Example sentences of "[noun] by the [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not primarily a bacteriologist , and instead of using the standard criterion of survival of the organism , growth in culture , he measured the uptake of oxygen by the cultivated organisms over short periods and so obtained results more quickly . |
| 2 | A conference in Woods Hole , Massachusetts , reacting to reports of large-scale dumping of highly radioactive waste by the Soviet Union over the past 40 years [ see ED70 ] , concluded that " any potential problem would be a local one and would pose no threat on a global scale . " |
| 3 | The leader of the Afrikaner Weerstandsbeweging ( Afrikaner Resistance Movement ) has been largely discredited in far-right circles by the recent scandal over his relations with an glamorous English-language newspaper columnist . |
| 4 | Also , the return to the international fold was marked with an emphatic victory by the Junior Springboks over Namibia . |
| 5 | THE ISSUE of awarding banking staff performance-related pay has been thrown into sharp relief by the current controversy over the Royal Bank of Scotland 's ‘ Performance Plus ’ scheme . |
| 6 | He was waiting for them with his barge by the first footbridge over the canal as they came down from the moor . |
| 7 | Decentralization policies by the French government over the last few years have re-enforced the significance of the ‘ Circonscription ’ as a means whereby agencies can maintain and develop their links with communities . |