Example sentences of "of [noun] [verb] over the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was the beginning of a series of small books of prayers spread over the next fifty years , which were prayed first and then made available for others who felt the same spiritual need as myself . |
| 2 | After studying the report , which reiterated the multitude of reservations expressed over the last few months and went on to accuse architect Dominique Perrault of having sacrificed functionalism for the sake of aesthetics , President Mitterrand accepted Perrault 's design , making only the most cosmetic of changes to appease the powerful lobby against the building . |
| 3 | However , her feelings of hopelessness increased over the next 3 weeks and late one night , after she had been drinking alone , she took an overdose of the tranquillizer mixed with paracetamol and then went to bed . |
| 4 | =23 , p=0.071 , with the number of accidents reported over the last five years . |
| 5 | Numerous food scares and the dramatic rise in reported cases of food poisoning over the last few years , plus the need to comply with European Community requirements led to the Food Safety Bill , now nearly two years old . |
| 6 | As the frontiers of empire contracted over the next half-century , the dispossessed loyalists were either to leave home and livelihood for the safety of the mother country or else endeavour to seek pardon and accommodation with their new masters . |