Example sentences of "but over [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes I did i well I did hear of several things to stop having them but over the first actually . |
| 2 | But over the last year there was a 3.3 percent decline in prices , compared with 2 percent for 1990 , according to the company 's business facts , which puts the average price at £128,598 . |
| 3 | But over the last decade the cost of hardware has dropped , the perceived value of information has risen , and the LAN has become most significant for its information-sharing capabilities . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I once said that the reason we went to America was to make money , but over the last six weeks I 've really changed my mind totally . |
| 5 | But over the last decade there has been a rapid acceleration in this type of transaction . |
| 6 | We have looked favourably at a number of their items in the past but over the last year or two they have acquired a growing respect for the estimable sound of their CD players . |
| 7 | But over the last twenty years one could identify changes . |
| 8 | But over the last twenty years a ‘ new long-stay ’ population has been accumulating on acute psychiatric wards . |
| 9 | But over the last twelve months the trickle of disclosures , has grown into a river of revelations . |
| 10 | Compositors with a wage increase of 40 per cent did less well , while typefounders , oppressed by a tightly knit group of employers , were unable to secure a money increase and stayed for seventy years on 18s ( 90p ) a week , experiencing an evident decline in living standards not only in 1795 and 1800 – 1 , but over the last ten years of the wars . |
| 11 | We have , over the years , employed several students , but over the last few , have been unable to do so , for financial constraints . |
| 12 | I may be a little bit behind the times , but over the last couple of days I 've been experimenting with voice mail . |
| 13 | She dearly loved the twins , but over the last two days , since they 'd returned to Liz and Owen 's apartment , her cousin 's ancient washing-machine had seemed to be going non-stop ! |
| 14 | I understand John McGrath 's sentiments but over the last decade or so the political dynamic of our society has changed so much , the social fabric has been so profoundly ravished that a different form of theatre is called for . ’ |
| 15 | They 've always had links with industry and commerce , but over the last few years they 've recognised the need to develop and publicise their links . |
| 16 | But over the last year or so we 've developed a solid state equivalent , which has no moving parts at all . |
| 17 | It was too large for me at that time , but over the next twelve months I must have grown considerably because , with wooden blocks fixed on the pedals , I was able to reach it in comparative comfort . |
| 18 | The FT-SE 100 Index shed around 4 points at 2717.9 at the close but over the next few weeks all eyes will be on the pound . |
| 19 | But over the next months they became convinced the couple had been killed by someone they knew . |
| 20 | Harris Corp 's current mix of home-grown to purchased products is around 80:20 but over the next three to five years , O'Donnell expects this ratio to be reversed . |
| 21 | Kenya , one of its main strongholds , could still boast of a 20,000 strong population at the end of the 1960s , but over the next decade , poaching on an unprecedented scale — mainly by Somali bandits armed with AK 47s — had reduced their numbers to a few hundred . |
| 22 | ‘ Nobody should imagine that the changes will be immediate , ’ he adds , ‘ but over the next decade the market share will fluctuate very considerably among the five major British ELT publishers . ’ |
| 23 | A granite rock was carried up the mountain but over the next 120 years parts of the inscription did get broken away ; the climate at 2,700m can be very severe . |