Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two councillors are to monitor the situation over the next few days before seeking a meeting with the RUC 's assistant Chief Constable . |
| 2 | Funding was received from one Norwich newspaper , the Eastern Daily Press , who agreed to support the project over a three year period . |
| 3 | His pledge to halve the deficit over the next four years is largely based on eliminating 100,000 government jobs . |
| 4 | What I must do is get to know the people over a few hours or days and find out what they 're trying to do , what their activities are , whether they have children or pets . |
| 5 | Control of the terms chosen for the headings list ( what is technically called the " thesaurus " ) is of crucial importance if the coordinate index is to attempt to provide a service over the whole field of knowledge , and if it is to provide the depth of service that is technically feasible . |
| 6 | Klepsch was elected as part of an agreement struck between the EPP and the Socialist Group to split the presidency over the five-year life of the EP . |
| 7 | Within the broad cooperative movement existed the Women 's Cooperative Guild , an organisation that was to exert an influence over the political alignment of working-class women in the interwar period quite disproportionate to its numerical size . |
| 8 | LABOUR 'S Trade and Industry spokesman , Mr Gordon Brown , yesterday continued to press the Government over the alleged deception surrounding the Rover Group sale . |
| 9 | There are now plans to extend the mining over a further 21,850 hectares in the Navajo 's Black Mesa and Kayenta regions . |
| 10 | UP TO 50 anxious Tory backbenchers are ready to defy the Government over the coming Council Tax . |
| 11 | To me he seems to cast a blight over the whole day . ’ |
| 12 | The food is dumpling-based , substantial , and it would be kinder to draw a veil over the indigenous wine lake . |
| 13 | This is a common reaction to the effect of the remedy and you should wait and expect to see an improvement over the next few minutes or an hour or so depending on how severe the illness is . |
| 14 | This rather simple notion , that there is one single Mexican culture , problematic principally because it tends to valorize the European over the indigenous and to ignore the diversity , and richness of the latter , but also , conversely , because it excludes or denigrates the more purely European aspects of the culture . |
| 15 | We focus first on the moral issues , and then move on to consider the debate over the factual consequences of insider dealing . |
| 16 | Right-wing deputies offered on Saturday to study the recommendations over the next 90 days . |
| 17 | We 're looking to conquer the planet over the next 12 months . ’ |
| 18 | Under these circumstances , the task of a fire brigade is a very difficult one , since on arrival they have to fight a fire over a large vertical height , from a very constricted position at floor level , at the base of the racking . |
| 19 | HEALTH secretary William Waldegrave has been called in to settle the row over an impending shake-up of health care in the North-East . |
| 20 | Looking back on it , perhaps it was not appropriate for me to heckle the vicar over the inadequate parking facilities at St Dodimeads . |
| 21 | Jock 's voice was raised as he continued to describe the events over the past five days : — The attack on the Casino at Ouistreham and the eventual capture of the town by the British and French of No. 4 Commando . |
| 22 | I find it best to spread the cream over the minced beef , and then to top that with the avocado ( if used ) and the tomato . |
| 23 | Contributions to the pension fund schemes are assessed in accordance with advice from qualified actuaries and charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost over the remaining expected service lives of the employees within the relevant schemes . |
| 24 | Contributions to the pension fund schemes are assessed in accordance with advice from qualified actuaries and charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost over the remaining expected service lives of the employees within the relevant schemes . |
| 25 | To tell hospital managers that they should have paced themselves to spread the money over the full year is a denial of all the theoretical advantages of a free market . |
| 26 | Despite the behind-the-scenes politics , the most likely outcome of a redesigned Freedom is a slowing of ESA 's programme to spread the costs over a longer period . |
| 27 | Alford was equally staunch in championing the rights of the Commons against the Lords , whether protesting at the Upper House 's attempts to control the negotiations over the Scottish union or complaining against their insistence on members ' ‘ standing so long bare ’ at conferences . |
| 28 | The review was accepted as a compromise to break the deadlock over a linked EC proposal to cut butter support prices by five per cent . |
| 29 | If a deal is eventually to be wrung out of a reluctant Kremlin to break the deadlock over the Baltic republics , much will depend on how much support Mr Yeltsin can muster . |
| 30 | I have a fitting on Sunday for the ‘ New Faces ’ final — one gown with three jackets to ring the changes over the ninety minutes of live T.V. It 's imperative that I do the show as I ca n't think of anyone who could step into the breach should I become ill . |