Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun] [was/were] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations with Nicaragua were tense over the presence in Honduras of United States-financed Nicaraguan contra rebels who , although technically confined to border camps by international agreements , had again stepped up their attacks in Nicaragua at the end of 1989 [ see p. 37038 ] . |
| 2 | However , there is theoretical evidence that the Martian exposure to asteroids was higher over the last few 1000 Ma than in more recent times , which scales the ages down such that all but the more heavily cratered terrain is less than about 2000 Ma old . |
| 3 | Matthew drew upon a long-standing belief that the flora and fauna of Eurasia were dominant over those of the rest of the world and combined this with the paleontologist 's theory of the periodic explosion of new types at certain points in the fossil record . |
| 4 | The roadsides yesterday from Farnham to Winchester were spectacular over large stretches by Holybourne , Alton , and towards the Winchester bypass , and in many places between , with great drifts of snow-white flowers of Myrobalan plum . |
| 5 | Four hundred years ( 15:13 ) … the fourth generation ( 15:16 ) : the word " generation " may also mean " lifetime " , and the lifetime of Abram was well over a century . |