Example sentences of "over [art] [adj] few [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past few weeks a clutch of American oil companies has reported markedly better results . |
| 2 | Over the past few weeks the British parliament 's National Heritage Committee has conducted a public inquiry to find an answer . |
| 3 | But over the past few years a new breed of journalist has evolved — hungry , competitive and aggressive . |
| 4 | Over the past few years the bourgeoisie has taken probably £10bn of completely untaxed , totally unearned capital profit from selling their houses . |
| 5 | The report noted that over the past few years the government departments had introduced competitive fee bidding for the appointment of consulting engineers leading to lower fee rates . |
| 6 | The best known is the ‘ plain ’ blue variety ; over the past few years the new ‘ red ’ form has become very popular with Apistogramma enthusiast — this form has an orange-red centre to the caudal fin and a lot of orange-red in the dorsal , and is the type I am currently keeping and breeding . |
| 7 | Over the past few years the market has boomed : Dataquest expects portables to account for around half of PC sales by 1995 . |
| 8 | Over the past few years the Institute , under statute , has started to regulate its members ' insolvency , financial services and auditing work . |
| 9 | Over the past few years the pace of his acquisitions would make Rupert Murdoch blush . |
| 10 | Sir , Over the past few years the tide of public opinion has been turning strongly against smoking , but this tide of public opinion was stemmed somewhat , albeit inadvertently , by the valiant efforts by tobacco companies . |
| 11 | My hon. Friend will be aware that as a result of the debt crisis , over the past few years the ECGD has accumulated a deficit of more than £4 billion which is , of course , a deficit that falls to the taxpayer . |
| 12 | Over the past few years the media across Europe have devoted increasing attention to what is often sen as an upsurge of political activity by ordinary citizens . |
| 13 | Would it have any grass at all ? he wondered , for over the past few miles the grass had become scarce , huddled together in tiny clumps or hiding behind rocks for shelter . |
| 14 | Managers should never be administrators Over the last few decades the distinction between leaders , managers and administrators has become increasingly blurred , to the detriment of profit and people alike . |
| 15 | Over the last few months the republic had been buoyed by waves of euphoria . |
| 16 | Over the last few weeks the villagers had noticed how his moods changed from wild despair to feverish excitement . |
| 17 | Over the last few years a breed of bouncer has evolved , a Rottweiler in a bow-tie , who likes doing serious harm to lippy young men . |
| 18 | However , it is that means that over the last few years every time we have actually debated about budget we recognised that the force had unwillingly and against the judgement of the majority of this council , not necessarily er bounded by political affiliation , we have to be getting down further and further towards the completely inaccurate expanded spending assessment that is assessed as necessary for the needs of this city by the department of the environment . |
| 19 | Over the last few years the house has changed hands many times . |
| 20 | Over the last few years the landscape had changed . |
| 21 | Over the last few years the number of public television groups within the PBAA has grown steadily , and extensive technical expertise has been developed as more than twenty test broadcasts across Australia have taken place . |
| 22 | Over the last few years the Department of Trade and Industry ( DTI ) has been active in consulting with British industry and encouraging it to be competitive in the European market . |
| 23 | Over the last few years the t Tory government has reduced the amount of wages inspectors . |
| 24 | Over the last few years the members allowances have been reduced , er , er have been underspent quite considerably on the amount that 's been allowed . |
| 25 | Over the next few months the school became more and more deserted . |
| 26 | Over the next few months the government will be deciding whether to freeze Child Benefit for the 4th year running . |
| 27 | Over the next few months the two product ranges will be harmonised and the merger also means a combined , and enlarged , research and development team . |
| 28 | Disquiet at the new direction of religious affairs soon surfaced in parliament , and over the next few years a growing number of MPs began to speak out against the Arminian threat . |
| 29 | Over the next few years a keen struggle was waged to the entire satisfaction of neither nation . |
| 30 | Over the next few years the book saw suggestions for all manner of things — for packet tobaccos to be sold at shop prices , for a device to be put on the smoking room door to stop persistent slamming and a complaint that the bushes on the 5th made the hole a flukey . |