Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt the glittering sweep of his blue eyes flame over the creamy translucence of her bare shoulders to the curve of her breasts . |
| 2 | And threatening to sue … daughter demands action over mother 's hospital death . |
| 3 | When at last the waves sluice over them , each shakes her body convulsively so that the brown eggs swill away in the water and , with a touching gesture of apparent exultation , lifts her claws above her head as if waving a salute . |
| 4 | All figural cinema , or cinema which privileges spectacle over narrative or discourse , operates — as Mulvey suggests — largely on the model of and through the primary process . |
| 5 | Although China and Japan were the central areas for martial arts development over the last 2,000 years , many other countries in southeast Asia developed indigenous fighting systems , each of which , though perhaps not so well known , has produced great masters and thousand-years old traditions . |
| 6 | Exxon and insurers feud over oil spill costs |
| 7 | This social creation of significant labels can be demonstrated by noting how the salience of labels changes over time . |
| 8 | The weather , geography , altitude , geology and the vegetation of both the surrounding land and wet environment have all attributed to an animals evolution over thousands of year . |
| 9 | The pope made no direct statement about Lichfield at this time but Aethelheard visited Rome in 801 ( ASC A , s.a. 799 ) and the pope wrote to him in January 802 ( and to Coenwulf ) conceding to Aethelheard and his successors authority over all the churches of the Anglo-Saxons ( with reference specifically to the twelve bishoprics of the southern province ) . |
| 10 | PATRICK Johns , one of Ireland 's heroes in the Five Nations victory over England last Saturday , is feeling the heat already as he prepares for tomorrow 's opening salvoes in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sevens . |
| 11 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 12 | Many composers and arrangers hand over their manuscripts to professional copyists for fine finishing . |
| 13 | Cos even National Savings cycle over a five year period , and what you want to achieve is money coming back into your hands regularly over that period so you can take another look at what you 're doing . |
| 14 | This referred to Barvas , and has some bearing upon recent papers regarding the ‘ spread ’ of Petasites hybridus over the machair ( Currie , 1977 , Naylor & Cumming , 1892 ) . |
| 15 | THE GOVERNMENT came under fire last night from opposition MPs and trades unions over the latest Scottish unemployment figures . |
| 16 | The Department of Education has already been severely criticised by both the Audit Office and the Parliamentary Accounts Committee over the overall system which is more than £4,5m over the original estimated budget . |
| 17 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 18 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 19 | BCE Inc says it is ready to invest about $1,600m in telecommunications activities over the next five years in Asia , Latin America and Eastern Europe , and is interested in wireline privatisations , investment in wireless cellular licenses and joint ventures in both in different countries in those regions ; it has active negotiations with Mexico , India and Moscow for cellular licence investments , and is Cable & Wireless Plc 's partner in Mercury Communications Ltd ; BCE president L R Wilson also criticised Canada 's ‘ uncertain and confused ’ telecommunications regulatory framework , describing it as BCE 's biggest challenge , and calling for change ; at the annual meeting , he hit out at the policies of the Canadian Radio television & Telecommunications Commission , saying it is too slow in considering new products , services and rates — ‘ To be truly competitive , we need government policy and a regulatory framework which is clear , responsive and internationally relevant , ’ he said . |
| 20 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 21 | The loans will be drawn from the so-called Edinburgh facility , under which the EIB will lend a total of five billion Ecu ( about £408 billion ) to projects such as road , rail , energy and telecommunications networks over the next two years . |
| 22 | They included Lady Mary Bell , of East Rounton ; Mr Tom Haigh , of Stokesley ; Mrs Iris Wilkinson , of Sessay ; Mr Ian Kibble , of the Country Landowners ' Association ; Mr Peter Edmonds , of the National Farmers ' Union , and others who have spearheaded the anti-pylons movement over the last year . |
| 23 | Barnes slammed 65 with the bat and then captured 4–32 with his medium pace bowling to steer Caernarfonshire to a 54-runs victory over Anglesey at Bethesda . |
| 24 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 25 | Nor did the Teleuts hand over hostages to the Russians , despite pressure being placed on them to do so . |
| 26 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 27 | Many analyses of the unions in the 1970s suggested that such political power as they possessed rested on their ability to defy incomes policies over time and veto ( as In Place of Strife ) or render inoperable the policies or legislation which they did not like . |
| 28 | 1 ) establish who is responsible for reinforcing the existing law on sale of tobacco products to children 2 ) increase fines for retailers 3 ) restrict vending machines to over-18s premises 4 ) seek to phase out tobacco-sponsored sports coverage over the next 5 years 5 ) increase the amount spent by the tobacco industry on prevention ( currently 1% ) |
| 29 | When I was out on the road I mean before I came into training I was so I laid my cards at the table at this point in time to say yes I need to sell insurance erm and I always remember particular broker who you go in and and he 's saying well so how many of these particular products would you sell over the next year and he said oh twenty five and you go in great , guy 's promised to sell twenty five domestic contents policies over the next year . |
| 30 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |