Example sentences of "over [art] past [adj] months " in BNC.
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| 1 | Over the past 10 months , Holloway jobcentre has placed 2,006 people in jobs . |
| 2 | Over the past 10 months of this year , more than 5,600 homes have been burgled in Gloucestershire . |
| 3 | Having devoted most of his political life to touring constituencies and union branches , he has barely needed to campaign for the constituency section of the executive over the past two months . |
| 4 | The decision to increase American aid reflected the ‘ dramatic changes in Poland over the past two months ’ , said Mr Fitzwater . |
| 5 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
| 6 | Over the past two months Mr Steinhardt has juggled positions in banks , drugs and oil-service companies to build up a short portfolio of $640m . |
| 7 | In several incidents in the eastern part of Germany over the past two months the Russians have continued to act like occupiers — and drawn only mild reproof from the German government . |
| 8 | OVER the past two months , an electronic device called the 810 enhancement has been arriving in Britain from the US . |
| 9 | Debtor days have been reduced from more than 40 to less than 30 over the past two months . |
| 10 | The survey was conducted by petrol station forecourt facility company Carebridge , which questioned 1,060 motorists over the past two months . |
| 11 | Over the past two months I 've dealt with what you need to look out for when buying a computer and how to tell if the machine you intend to buy is well built . |
| 12 | ‘ Figures over the past two months have been suspiciously strong , unbelievably strong . |
| 13 | A Health Ministry report released on March 9 said that a further 21,772 Iraqis , of whom 8,081 were children under five , had died over the past two months from a shortage of humanitarian supplies [ see also pp. 38696 ; 38742 ; 38789 ] . |
| 14 | Over the past two months , the General Hospital has reported increases of 62 per cent in respiratory complaints and a 97 per cent rise in pneumonia cases . |
| 15 | His form and his work rate over the past two months have been sparkling . |
| 16 | If you have not used the FDR regularly over the past six months , do not change it . |
| 17 | The Jonathan Wren survey is more modestly based on 453 City placements over the past six months ; but these , too , show much bigger increases achieved by mobile fund managers ( over 26 per cent , with an average salary of over £50,000 ) than messengers ( less than 10 ½ per cent , with an average salary of under £7,000 ) . |
| 18 | Yet politically the new constellation arrived at by elections and negotiations over the past six months — a strong presidency held by Jaruzelski , a Solidarity-led ‘ grand coalition ’ government , a real parliament -is somehow working . |
| 19 | Essentially , the economy was flat over the past six months , with the annual growth rate in the year to the third quarter 1.9 per cent , compared with 2.7 per cent in the year to the second quarter and 4.1 per cent at this time last year . |
| 20 | The slowdown in the world economy and higher prices in Eastern Europe because of subsidy cuts have both squeezed demand , and the Gulf crisis accounts for a loss of some 350,000 tonnes of sales to Iraq and Kuwait over the past six months . |
| 21 | This rise against the D-mark is despite a dramatic widening of the interest-rate differential in Germany 's favour over the past six months . |
| 22 | The Alton office , based in Paper Mill Lane , have seen a marked increase over the past six months in the number of adults looking to change careers , either as a result of job loss , reduction in promotion prospects , or a desire to retrain in a different field . |
| 23 | They have been caught in the crossfire of this particular Serbo-Croat war and have responded by fighting against the Serbs whose reservist soldiers in the Mostar barracks have behaved atrociously over the past six months . |
| 24 | Over the past six months 1,500 jobs have gone , with up to 4,000 more to go by 1994 . |
| 25 | In London , salaries have increased over the past six months , which to some degree reflects the calibre of the person sought within each grading . |
| 26 | I 'm trying to find out what sort of emotional state your daughter has been in over the past six months . |
| 27 | The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague has returned about 700 works over the past six months . |
| 28 | Oceanport , New Jersey-based Concurrent Computer Corp says it intends to expand its worldwide sales force by 10% next month : it has strengthened its industry and product marketing and professional services staffs over the past six months . |
| 29 | In total , the group has spent £5.1m on acquisitions over the past six months , although it has retained £3m net cash . |
| 30 | OVER the past six months , the world 's largest army has undergone its biggest shake-up in more than 20 years . |