Example sentences of "over [adj] years [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | In an examination of the possible effects of coal-fired power stations Board scientists estimate that the release of 1.62 curies of polonium over 30 years would lead to a population dose of 3600 man-rems . |
2 | But I find it totally incomprehensible that someone who has held the office of Chancellor with high standing for over six years should want to resign over a personality with such suddenness and haste . ’ |
3 | But in future GMAG could be by-passed and the dialogue between GMAG and scientists , which has built over six years could be lost . |
4 | That will mean that the gradual integration of textiles into the usual GATT arrangements over 10 years will be accompanied and , in most cases , preceded by a strengthening of the rules and discipline of GATT which , among other things , apply to surges of imports , dumping and so on . |
5 | Given present wage levels , investment and productivity levels , the current demand by some of the left for the implementation of such a target over three years would result in a substantial increase in unemployment ( see Frank Field , The Minimum Wage : Its Prospects and Dangers , Heinemann , London , 1984 ) . |
6 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
7 | For example , £15,000 over 5 years would give a monthly repayment of about £400 , and a total repayment of £24,000 . |
8 | Repayment mortgages payable over 25 years can be extended to 30 or 35 years , earning you a few extra pounds a month because you will be paying less for longer . |
9 | He quoted a study of all fuels by the Henley Forecasting Centre which concluded that doubling the fuel costs over five years would simply keep energy consumption level through the 1990s . |
10 | Neither likes Mr Clinton 's plan for an energy tax , assessed on the thermal content of fuels , which over five years would raise $10 billion . |
11 | Cases over five years should be treated with caution as applying a multiplier is not particularly useful . |
12 | Borrowing £30,000 over twenty years would be repaid plus interest at 16.9 per cent APR in monthly instalments of £411.99 . |
13 | House prices up by one-third over two years could spell disaster for those leaving Britain who sold but did not reinvest in the housing market before returning home . |
14 | In addition , a new premium with income support for people unemployed over two years will be introduced . |
15 | In addition universal free education for those over 14 years would be replaced by a credit system and increased indirect taxation would finance an accelerated counterinsurgency campaign . |
16 | They seemed to agree that £275,000 spread over four years would have been hard to ignore . |