Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] the [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the downside is that Pinatubo — which had been dormant for 600 years — may have been the reason we have all been reaching for our brollies and in some cases sandbagging the front door over the past few weeks . |
| 2 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 3 | Neither House of Parliament exercises the constitutional control over the minister in the Council which is exercised by the Danish Folketing Market Committee . |
| 4 | In 1973 , the board used the public outcry over leaked reports of proposed cuts in the network ‘ to press for a higher level of investment , which they now thought they had a chance of being granted ’ ( Pryke and Dodgson 1975 : 23 ) . |
| 5 | AN peace talks appeared near collapse yesterday and a United Nations Security Council vote to enforce the no-fly zone over the region was delayed . |
| 6 | On the eve of the summit Gorbachev reaffirmed the sharp differences over this issue [ see also p. 37535 ] , but both sides indicated that they were seeking a mutually acceptable solution . |
| 7 | All the hobbitic jokes are doing , then , is to reflect and by intention deflect the modern inhibition over high styles which we and they share ; if we were not embarrassed by the hobbits , in other words , we would be by the heroes . |
| 8 | Give us the words to share the good news over all the earth , today and in the coming weeks ; change our lives so that other people can see that You are Lord of our lives , and may be attracted to You . |
| 9 | Political parties retain the same name over long periods , implying sameness of identity . |
| 10 | Some Western Marxists left the Communist fold over the suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 and the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia , swelling the Trotskyist splinter groups who defended an alternative interpretation of revolutionary Marxism through the Stalinist period . |
| 11 | NEIL KINNOCK 'S attempt to defuse the long-standing controversy over black sections looks set for a conference defeat . |
| 12 | We have only to look back to the debates about language across the curriculum to remember the puerile arguments over whose responsibility it was to teach language skills . |
| 13 | The orchestral playing is quite ravishing at times , and Giulinii displays the utmost care over detail so that lots of subtleties can be heard despite the full textures . |
| 14 | Hrun slung the unconscious dragonlord over his shoulder and set off at a trot back to the arena . |
| 15 | He planned a trans-Pennine route to link the London and North Western Railway , and he promoted bills to eclipse the Pease interest in the north-east , where a struggle to control the movement of Cleveland ironstone intensified the original rivalry over coalfields . |
| 16 | Money Management lists the best performers over one year , with £1,000 invested , as : MGM International Bond ( phone 0903 204631 ) £1,043 ; Mercury Global Bond ( 071–280 2060 ) £1,037 ; Britannia Life Global Bond ( 041–332 3132 ) £1,036 ; Invesco International Bond ( 071–626 3434 ) £1,035 ; City Financial Beckman International Capital ( 071–407 5966 ) £1,029 ; Gartmore International Fixed Interest ( 071–782 2000 ) £1,029 ; and Guinness Flight Emu Trust ( 071–522 2129 ) £1,027 . |
| 17 | This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms . |
| 18 | A UN mediation process to resolve the protracted dispute over control of Western Sahara began in June [ see pp.37628-29 ] ; the issue of control of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melillia also remained to be resolved [ see p. 37222 ] . |
| 19 | Setting out from Alfoxden at half-past four , Coleridge and the Wordsworths followed the Great Track over the Quantock Hills , and as they marched westward through a ‘ dark and cloudy ’ evening , agreed that a poem should be written for publication to cover the expenses of their journey . |
| 20 | Tom pulled the voluminous nightshirt over his head and threw it into a copper tub with the sheets . |
| 21 | If the move up-market started anywhere , it was on Saturday 4 July 1981 , when SLOA ran the first PSLC over the Settle & Carlisle and down the Appleby-Warcop branch , for what now seems a very modest fare of £15 first class , £12 second class from London ( Euston ) , together with a tray meal at £2 ! |
| 22 | Harry rolled the two bodies over the gunwale into the sea , then stabbed twice through the bottom of the boat to sink it . |
| 23 | The prospect of a transatlantic trade war loomed closer after negotiators from the European Communities ( EC ) and the USA failed during September and October to break the protracted deadlock over farm subsidies in the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) [ see pp. 38601-02 ; 38746 ; 38842 ; 38888-89 ] . |
| 24 | Marcus pulled the meagre pillow over his head . |
| 25 | Thus , assuming all goes well in this weekend 's national league games , Scotland will have used a mere 16 players during the course of the campaign , Peter Wright 's introduction for the injured Alan Watt proving the only alteration over the four games . |
| 26 | Joe handed the foaming mugs over the bar , and they both collapsed into the little wooden dining chairs set each side of the dying open fire . |
| 27 | The Labour front bench exploited the recent disclosures over hidden subsidies to sweeten the sale of the Rover Group , telling Mrs Thatcher that she went to Strasbourg with a tarnished reputation . |
| 28 | The Labour front bench exploited the recent disclosures over hidden subsidies to sweeten the sale of the Rover Group , telling Mrs Thatcher that she went to Strasbourg with a tarnished reputation . |
| 29 | There is a dead nun in the school chapel ; Father gives the bridal sermon over my dead body . |
| 30 | Kevin slipped the two connectors over the thinner pipe , and supported the weight with soil and stones , while he slid the connectors over the larger sections of pipe to complete the repair . |