Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] over the [num ord] five " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | In the 12 hours that followed after it clambered effortlessly over the last five earth dykes , raised by terrified residents in as many days , the lava officially caused £1 million damage . |
| 5 | XPG4 will be updated constantly over the next five years before the introduction of XPG5 , which is expected , by that time , to specify fully functional , object-oriented technology from the kernel level upwards . |
| 6 | Rod Bristow saw universities changing more over the next five years than they had in the previous half century . |
| 7 | Inner London hospitals face a significant reduction in demand for in-patient beds , and the report says the total requirement will shrink substantially over the next five years . |