 7 | The enrichment of the Library 's printed collections by selecting appropriately from the constant flow of new knowledge , as well as completing gaps in those publications already represented in the collections built up over the last three hundred years of the Library 's development , is of paramount importance for scholars and researchers . |
| 8 | A few little personality defects like indecision but we 'll get those sorted out over the next few months . |
| 9 | Extensive geological and geophysical surveys were carried out over the next two years , and the governments negotiated with an international group of banks interested in financing the construction of the tunnel . |
| 10 | A Declaratory Order covering 270 acres was proposed with a view to designating extensively war-damaged land , subject to compulsory purchase ; this was required for essential improvements to be carried out over the next 15 years . |
| 11 | Follow-up visits will be carried out over the next three weeks , to obtain additional information on equipment , software , and your immediate working environment . |
| 12 | The Dorset , Devon and Cornwall holiday areas benefited from the good summer weather and from the upgrading of pubs carried out over the last few years . |
| 13 | The collection comes from almost fifty digs carried out over the last twenty years . |
| 14 | The collection comes from almost fifty digs carried out over the last twenty years . |
| 15 | ‘ Customers ’ orders , as well as invoices , can be processed via the EDI network and Atlas ; we expect the number of customers wanting to transmit orders in this way to increase substantially over the next two years . |
| 16 | They seemed to have everything in command at Pickie on Saturday , but let the BLI come storming back over the last few ends to win on three of the four rinks . |
| 17 | ‘ The funds are currently being invested in our bogus companies ; their value will fall dramatically over the next six months . ’ |
| 18 | She described how over the next 24 hours her mother 's mood swung from the depths of depression to coping well . |
| 19 | Bankings which have been torn apart over the last two centuries and then rebuilt and rebuilt again may have to be moved back to take the sting out of the pile-driving force of the river in spate . |
| 20 | What had been happening financially over the last five or six years is unclear but in 1932 the situation was regarded as ‘ serious ’ and it was to continue so ( as with other Clubs in the Depression ) until the late 1930's . |
| 21 | Over a third of the Group 's 104,000 UK employees hold shares through the Staff Profit Sharing Scheme and have seen the value of the shares grow significantly over the last five years as a result of the company 's continued success . |
| 22 | However trends in the activity rates of men and women have differed significantly over the last 15 years . |
| 23 | AMNESTY in Britain has grown tremendously over the last four or five years , but what has this meant for our effectiveness as a campaigning organisation ? |
| 24 | Fewer than 1 in 5 of the men in our sample has confined his sexual experience to a single partner , though two-thirds of them have done so over the last 12 months . |
| 25 | ‘ Our business in this market has grown impressively over the last five years , thanks largely to the efforts of Tony Hardacre and our agents , the Sumitomo Corporation , ’ said Juan . |
| 26 | The wind dropped gradually over the next 20 minutes . |
| 27 | Blood glucose concentration was held at 5 mmol/l for 40 minutes by simultaneous infusion of 20% glucose ( Baxter Health Care , Thetford , Norfolk ) and then reduced stepwise over the next 220 minutes to a low of 2 mmol/l ; then the concentration was restored to 5 mmol/l and held there until 260 minutes . |
| 28 | Whatever happened , the Virgin Group was secure , but the airline , 500 jobs , everything that had been built up over the last eighteen months , was suddenly in jeopardy through no fault of anyone at Virgin . |
| 29 | Castle continues to value video copyrights on a historical cost basis because its catalogue has only been built up over the last two or three years and there is less earnings experience on which to base a valuation . |
| 30 | Building in opportunities for student progression is one of these , so that special courses , very necessarily built up over the last 15 years , do not become an end in themselves but rather a means towards mainstream education and training . |