Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] 12 months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the deal , the implementing contract for which was to be negotiated over the following 12 months , enriched uranium reportedly totalling 500 tonnes would be sold by Russia for hard currency needed to complete urgent repairs to its nuclear power plants . |
| 2 | Although over the preceding 12 months a combination of a deep economic recession , conciliatory gestures from many of the English-speaking provinces , and the skilful diplomacy of Bourassa , had served to cool some of the enthusiasm for independence , the province was due to hold a referendum on the sovereignty issue on Oct. 26 , and Mulroney had made it clear that he was keen to have reached some form of inter-provincial agreement prior to the vote . |
| 3 | Over the past 12 months the price of lower medium quality tea , which is the main ingredient in the British cuppa and imparts that unique lorry-driver flavour , has almost doubled from 78p a kilogramme to 135p . |
| 4 | Jose-Maria Olazabal , along with Ballesteros , joins Couples as those with the hottest hands over the past 12 months . |
| 5 | The UK shares market has been one of the most buoyant in the world and over the past 12 months £80 billion has flooded in from investors . |
| 6 | Below are listed 16 questions based on stories that have appeared in The Insider over the past 12 months . |
| 7 | A survey of the US top 100 firms by Public Accounting Report showed that almost 25% had seen revenue fall over the past 12 months , with a further 20% reporting growth of less than inflation . |
| 8 | While 44% of owner-directors described their bank managers as ‘ distinctly unhelpful ’ over the past 12 months , 42% said their accountant was best at understanding the business 's needs and a third thought they were the most helpful source of advice . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , 68% of owner-directors said that their financial or material rewards had not increased over the past 12 months ; 65% now work over 50 hours a week , 38% have considered disposal over the past year , and over half have injected extra funds . |
| 10 | Rocastle 's arrival at relegation-threatened Forest would re-awaken Arsenal 's interest in Irish star Keane , an exceptional midfielder and unhappy at being u Forest supporters , already outraged at the departure of Des Walker , Darren Wassall , Steve Sutton and Teddy Sheringham over the past 12 months , would go wild but may be appeased if Clough spent the Keane money on a defender and a striker . |
| 11 | What about the way the band 's changed over the past 12 months ? |
| 12 | The government 's calamities over the past 12 months have rocked the Tory faithful . |
| 13 | The questionnaire included personal details ( age , sex , current grade of employment , ethnic group , marital status , years of full time education , highest level of education , partner 's and father 's occupation , housing tenure , and car ownership ) ; health ( self rated health over the past 12 months , presence of longstanding illness , and presence of recurring health problems based on questions used in the general household survey , and presence of psychiatric symptoms based on the 30 item general health questionnaire ) ; health related behaviours ( current smoking habits , usual frequency of alcohol consumption in past 12 months , and amount of alcohol consumed in the past seven days ) ; psychosocial work characteristics ( assessed with a 67 item questionnaire based on the occupational strain model of job demands and decision latitude which included questions on control , variety and use of skills , and work pace as proposed by Karasek , support at work , and job satisfaction ) ; social circumstances outside work ( number of dependent children , social contact with relatives and friends , and personal difficulties such as financial problems ) ; and types of social support ( assessed by 15 self report questions on up to four nominated close friends or relatives ) . |
| 14 | ‘ In addition , the performance of the Ladybird Disney range must rate as the single most dramatic development in children 's book retailing over the past 12 months . ’ |
| 15 | Look at the lists of sportsmen and women beside this voting form and from each category pick the person you believe has been the top performer in his or her sport over the past 12 months . |
| 16 | A training centre which specialises in courses on drilling and production technology for the oil industry has itself been learning a few lessons over the past 12 months . |
| 17 | A major part of the DPTC 's controllable costs — staff salaries — have been cut by 40 per cent over the past 12 months , through natural wastage and a small number of redundancies . |
| 18 | It is a matter of fact that over the past 12 months , Hinkley B has out-performed Hunterston B and Heysham 2 has performed better than Torness . |
| 19 | Can my right hon. Friend find time during his busy day to congratulate the management and staff of Rover on the fact that over the past 12 months not one single minute of production time has been lost through industrial disputes ? |
| 20 | That policy has been manifestly successful over the past 12 months in reducing the rate of inflation to 3.7 per cent . |
| 21 | Does the Minister know that while the number of jobs went down and unemployment went up , crime in the county of Leicestershire rose by more than one third over the past 12 months , nearly double the national rate , but the chief constable has said that in the next year the force can spend £1 million less ? |
| 22 | We appreciate that , over the past 12 months , unemployment has become an issue again , as the figures have begun to rise . |
| 23 | We must pay tribute also to the United Nations , which has been revitalised over the past 12 months and has started to play its part in trying to unravel and resolve the problems in Yugoslavia . |
| 24 | The multi-million pound trail of destruction over the past 12 months includes the following outrages : |
| 25 | Over the past 12 months just about every interview I 've done has included questions about potential problems with the crowd . |
| 26 | About 7,000 people formed a " human chain for peace " stretching through Pamplona on Jan. 27 , recalling the deaths of 31 people killed mainly by ETA over the past 12 months , and demanding an end to all violence by terrorist groups . |
| 27 | The Fund 's economists believe that tighter monetary policy in the main industrial economies over the past 12 months will cool overheating economies and keep inflation in check . |
| 28 | A wind of change has been blowing around Windsor Park over the past 12 months and Campbell is now regarded as just another new player who will breeze in . |
| 29 | SLIMMING down of staff at a North Wales nuclear power station to fit in with modern technology and reduced power generation has meant 100 jobs being lost in the Trawsfynydd area over the past 12 months . |
| 30 | The interest is derived not so much from what the company achieved over the past 12 months , as for one small omission . |