Example sentences of "[noun] over [art] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were able to respond swiftly because they already have a secret ballot strike mandate over an ongoing pay dispute . |
| 2 | Just sometimes , this one had crimson nails , left over from the other , who wore a tight black skirt and a black jacket with padded shoulders over a pink silk shirt and was carefully made up with pink and brown eyeshadow , brushed blusher along the cheekbone and plummy lips . |
| 3 | Third , as we monitored our representative sample of schools over a three year period , we could perceive some of them undergoing a process of structural transition , shifting away from the simple two-tier model towards departmentalism and/or a matrix structure . |
| 4 | ( The Regional Council already propose the upgrading of the towpath EAST of Wester Hailes , and of the short section from Calders Cres. to the aqueduct over the new city bypass , so eventually we shall have an almost continuous route to/from the city centre ) . |
| 5 | ‘ The convulsion of war has opened our eyes to many strange things ’ , he wrote in 1919 , ‘ Few of us had realised till war had exposed it how thin is the veneer of civilisation over the underlying animal proclivities … the failure of religion to direct , and education to balance , the actions of men . ’ |
| 6 | However it is recognized that decisions by overseas students to accept or reject offers are influenced by a more complex set of factors than for home students , and there remains uncertainty over the appropriate offer ratios to be applied . |
| 7 | The other benefits of the Protagon are that the strings are not ‘ fixed ’ on the frame , rather they are guided down into the handle , ‘ floating ’ on the frame , according to the manufacturers , thereby equalizing the tension over the entire racket face . |
| 8 | Figure 1 shows the production of lactate from 5 mM glucose over a three hour period ( mean of four experiments ) . |
| 9 | But trail rides also mean facing long climbs , often dismounting and walking , aching limbs at the end of a long day , and in the case of Argyllshire sufficient jumping ability to take your horse over the occasional stone wall . |
| 10 | I should very much like the opportunity to discuss with the hon. Gentleman and his hon. Friends , and other colleagues from Northern Ireland , how we can introduce a strategy for promoting inward investment over a longer time scale than that hitherto adopted . |
| 11 | reported domestic violence over a six month period |
| 12 | This was how a Florida man described the graffiti with which he defaced a couple of hundred public library books over a three year period between 1977 and 1980 . |
| 13 | The fact , as one commentator has pointed out , that bidders are prepared to pay substantial premiums over the existing stock market valuation of a company in order to gain control indicates that despite the presence of the take-over threat bidders still believe that there is considerable scope for efficiency gains . |
| 14 | ECC C were comfortable 7–3 winners over the struggling Baddow Village A side in Division Two . |
| 15 | They are also paying top officials 10% over the normal pay scales . |
| 16 | In Western Europe it is estimated that new cars will become , on average , 2% more fuel efficient per year to 1990 , Europe 's motor manufacturers having given the commitment to governments to improve the fuel efficiency of their 1985 models by 10% over the 1978 efficiency level . |
| 17 | The table shows the number of mornings and afternoons that winds blew at various strengths over a 14 day period . |
| 18 | Police have been getting tough with drivers over the new tyre safety legislation which came into force yesterday . |
| 19 | The Government 's dogma over the National Health Service has turned into panic . |
| 20 | After a small riot over a beaded evening bag ( ‘ But darling , it belonged to your lovely mother , rest her soul ! |
| 21 | A WAR of words erupted today after Stena Sealink claimed victory in the three-way battle of the waves over the critical summer peak period . |
| 22 | The result over a two year period is a range of display material that has been exclusively designed and manufactured , and is now available to retailers throughout the country . |
| 23 | Formol saline fixed , paraffin embedded Crosby capsule jejunal biopsy specimens were collected by reviewing the archives of the Royal Infirmary Pathology Department over a five year period . |
| 24 | He was the fourth of twelve speakers over the three day conference , the others being Ministers , Commissioners , Economists and Academics , and had been introduced by the Chairman as ‘ The Man at the Sharp End ’ . |
| 25 | The tiled roof over the single south aisle was stripped off and partly replaced with bronze-coloured aluminium glazing bars framing bronze-tinted ‘ anti-sun ’ glass , the upper panels of which are laid to the same slope as the original roof , the lower panels producing a range of shallow vertical windows , the combination of which gives ‘ conservatory ’ lighting to the first floor flats ( Plate 23 ) . |
| 26 | Social workers , librarians , planners , architects , housing staff , tax , careers and school officers will be taking part in the vote for six days of strike action over a six week period from October 4 . |
| 27 | Mr Kinnock has taken High Court libel action over a front page story , A Man For All Reasons , in the Sun on April 3 . |
| 28 | BRAINTREE District Council is having to face up to a need to take recovery action over the new council tax . |
| 29 | At the De Belvings ' , she 'd levelled smouldering , smoky gazes at young Lorimer over a black feather fan , until he obeyed her wordless summons and approached her . |
| 30 | Although pollsters say the race is volatile , not one major national survey now gives the lead to Bush , who enjoyed a record popularity rating after the Gulf War only to watch it drift away amid worries over the weak US economy . |