Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [adv] over the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Brossa 's opinion , the transaction processing monitor market has matured considerably over the last eight years . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 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 1881 Mr Kibataro Oki produced the first Japanese telephone and created a company that has grown dramatically over the last 110 years . |
| 5 | In 1881 Mr Kibataro Oki produced the first Japanese telephone and created a company that has grown dramatically over the last 110 years . |
| 6 | ‘ During our Everest expedition in 1953 we had vast quantities of firewood at base camp and never thought about the problems , but environmental consciousness has grown enormously over the last 30 years or so . ’ |
| 7 | The demand for in-service training has grown enormously over the last three years in response to the following factors : |
| 8 | Would it have anything to do with the warm weather , as the tank temperature has risen slightly over the last couple of weeks . |
| 9 | The proportion of women combatants has risen considerably over the last three years . |
| 10 | Sociology has expanded enormously over the last decade in terms of the body of significant literature . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Cultural contamination of soil on a large scale has occurred only over the last 200 years and is generally absent in the more remote areas . |
| 13 | Clearly , then , the church reflects the important early medieval status of Brimpsfield with its castle and priory , whilst also providing an indicator that the centre of gravity of the village has shifted westwards over the last 800 years . |
| 14 | The range of newspapers read by the bulk of the British electorate has narrowed sharply over the last two decades — in terms of the political partisanship of mass-selling papers , if not in terms of the proliferation of low-circulation titles ( Newton , 1988a , p. 320 ; Tunstall , 1983 , p. 12 ) . |
| 15 | And also I think we should record our admiration at how she has coped really over the last few years |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Mobility in North Yorkshire is increasing dramatically , has increased dramatically over the last ten years and I think there are sustainability arguments against a level erm of provision at fifty er around that level . |
| 18 | Expenditure on education has increased steadily over the last few years even in ‘ real terms ’ after inflation is taken into account , as Figure 8.6 shows . |
| 19 | Furthermore , evidence from police convictions and research suggests that the use of cannabis , and perhaps amphetamines , though punctuated by temporary troughs , has increased consistently over the last three decades . |
| 20 | In addition , the volume of air traffic has increased considerably over the last 16 years although the growth experienced in the late seventies has not been maintained more recently . |
| 21 | Hay fever has increased four-fold over the last 20 years , with some five million people now suffering from the condition . |
| 22 | In Brazil there are all sorts of commodities whose price has gone down over the last ten years . |
| 23 | The bad news for small-time acts is that this exploratory role has diminished significantly over the last ten years . |
| 24 | This is our first effort at a full newsletter and we now really appreciate how much effort Lynn has put in over the last few years . |
| 25 | We live in a free market economy which has prospered considerably over the last ten or so years . |
| 26 | We are on the brink of a new revolution in the countryside , for already the process has begun whereby over the next 20 years millions of acres of farmland will be taken out of production . |
| 27 | I think our union has changed dramatically over the last few years , not to the point that our great history has been lost , but we have adapted to the world in which we live . |
| 28 | has changed dramatically over the last two years . |
| 29 | As measured by the mortality index , the health status of the population has improved markedly over the last century and a half . |
| 30 | ‘ 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 . |