Example sentences of "[verb] its [noun] over the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my hon. Friend agree that our achievements in that aspect of education could not be better illustrated than by that which pertains in Nottinghamshire , where the university now has the highest ratio of applications to available places and where Nottingham polytechnic , which is soon to be a university , is planning to increase its capacity over the next couple of years to 16,000 student places ? |
| 2 | Prehistoric archaeology has immensely broadened its approach over the last twenty years . |
| 3 | The Trading Standards Office will scrutinise its operation over the next 18 months . |
| 4 | THE CUP success of Middlesbrough Football Club has forced the nearby Cleveland Park greyhound stadium to switch its racenights over the next three weeks . |
| 5 | The pure terephthalic acid business , based at wilton , has significantly increased its profitability over the last three years through improved control of product quality . |
| 6 | Analysts believe that the central bank , which cut interest rates by 1 percentage point last week in an attempt to stem the rise of the escudo , may be prepared to remove its barriers over the next few weeks if rate cuts staunch the flow of hot money into Lisbon . |
| 7 | One turns out to be the Greek Revival Sheriff Courthouse ( 1841 ) in the centre of Glasgow , which is an unprecedented gesture on the part of this Edinburgh-based institution towards is traditional rival , Glasgow , the rough-tough merchant city which has so improved its image over the last ten years through an enlightened cultural policy . |