Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.

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1 I put it in the barn in a seed tray with a piece of glass on top over the winter and the whole lot came up .
2 Despite a run of small harvests , the cellars in Reims and Épernay were brimming , and it was estimated that had sales maintained their 1932 level , the Champagne houses possessed sufficient stock in hand to tide over sales for the next thirty-three years .
3 Even when age of acquisition and age at time of test are controlled there is a consistent gap in favour of production over comprehension of BSL for groups of signers with average six , 12 and 20 years ' experience ( Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones , 1981 ) .
4 Gradually the sound came closer until it was bellowing overhead , hurling its echo from mountain to mountain over the valley .
5 In this kind of evaluation of change over time , it is argued that it is easier to attribute changes directly to the planned intervention , since it is unlikely that other experiences to which the child might be exposed would produce the same pattern of differential progress across different aspects of language .
6 Some of these richer families in the village were becoming entrepreneurial , while others still clung to the exercise of power through control over land .
7 He added traders would be questioned on the effects of pedestrianisation on business over coming months .
8 Although DLOs have survived , Stoker ( 1988 , p. 186 ) notes that there was a 22.5 per cent fall in numbers employed between 1980 and 1985 and a 17.7 per cent fall in value of output over the same period .
9 There is a supplement of £10 per person for travel over a Bank Holiday which is applicable for outward travel on or between the following dates in 1992 :
10 Identical analyses of Costa scores showed no significant differences , with the exception of improvement in oedema at 16 weeks in favour of epogam over placebo ( p=0.04 ) .
11 The need to preserve experience for knowledge based systems , the need for verification in case of dispute over contract or other liabilities , legal requirements and citizens data access rights will ensure the preservation of wide ranges of data .
12 Knill said that there had been progress in collaboration with HEIs over responsive mode funding and with NERC 's institutes .
13 Unfavourable circumstances encouraged strong orientation towards the present , not the future : a feeling of lack of control over events and a tendency to accept them passively .
14 In continuation of the policy of decentralization in progress over the past few years , Prime Minister Edith Cresson announced on Nov. 7 that the École Nationale d'Administration ( ENA ) , the elite civil service school , was to be transferred from Paris to Strasbourg by 2000 to strengthen links with Europe .
15 They range from the role of liturgy in art over studies of the mosaics in Ravenna to interpretations of early Netherlandish art .
16 In order to compare the uptake of Ac-ASA with that of 5-ASA , the rate of uptake of Ac-ASA over one hour has to be derived .
17 However , in Strange ( SW ) Ltd v Mann [ 1965 ] 1 All ER 1069 Stamp J said that it was against public policy to allow an employer to exercise control by way of contract over an employee 's skill and knowledge .
18 The deployment of troops had been welcomed by the ANC leadership , on the grounds that local people had lost faith in the police , but the ANC nonetheless criticized the government for lack of consultation over the deployment .
19 Evidence of excessive demand There is some observable good sense in this argument , and it helps to explain why sterling has not hit the fan a lot earlier , during a truly spectacular swing from surplus to deficit over the past two years .
20 For example , what precipitated the movement of labour-intensive manufacturing from North to South over the past three decades , and how exactly has this affected the employment and wages of skilled and unskilled workers ?
21 ‘ One paper , by Paige ( 1967 ) , for example , quotes Lenin 's ‘ who does what to whom ’ , and Mao 's ‘ war without bloodshed ’ , reminds us of the more familiar formulations of Lasswell ( 1936 ) — ‘ who gets what , when , how ’ — , Easton ( 1953 ) — ‘ the authoritative allocation of values ’ — , Levy ( 1952 ) — ‘ the allocation of power and responsibility ’ , and Snyder ( 1958 ) — ‘ the making of authoritative social decisions ’ , and throws in for good measure a definition by a Japanese political scientist , Masao Maruyama — ‘ the organization of control by man over man ’ .
22 Mr Grant said that his association and its members had contributed quite a lot of money for advice over a number of years .
23 He said : ‘ I gather there has been a lot of soul-searching up north over the defeats for Linfield and Bangor — though Linfield now have a lifeline .
24 He said : ‘ I gather there has been a lot of soul-searching up north over the defeats for Linfield and Bangor — though Linfield now have a lifeline .
25 Embarrassed salesman Mr Drury , 34 , said : ‘ I have taken a lot of stick at work over this .
26 The Gospel of the God of Grace from top to ground over you .
27 The Gospel of the God of Grace from top to ground over you .
28 Accordingly , the major contribution of economics to policy over this period has been in providing some short-term corrections to economic activity whilst being able to do little to alter the long-term trend .
29 Hank Holland president and chief executive officer said the firm would continue to support its E and M mainframe series software for another seven to ten years , but would start to reduce research and development expenditure in favour of client/server over the next three years .
30 Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water .
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