Example sentences of "[noun] to [art] [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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1 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
2 | If this is a prelude to the final struggle over reform — even to civil war — then what are the forces on each side ? |
3 | Barri Williams 's unbeaten 26 steered Tregaron to a six-wicket win over Aberaeron 2nds ( 64 all out ) , Will Davies and Arwyn Morgan both taking three wickets . |
4 | In the First Division , Dumbarton eased the threat of relegation thanks to a two-goal win over Cowdenbeath . |
5 | its Oxford 's turn this week … the Live match is coming to the Manor Ground on Sunday for United against Leicester City … to rugby now … and Gloucester 's season is having all sorts of ups and downs … they 're on a high at the moment thanks to a resounding win over Leicester Tigers on saturday … the score at Kingsholm was thirty six … thirteen |
6 | Ironically there was a Molby in the team when Northern Ireland last played in Denmark — Jan 's young cousin Johnny who helped his side to a 2–1 victory over Billy Bingham 's men in November 1991 . |
7 | Ironically there was a Molby in the team when Northern Ireland last played in Denmark — Jan 's young cousin Johnny who helped his side to a 2–1 victory over Billy Bingham 's men in November 1991 . |
8 | The theory under attack was the notion that a band of prophets , under the leadership of William Wilberforce , had roused the conscience of a corrupted nation and led humanity to a decisive victory over the evils of materialism , avarice and human exploitation . |
9 | MARK APPLESON scored two tries to steer Scotland to a 22–12 victory over Natal in the Dubai rugby union Sevens final yesterday . |
10 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
11 | I think you 're sort of drawing drawing their attention to the public concern over that sort of phrase . |
12 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
13 | The affair gave renewed vigour to a running debate over the links between high-ranking members of the government and the production of coca . |
14 | BRIAN LARA cracked an unbeaten century to steer the West Indies to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in Bloemfontein yesterday . |
15 | And he then skipped Ronnie Oliver to a 27-7 success over Old Bleach 's James Talbot and Michael Nutt in the pairs final . |
16 | And he then skipped Ronnie Oliver to a 27–7 success over Old |
17 | The first was an increase of the length of the blocked transcript by one and two nucleotides for many of the blockages exhibited by derivatives 2 , 3 and 6 ( eg. 44 and 45 for the UV5 derived transcripts ) accompanied by a time-dependent extension to the longer transcript over 5–15 min . |
18 | Two of the leading churchmen , Bishops Wishart of Glasgow and Fraser of St. Andrews , have once more summoned to Scone the Prelates , Abbots , Priors , Earls , Barons and all good men of the country to renew their fealty to the new queen over the water , the Maid of Norway . |
19 | Zimbabwe Test star Alistair Campbell reached 600 runs for the season with an undefeated century helped Wallasey to a 214-run victory over Sefton . |
20 | This claim gives rise to an ontological dispute over the nature of individuals , which underlies the issue of reducibility ; for holists and individualists disagree about how individuals are to be characterised and what properties they possess . |
21 | Although the territory does not have formal political parties , two loose coalitions have evolved in response to the protracted debate over the compact of free association : the Coalition for Open Honest and Just Government opposes the compact , while the Ta Belau Party supports it . |
22 | The new measures are in response to the public outcry over illegal rave parties such as the one at Castlemorton Common last year . |
23 | Throughout his trials with the Sex Pistols , Richard Branson had been engaged in another , even more delicate negotiation , one which promised , at last , to provide the antidote to the enduring unhappiness over his broken marriage . |
24 | The European Commission is set to take Britain to the European Court over its failure to carry out environmental impact assessments ( EIA ) on three motorway extension projects . |
25 | Regardless of your area of specialisation , the old epithet of ‘ tried and trusted ’ has been replaced by experimentation and sometimes cursory evaluation of what is achieved by one approach to a nursing procedure over another . |
26 | Environmentalists have reported the government to the European Commission over nine road schemes which have been given approval without an environmental assessment . |
27 | In the first place , the church of Canterbury inherited the pretensions of the Anglo-Saxon kings to a quasi-imperial authority over Britain and the adjacent islands . |
28 | Where a claimant 's income rises above the ‘ needs allowance ’ , tapers are applied so that , as income rises , the size of benefit falls in direct relation to the excess income over the needs allowance . |
29 | The President announced this action and explained its background to a startled nation over nationwide television on 22 October . |
30 | Rees , a key figure in Rugby 's rise from area league status to the top division over the past six years , made his decision for what he called personal reasons , though his increasingly sharp disagreements with Brain became a talking point . |