Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over the last [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The potential of hoard studies has been realised only over the last century . |
2 | It remains to be seen whether the special provision built up over the last decade will survive what may be the collapse of pre-vocational college-based education . |
3 | The stolen cars have been occurring now over the last year . |
4 | Would it have anything to do with the warm weather , as the tank temperature has risen slightly over the last couple of weeks . |
5 | The small but very fine collection of Old Master paintings , drawings and works of art had been built up over the last decade on the encouragement and advice of Metropolitan Museum curators . |
6 | They are not even about the accessibility of services , and they are certainly not about the development of economic and social policies — something that is so often ignored in the scramble to fragment and disintegrate what was built up over the last century by local government people of all political persuasions . |
7 | It 's just built up over the last coupla years really . |
8 | Sociology has expanded enormously over the last decade in terms of the body of significant literature . |
9 | Company liquidations and personal sector mortgage defaults have both risen sharply over the last year and currently stand at record levels . |
10 | I have seen frequently over the last year and I have been very grateful for her friendship , not to mention the clothes she has lent me which her daughter has outgrown . |
11 | We 've actually had a recycling paper project going on over the last couple of months , which made paper out of shredded newsprint and then made Christmas cards out of them . |
12 | SCOTLAND HAS failed to fill the entrepreneurial gap which has opened up over the last decade since the decline of the nationalised and heavy industries , the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , will acknowledge next week . |
13 | Look back over the last week and count the number of " risk-decisions " you or your team took . |
14 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
15 | In fact most outstanding problems were ironed out over the last couple of months , Goldstein says ; bug fixing remains . |
16 | Since numbers of children on the streets or living in poor families have increased dramatically over the last decade and the extra resources for the Act 's implementation are likely to be strictly limited , demand for services is certain to outstrip supply . |
17 | The trade in wild animals as pets and status symbols has increased dramatically over the last century to the point at which many animals are now very rare and in danger of being wiped out . |
18 | An hour or so later I was beginning to feel proud of our levels of determination and achievement as we topped out over the last sand dune , then my heart sank into my boots ! |
19 | Before answering them , just just spend a minute thinking back over the last week . |
20 | He became aware of the disapproving looks his noisy party were receiving from some of the older locals who had drifted in over the last hour . |
21 | The components of GDFCF have changed substantially over the last decade . |
22 | ‘ Advertising revenue has held well over the last year and we now see some small signs of an upturn after three years of recession , ’ he explained . |
23 | As measured by the mortality index , the health status of the population has improved markedly over the last century and a half . |