Example sentences of "over the last [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE annual fun weekend organised by the Resource Centre , Carnhill , will this year take place over the last weekend in May . |
| 2 | In fact one study ( Armstrong 1984 ) reports that over the last century in Britain each 4 per cent increase in hourly wage rates for males has been followed by a 1 per cent reduction in hours worked per year . |
| 3 | There has been a major increase over the last year in the number of disqualification proceedings taken out against directors , according to the Insolvency Service . |
| 4 | Consequently , an active programme of asset disposals has been under way over the last year in order to reduce the group 's high level of debt , which was the result of decisions to develop new oil and gas fields over the last few years , as well as the additional debt burden inherited following the acquisition of Ultramar . |
| 5 | Reports also indicated continuing differences over interest rates [ see pp. 37977-78 ; 38170 ; 38314 ] following a rise in inflation over the last year in six of the G-7 countries . |
| 6 | Particularly encouraging to the E&P management has been a gain over the last year in net income to the equivalent of about $3.50 per barrel of oil produced , putting BP well ahead of the performance of most other oil majors judged by the same yardstick and only marginally behind Exxon , the largest US oil company . |
| 7 | Everybody 's aware that this may well be the last Gen , the last Party Conference before the General Election , and what is more , of , an impression of the terrific progress that the Labour Party 's made in recent years , and further gains over the last year in terms of public support , so that we really are on the threshold of a General Election campaign which we realistically hope to win , and we 've got the policies in place to meet the needs of the nation for the nineties . |
| 8 | For example , the reduction in manufacturing jobs over the last decades in some high wage countries has forced workers to seek jobs in other less well paid and less secure sectors or , as has happened particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom , forced older workers displaced from traditional industries ( like mining and steel-making ) into permanent unemployment . |
| 9 | Sociology has expanded enormously over the last decade in terms of the body of significant literature . |
| 10 | The project is investigating changes over the last decade in Cheltenham 's economic , social and political structure resulting from broad national and international trends . |