Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] over the [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | , The NRA has announced a " disturbing " rise in prosecutions of companies and individuals for polluting water over the last two years . |
| 2 | The rampant sexism of the climbing and walking fraternity over the last 50 years has left a whole generation of older women with the legacy of being expected to have the white-bearded , old sod 's tea ready for him on the table when he comes home from a fabulous day out on the hills . |
| 3 | Acquiring fitness over the next twenty-two months was not easy . |
| 4 | Staff who would like to use the service should contact Colin Will , who will provide training over the next few weeks . |
| 5 | Nearly half a century after those dark days , 300 girls attending secondary schools will spend time over the next two weeks on a bus that is going nowhere . |
| 6 | PEOPLE in Edinburgh have been asked to conserve water over the next three days until engineers can repair a water mains which burst this week . |
| 7 | The majority of oil companies are now basing their future plans on the assumption that oil prices will remain flat over the next five years in real terms . |
| 8 | Work will take place over the first two weekends in June ( 1st-2nd , 8th-9th ) , starting 9.30 am on site . |
| 9 | the trial will take place over the next 12–18 months and there will be four different , simple treatments available . |
| 10 | The review will take place over the next four years with all the changes in place by 1998 . |
| 11 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 12 | In a terse statement the board of directors said it had ‘ considered the Great Britain management set-up and individual talks will take place over the next few days before a formal announcement is made ’ . |
| 13 | STEVE ARCHIBALD & THE HIBS BOARD SQUABBLE OVER THE LAST CLEAN STRIP |
| 14 | In July 1973 , after months of preliminary exchanges , a meeting of foreign ministers agreed to proceed with such talks which took place over the next two years . |
| 15 | Few interceptions took place over the next few days as the R.A.F. licked its wounds . |
| 16 | The Customs and Excise , with all its ancillary departments , were forced to re-structure their systems to bring them into line with European countries and this reorganisation took place over the next few years . |
| 17 | The number of women who claim they drink moderately — consuming between eight and 14 units a week — has risen by 31 per cent since 1978 , with half that increase taking place over the last eight years . |
| 18 | Laurent died at the height of his powers in 1853 , but his ideas slowly gained ground over the next ten years . |
| 19 | Similarly , in Equatorial Guinea , the EC is financing a timber extraction project intended to quadruple production over the next four years . |
| 20 | COPING AWARD : a local laundry has offered Mrs J vouchers to cover fifty per cent of the cost of washing bed-linen over the next six months . ’ |
| 21 | Erm Mr introduced the the the the the prospect that erm if they 'd have taken migration over the last three years , it would have been a much reduced figure . |
| 22 | The weakness in passenger traffic , which fell 8 p.c last year , and operating losses have not prevented the airline from launching the most successful expansion programme among European airlines so far , in a bid to be among the few groups which are expected to survive deregulation over the next few years . |
| 23 | Before describing the current guidelines in detail , it is worth reviewing the policy changes that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 24 | Our emphasis on the desirability of using the term ‘ blind ’ carefully arises from the many positive developments that have taken place over the last two decades . |
| 25 | According to Tory thinking , a successful economic miracle has taken place over the last six years . |
| 26 | In Environment Issues we do n't usually have room to record every birth , marriage and death ( hatches , matches and despatches ) , however , Hygiene Leeds warrants a mention for the five marriages that have taken place over the last three months . |
| 27 | She felt it unnecessary to mention some of the incidents that had taken place over the last few days , least of all the confrontation at the cottage the previous night . |
| 28 | Some heads of department believed that the self-appraisal report was the product of departmental discussion , but that it was discussion which had taken place over the last few years rather than during the time specifically set aside for the self-appraisal . |
| 29 | OUR ‘ Open Country Free Range Chicken ’ project is one of a number of new initiatives which have taken place over the last few years in response to the dramatic structural changes ongoing in the poultry industry . |
| 30 | We might pause at this juncture to ask just why the British Government should assume an obligation to provide decent housing for the working classes , when in other countries rather different policies were pursued ; also why Britain embarked , consciously or otherwise , on a massive shift in housing tenure over the next 50 years and more . |