Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [art] [num ord] few [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We prove it to them by demonstrating that the money we need for research and investment over the next few years is in place . |
| 4 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Net Trust has launched into action over the last few months in different areas . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As I watched the den over the next few days , I began to appreciate the set pattern of this mink 's activity . |
| 10 | Magritte has performed extremely well at auction over the last few years , according to Melanie Clore of Sotheby 's Impressionist Pictures Department . |
| 11 | But it is also a consequence of the academic stagnation over the last few years of much that is called industrial archaeology in England . |
| 12 | Her emotions seemed to have undergone a deep sea-change over the last few hours . |
| 13 | The Faunus Kennel has dominated the Swedish scene over the last few years , one of their top winners being Faunus Bullit . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Have you put in additional hours at work over the last few days ? |
| 17 | The new standard is the result of much hard work over the last few years by manufacturers , contractors and specifiers . |
| 18 | It will be mentioned in several contexts that the complexity of CAB advice work over the last few years has increased considerably . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | An important strategic requirement over the next few years will be to make progress with the resolution of these questions which bear crucially on the structure of a collegiate university and raise fundamental questions about the nature of undergraduate teaching at Oxford and its relationship with graduate teaching and supervision . |
| 21 | He came into the room with a broad grin on his face and could hardly wait to tell me that not only had he managed to approach several people at work and ask them questions , but that he had decided to put himself to the test over the last few days and had , in fact , gone up to complete strangers in the street to ask them the time . |
| 22 | I 'm going to be partnering you at most of the functions you 'll be required to attend in your professional capacity over the next few weeks . ’ |
| 23 | Mr Tabiner , 40 , sees the unitary issue as one of the major issues for the council over the next few years . |
| 24 | The weakness in passenger traffic , which fell 8 p.c last year , and operating losses have not prevented the airline from launching the most successful expansion programme among European airlines so far , in a bid to be among the few groups which are expected to survive deregulation over the next few years . |
| 25 | Howard Davies , the commission 's controller , says that , as schools are given more financial and managerial independence over the next few years , authorities should monitor quality on behalf of ratepayers and parents , rather than pretending that all their schools are equally good . |
| 26 | ‘ In addition , we have a number of significant discoveries awaiting development , which will contribute substantially to a rising production and cash flow profile over the next few years , ’ he added . |
| 27 | She sat demurely on the edge of one of the room 's more nondescript-looking chairs , knowing that this Josie , whoever she might be , would be her key to success or failure over the next few hours and maybe even the coming days . |
| 28 | Chaos and fractal imagery have hit the technical and popular imagination over the last few years , and the King 's DSP group is working on a number of applications for this new branch of mathematics . |
| 29 | When a sergeant congratulated one section on the improvement in the language in the guard room over the last few hours when the field-worker had been present , one constable shouted , ‘ Fucking good job too , Sir ’ ( FN 2/2/87 , p. 6 ) , and the occupational culture of the station soon reasserted its typical forms of expression , which are widespread in all police forces and occupational cultures that are predominantly masculine and working class . |
| 30 | The former research scientist , who has resigned his seat on Middesbrough Council , said he would stand or fall by his record over the last few months . |