Example sentences of "over the [adj] year " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We hope over the five years to make a significant impact into solving the area 's many problems , ’ said Coun Carr . |
| 2 | Although some people join the ranks of the old with relish and gloat over the advancing years ( 'I 'm in my 80th year' — i.e. 79 ) , others have commented on the incongruous feeling the idea of being old creates within them . |
| 3 | I do n't know whether this will be acceptable to Policy and Resources Committee or the Council at the end of the day , but essentially what is showing there is something that , taken over the three years meets er , a figure equivalent to the annual but it does n't do it uniformly over the three years . |
| 4 | But I plan over the next year to completely renew my rig ; there are just too many hip new things . |
| 5 | Every county in the Central South Region has seen more than four thousand jobs disappear over the past year . |
| 6 | But both companies ' increase in money sales merely matched the six-fold increase in the retail prices index over the 20 years . |