Example sentences of "over the [adj] 10 " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following the government retreat over the terms of the Directive in 1988 it was estimated that Anglian would have to spend £60-£70 million over the following 10 years to clean up the water supplies of Bedford and Norwich , along with a total 25 supplies that had been subject to derogations . |
| 2 | The Mexican federal government announced on July 15 , 1989 , that it would commit $13,750,000 to " regenerate " Mexico 's rainforest over the following 10 years . |
| 3 | We estimate that 150000 men aged 60 to 74 would be required in an evaluative trial for it to have an 80% chance of showing a 20% reduction in mortality over the ensuing 10 years , significant at the 5% level . |
| 4 | We have had a substantial reduction over the past 10 years . ’ |
| 5 | One of these , PC-Hornet , which has been developed over the past 10 years , will be shown for the first time by McDonnell Douglas . |
| 6 | AMP said that over the past 10 years , measured in terms of new annual premiums , Pearl 's market position has fallen sharply and its share has declined consistently . |
| 7 | THE LONG and winding road that Jo Durie 's career has followed over the past 10 years , took another nasty twist yesterday when she missed the chance to keep Britain in the Federation Cup . |
| 8 | The Branch recently received the Wings Trophy , awarded annually to the branch which has made the most consistent progress in the Wings collection over the past 10 years , from North East Area Chairman Brian Wilkie . |
| 9 | His thinking over many years lead to his innovative Lotus 78 , the car that pioneered F1 's ground effect era , and his creative energy over the past 10 years has been instrumental in galvanising Lotus , once a car maker with a fragile future , into an engineering consultancy of huge standing worldwide . |
| 10 | Built up over the past 10 years , his aquilegia collection consists of about 130 species and hybrids , with the emphasis on species ‘ to save as many as possible from extinction and allow present and future generations to know and enjoy their great beauty ’ . |
| 11 | Many farms I have visited over the past 10 years have needed little more than a re-organisation of their existing system and some basic drainage alterations . |
| 12 | The price of all meats fell more in real terms than all foods — rising in price 15% less than inflation over the past 10 years — and are now 13% cheaper than a decade ago . |
| 13 | Over the past 10 years Philips Analytical has grown and diversified away from its core technologies of X-ray analysis and electron microscopy . |
| 14 | Over the past 10 years , British manufactured exports have grown faster than those of France , Germany , the United States or even Japan . |
| 15 | Over the past 10 years we have already come from a situation where road runners were getting virtually nothing from the sport , to a far more respected and well-provided role . ’ |
| 16 | The number of heavy goods vehicles using the roads did not change much over the past 10 years . |
| 17 | In addition , over the past 10 years , the number of shad , trout and other anadromous fish ( those that spawn in freshwater tributaries ) in the bay had mysteriously dropped ; and crab and oyster catches had tumbled . |
| 18 | According to Durex , whose condoms account for 80% of the British market , purchases made by women have risen steadily over the past 10 years . |
| 19 | There has been widespread consultation throughout the country over the past 10 years involving the bishops , priests , religious education advisers , teachers parents , theologians and scripture scholars . |
| 20 | Changes in patient flow and hospital organisation have reduced the number of beds in inner London by 5 000 over the past 10 years . |
| 21 | Mr Sandeman said Leslie had made dramatic progress over the past 10 days . |
| 22 | But in accounting , at least , Mr Aimetti thinks that there has been considerable progress over the past 10 years : ‘ With some adjustments , we are all following the Americans . ’ |
| 23 | Even in the midst of deep recession , dietary supplements , such as minerals , vitamins and aids to healthy living such as ginseng and selenium , now represent a £230m market in the UK with a marked rapid growth over the past 10 years . |
| 24 | Without doubt , the most important use of tax havens over the past 10 years has been to save ( or defer ) capital gains tax . |
| 25 | Over the past 10 years the growth of the Campaign for Real Ale has reflected the rejection by a section of the public of the mass-sale brands which the big brewers were selling in apparently uniformly decorated pubs . |
| 26 | Over the past 10 years AI has documented more than 4000 cases of ‘ disappeared ’ people in Peru , scores of summary executions and at least 15 massacres by the security forces . |
| 27 | A 20-a-day man or woman has spent from £360 to £713 a year on fags over the past 10 years . |
| 28 | THE spate of coal mine closures over the past 10 years or so , has brought increasing problems for the independent railways . |
| 29 | Over the past 10 years the debt of sub-Saharan countries has tripled to $180bn and these countries now hand over one third of their foreign exchange earnings in debt payments . |
| 30 | Thanks in large part to electronic paging this has been reduced significantly over the past 10 years . |