Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] over a [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Answer guide : To provide a guide to the way in which a business has performed over a period of time . |
| 2 | He has presided over a degree of prosperity unknown under his predecessor , Sukarno . |
| 3 | In the case of the urban riots , it is the nature of the television coverage which is in essence inciting other young people in different parts of the country to civil disobedience , whereas in the case of football violence , the implication is that the perceived lack of moral leadership by the broadcasting corporations has led over a period of years to a general moral climate in this country which fails to provide adequate controls over the behaviour of the nation 's youth . |
| 4 | CHESAPEAKE BAY Has created over a period of about 17000 years . |
| 5 | My belief is that our good practice has evolved over a period of more than 50 years and that it has developed in classrooms through the dedicated expertise of British teachers enjoying the relative freedom traditionally allowed within our education system . |
| 6 | The King added that he knew MacDonald could depend on Conservative and Liberal support , and he agreed to preside over a meeting of the three party leaders on the following day . |
| 7 | He did n't want to talk about it , and muttered that he 'd resigned over a matter of principle concerning next year 's timetable . |
| 8 | Allowance will be made for the early payment of a lump sum to the employer which he would have earned over a period of time . |
| 9 | People 's eating habits and food preferences are learned ; they are habits that become ingrained over a period of years . |
| 10 | And to Carole 's annoyance , Hyacinth Scragg had not turned up , despite the reminder she had received over a cup of tea at the conference centre . |
| 11 | I 've pondered over a couple of the things . |
| 12 | To pass the time , the conversation had ranged over a variety of topics , from sport to current affairs , then had finally settled after some time on shop-talk — inevitable when any group of cops got together anywhere in the world . |
| 13 | Eisenhower had presided over a period of grim Cold War tension which he , like most Americans , believed had been caused by the ambitions of world communism . |
| 14 | It was no longer that he had been a member of the murder gang , but that he had presided over a meeting of UDA officers in order to plan it . |
| 15 | An officers report to Monday 's committee says standards have fallen over a number of years . |