Example sentences of "[noun] over [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not clear if the Government 's tactics over the last few days are typical of the muddle that has beset it in recent months or if it is deliberately designed to throw its opponents into confusion . |
| 2 | There 's been something like twenty per cent cut over the last few years and erm some faculty members have taken early retirement and left , so a lot of subjects have lost some of their most able people . |
| 3 | She well be reviewing the foundation 's programme over the last few years with the aim of identifying any gaps or areas where new initiatives might be needed . |
| 4 | I want to thank also er the different organisations , cos you made an absolute profit for the G P O , er erm British Telecom , they must have actually made a bomb in Leicestershire over the last few days . |
| 5 | Hours went by as I dragged my legs over the next few miles . |
| 6 | We prove it to them by demonstrating that the money we need for research and investment over the next few years is in place . |
| 7 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 8 | Market makers have been running ‘ flat ’ trading books over the last few days to minimise their risk . |
| 9 | ‘ We have made very consistent efforts to brand Phaidon books over the last few years , putting the Phaidon name on the front and back of all our books as a brand image of quality , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Mr Major said that not only had the Budget extended the export credit guarantee scheme but : ‘ Mr Lamont has also cut premiums over the last few months by as much as 27 per cent to help exporters . ’ |
| 11 | He likes Elland Road , he 's built up a squad that looks like it could develop into a REAL force over the next few years & he 'd be mad to leave for a job where he has a competition every 2 years/a draw 's a bad result/and nobody likes him ! |
| 12 | ‘ If you are in quality stocks with strong balance sheets in less cyclical areas of the market you will do well in equities over the next few years . ’ |
| 13 | Though the move could help to speed up investment in a few large projects , there were fears last night that the sudden change in the offshore tax system could hit the bulk of the smaller oil and gas projects which were expected to provide most of the work for the offshore supply industry over the next few years . |
| 14 | Net Trust has launched into action over the last few months in different areas . |
| 15 | The fact that the hordes of reporters who live in the burrows of the Palace of Westminster got it wrong — and have since tried to justify getting it wrong — has given me , and many of my friends who knew the score pretty accurately before the result , much quiet pleasure over the last few days . |
| 16 | As I watched the den over the next few days , I began to appreciate the set pattern of this mink 's activity . |
| 17 | Magritte has performed extremely well at auction over the last few years , according to Melanie Clore of Sotheby 's Impressionist Pictures Department . |
| 18 | But it is also a consequence of the academic stagnation over the last few years of much that is called industrial archaeology in England . |
| 19 | While that 's clearly the most important consideration for each of the districts over the next few months , while the selection process is going on , er bearing in mind what 's said in P P G three , we regard that as axiomatic and I I find it inconceivable that the the department would allow any new settlement to proceed nowadays without the agreement of the district council . |
| 20 | Her emotions seemed to have undergone a deep sea-change over the last few hours . |
| 21 | Digital has run down sections of its operation in Ireland over the last few years , including the closure of a plant a Clonmel with the loss of 350 jobs . |
| 22 | Certainly , EDS 's flurry of activity in Italy and Spain over the last few months is proof that it had no dire need of BT to capture the interest of new customers and business partners in the southern reaches of Europe . |
| 23 | The Faunus Kennel has dominated the Swedish scene over the last few years , one of their top winners being Faunus Bullit . |
| 24 | Moody 's expects that the telephone companies will be able to improve their financial flexibility over the next few years , largely offsetting increasing competitive risks . |
| 25 | The London area plays a pivotal role in national migration patterns ( Flowerdew and Salt , 1979 ; Salt and Flowerdew , 1980 ) , so policy developments relating to south-east England over the next few years will be crucial to the way in which urban and regional patterns of population distribution evolve in the foreseeable future . |
| 26 | Voting rights in local elections for nationals of all Community Member States , wider powers for the Court of Auditors , clearer duties on Member States to fight fraud against the Community budget and progress towards a single currency are all examples of matters supported by the Select Committee over the last few years and now set out in the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 27 | Have you put in additional hours at work over the last few days ? |
| 28 | The new standard is the result of much hard work over the last few years by manufacturers , contractors and specifiers . |
| 29 | It will be mentioned in several contexts that the complexity of CAB advice work over the last few years has increased considerably . |
| 30 | Now it seems to me , that er , the watch-word for our policy development work over the next few years , must be effective co-ordination with our members and the wider voluntary sector . |