Example sentences of "[unc] over the last " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean over the last two years it 's been shock horror headlines , you know , will endowments fail to repay the loan , are endowments good value and I ke some of the journalists I 've read bef over the last two years have actually completely reversed what they said t two years ago when P E Ps were declining because of poor share markets and bonuses were coming through quite nicely on the endowments , they said oh endowments are the thing to do . |
| 2 | Had a er not the best of starts but they 've taken control of the game for my money o over the last period . |
| 3 | Now er over the last few days we 've been er talking quite a lot about er that statue you know the one that 's down by er down by Marks and Spencers that 's the best way to describe where it is the leaf stand the er the one that looks like a tulip and water dribbles down the side of it . |
| 4 | Er was it ninety five people er over the last year we retained . |
| 5 | What we 've done , won one of the points I think that is worth er making perhaps is that on er over the last few years we 've seen a complete change in world export philosophy where not only are the Russians exporting all over the place but clearly er there are a number of western aircraft in different parts of the world and therefore what we have also done is to , in comparing er our aircraft against other western ones , we 've also looked at them as potential threats because it 's possible that er erm western aircraft in certain hands could end up being used against us so we have also compared those . |
| 6 | But Madam Deputy Speaker , these order do n't pay any attention to a number of matters in what I would regard as the public interest and whilst the minister as I say , has quite rightly paid tribute to professional organisations involved in this process , we must never forget that we 're here to represent the public interest and not just er er specific professional interests that may be relevant in each case and indeed in the light of what has happened in this field of enforcement er over the last two years , the minister must be aware that the public are requiring higher standards of commercial probity . |
| 7 | Erm over the last three years . |
| 8 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 9 | more than sixty feet long and erm over the last two or three years er I 've made a patio at the bottom , right the whole width of the garden |
| 10 | But that is quite impressive figures for us , I mean we 've never seen that sort of volumes of figures before , but erm over the last year or two I mean tour operators have worked far more closely with travel agents in promoting U K products . |
| 11 | We look very carefully at any new posts that we create , and we constantly look to see whether there are posts that we can get rid of erm and we have , in fact , shed a great many posts erm over the last year erm and we are constantly reviewing the efficiency of our service delivery . |
| 12 | The actual rate of completion per annum over the last 27 years has been less than one half of one percent … thus even at several times the projected rate of progress , the great bulk of the conservation task will be incomplete at a time when the most vigorous additional demand is placed on land from massive upsurge of population . |
| 13 | ENROLMENT of full-time students in English polytechnics has increased by 47 per cent over the last eight years , compared with a rise of only 3 per cent in universities , Her Majesty 's Inspectors said yesterday . |
| 14 | According to the buyers ' guide produced by estate agents Savills , who specialise in such properties , the price of prime properties in Yorkshire has risen by more than 130 per cent over the last three years . |
| 15 | SALE room prices of impressionist paintings have risen by 974 per cent over the last ten years , modern paintings by 880 per cent and English furniture by 314 per cent , arts minister Mr Richard Luce told Mr Mark Fisher ( Lab . |
| 16 | The salaries of senior directors have been rising by between 20 per cent and 30 per cent over the last year and the trend shows little sign of slowing . |
| 17 | Positive results in three-day games have hovered between 42 and 50 per cent over the last five seasons , apart from the freak year of green pitches in 1989 when 57 per cent avoided a draw . |
| 18 | Although statistics do not explain why people are increasingly in debt they do explain why ‘ negotiating debt ’ enquiries have increased by 330 per cent over the last three years in Scottish CABx . |
| 19 | Total airline traffic had risen 72 per cent over the last decade . |
| 20 | India 's growth rate has slowed by only 1.15 per cent over the last ten years , despite Indira Ghandi 's attempts to emulate China by offering a free transistor radio for every vasectomy . |
| 21 | Domestic demand for water has shot up by 70 per cent over the last 30 years , especially in the affluent southeast . |
| 22 | Only 11,000 rhinos are believed to remain worldwide — a decline of 85 per cent over the last 30 years . |
| 23 | Traffic has increased by 57 per cent over the last 10 years , and air pollution has grown concomitantly . |
| 24 | However , investment in energy efficiency has fallen by 28 per cent over the last two years . |
| 25 | This is despite the fact that organic agriculture has expanded by 150 per cent over the last three years , to its present total of 125,000 acres — equivalent to 0.2 per cent of total agricultural land . |
| 26 | Deaths from asthma in various regions have risen by 30-60 per cent over the last decade , and one in seven children have now been diagnosed as suffering from the condition . |
| 27 | The decision has aroused controversy because the fish 's decline ( by 90 per cent over the last 20 years ) is attributed to the increasing abstraction of water from the delta , which supplies two-thirds of California 's drinking requirements . |
| 28 | Income from sport and commercial fishing has fallen by 80 per cent over the last four years . |
| 29 | Investment in green and ethical investment funds across Europe has increased by 500 per cent over the last five years , according to a survey by the Merlin Environmental Research Unit . |
| 30 | But the staffing has been cut by twelve per cent over the last three years . |