Example sentences of "over the [num ord] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parenting education might begin in schools and continue over the first few years of married life ( Pound et al. , 1985 ) . |
| 2 | Alistair MacDonald , the director , has seen the play germinate over the last 18 months from roots in the Gaelic Youth Theatre summer school in 1991 and an experimental workshop production at the Mod Fringe in Dingwall the same year . |
| 3 | Students have worked over the last four years with Castle Eden Walkway and Cleveland Wildlife Trust in planting trees throughout Stockton . |
| 4 | Erm , but , having been supported by each chief officer and general manager , you will see in paragraph eleven of the report , the various actions that have been taken over the last twelve months or so , and I would like to pick out particular the fact , that chief officers are now , operating or required to have effective arrangements for achieving equal opportunity in employment in their department or unit . |
| 5 | She 's just one victim of the burgeoning burglary business Which has seen one county Police force dealing with a near five times increase over the last thirteen years . |
| 6 | So er to look at it er another way , w I , I 'll stop before I go back to the erm slides , because I want to show you a few on you know erm er the way that money 's worked over the last forty years , but if you look at index-linked certificates , cos somebody mentioned that , are they worth having ? |
| 7 | Experience over the last ten years ( 1963–73 ) has convinced the staff of this Polytechnic of the need for a more flexible type of course than is commonly offered to students . |
| 8 | This is , of course , a time of smokescreens so far as the Masters is concerned and to hear some of the Europeans talk over the last few days , they appear to be in need of the psychiatrist 's couch as much as anything . |
| 9 | But their relationship had become so close over the last few months that even this advice did not see , all the 'surrealistic " to Sullivan . |
| 10 | I 've taken over the last few months when we 've done our sales training here , talking to certainly on advanced sales skills courses and so on , I 've tried to bring an air of realism to their world . |
| 11 | Publication of the standards is part of a series of initiatives taken over the last few years , including production of the ‘ Best Practice ’ management kit in 1985 , The Society 's model ‘ Office Manual ’ [ 1987 ] , the development of management training , and publication of the ‘ Quality Briefing ’ and ‘ Client Care Guide . ’ |
| 12 | The great steps forward taken over the last 30 years have not been undone . |
| 13 | Sales were up by nineteen percent and there 's also firm evidence in these results of margin improvements which reflect , for the first time , the full benefit of our cost cutting measures taken over the last three years . |
| 14 | To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to promote the carrying of organ transplant donor cards ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 15 | If his fortunes improve over the next six years you are still entitled to collect on your judgement debt . |
| 16 | Make a second list of other pieces you think you would like when you can afford them , say over the next five years or so . |
| 17 | Mr Hunter and the other candidates will therefore be taking their election bandwagon and Pro-Life message to council offices and other workplaces throughout the region where NALGO members organise over the next five weeks . |
| 18 | You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days . |
| 19 | The New Year feast is only one of a number of sumptuous meals that follow as relatives arrive over the next few days . |
| 20 | I kept my eyes open over the next few days and although I saw her sitting in the window she never appeared outside . |
| 21 | While the Camphill Development Project will naturally take up time and energy and demand much sacrifice over the next few years it must not become our only goal . |
| 22 | The really pointless measure is letting councils spend the money they get over the next few years from selling homes and other properties . |
| 23 | It will inevitably take some time before the full benefits of our strategy are realised and , whilst we expect our production and cash flow to remain strong and rise over the next few years , profitability in the short term is likely to remain depressed , even with contributions from disposals . |
| 24 | If lamb prices rise over the next few years , as they may well do , then the subsidies will fall . |
| 25 | I hope over the next few months to be writing about all these accessories in more detail . |
| 26 | If you have n't got one of these to hand , perhaps we could arrange for one to be taken over the next few months . |
| 27 | Similar incidents occur over the next few months , a pattern emerges , surveilance teams are used and eventually the intruder is arrested . |
| 28 | I introduced a weekly Sunday series called ‘ The Symphony Hour ’ , which I repeated in at least a dozen other cities around the world over the next 50 years . |
| 29 | Whatever the outcome , the liaison needs of the Branch Committee can not be ignored and so I hope over the next three years that this can be improved to enable a transition through which active liaison is maintained . |