Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] [adv] over the [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | As a family , therefore , we have perfectly happily left what little savings we could scrape together over the last 20 years or so with the Woolwich Building Society , whose efficiency and ethics we have never had any reason to doubt . |
2 | It is amazing that , although agriculture in general faces cuts , if the proposals were adopted the CAP could cost more over the next seven years than it does now . |
3 | And er at the end of it I think we all felt we knew where we were going , and , and what the work that we 'd put in over the last three years on the management procedures , which form the foundations of our quality system . |
4 | ‘ The funds are currently being invested in our bogus companies ; their value will fall dramatically over the next six months . ’ |
5 | The generosity of people in the area so far gives them good cause to believe that they will succeed again over the next 12 months . |
6 | There seems to the writer little doubt that unemployment due to automation will grow steadily over the next few decades , perhaps centuries , and in the end it is likely to reach a very high figure , say ninety per cent of the labour force , unless radical changes are made in the present pattern of working . |
7 | If the present deliberation of the UK 's Follett Committee are to be taken at all seriously , the research and teaching library as we now know it will change fundamentally over the next ten years . |
8 | Nonetheless , approximately 40% of those questioned still have separate computer and telecommunications departments , although Pflug does predict that these two functions will converge rapidly over the next three to five years . |
9 | I hope that the waiting list for cardiac surgery will reduce greatly over the next year . |
10 | You add up all the bills you know will come in over the next year — plus a bit more for contingencies — and divide by twelve . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Work on the Quality Development Programme has already started and will continue apace over the next year . |
13 | In parallel with predicted growth in the demand for energy and fuel , the Government assumes demand for raw materials such as building aggregates will increase dramatically over the next twenty years . |
14 | Future capital expenditure will therefore reduce substantially from peak 1992 levels and revenues from new production will increase considerably over the next few years . |
15 | ‘ I 've made some contacts that I can follow up over the next couple of weeks . |