Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [noun prp] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has been an extraordinary rise in the sales of diesel cars in the UK over the past two years and diesel is proving more and more popular on the continent too . |
| 2 | The breakthrough , dubbed a ‘ quantum leap into the future ’ is opening at other cinemas throughout the US over the next few weeks . |
| 3 | X/Open is in separate discussions with the UN over the organisation 's internal use of open systems , and there is speculation that X/Open 's involvement with the UN might eventually see X/Open president Geoff Morris being elected to the UN 's advisory board . |
| 4 | Itzhak Shamir , the Prime Minister and Likud leader , announced at the end of a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 31 that he was dismissing Weizmann from the Cabinet , claiming that Weizmann had maintained contacts with the PLO over a period of time . |
| 5 | To take an outlandish illustration : do divisions between the army , the politburo and industrial managers in the USSR over the allocation of resources between weapons and consumer goods , imply that pluralism is alive and kicking ? |
| 6 | Have sales of religious books matched the growth in ethnic minority groups in the UK over the last 10 years and the related interest in the religions of the Middle and Far East ? |
| 7 | Progress towards political reform under Nguyen Van Linh ( then secretary-general of the CPV ) " s programme of renovation ( doi moi ) was effectively halted by apprehension within the higher echelons of the CPV over the momentous events taking place in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe during 1989-91 . |
| 8 | Though there was less overall pessimism about job prospects throughout the UK over the next few months , the survey also showed that one in five firms expects fresh redundancies and only 17 per cent predict job increases in the three months to June . |
| 9 | The disease is very similar to one which has affected pigs in the US over the last four years . |
| 10 | The spokesman said that China was making representations to the UK over the meeting . |
| 11 | Sun 's German users in particular are said to favour the Motif option , and IXI has been out testing the waters on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of weeks . |
| 12 | According to some sources the postponement of the budget seriously undermined India 's ongoing negotiations with the IMF over a US$2,000 million standby credit . |
| 13 | In this context a Soviet writer observed with chagrin that the United States administration , in calling into question the right-of the USSR to take part in measures to guarantee the freedom of navigation in the Persian Gulf in the aftermath of Brezhnev 's initiative , had forgotten that America had for many years carried out negotiations with the USSR over the Indian Ocean , ‘ of which the Persian Gulf is a component part ’ . |
| 14 | 1 The competition is open to all residents of the UK over the age of 18 holding current UK full driving licences , other than employees ( and their families ) of Haymarket Magazines Ltd , Peugeot , the AA or their agents . |
| 15 | The information area is another instance where RMI has become entangled and confused with a number of information initiatives in the NHS over the past few years . |
| 16 | But there are some red faces at the BBC over the ending of the London Marathon . |
| 17 | IBM top brass is said to have been meeting with Hewlett-Packard officials at various locations around the US over the last few days to lobby for their support and an announcement may now be imminent . |
| 18 | More interestingly , sources say that HP is currently weighing a 20% stake in Taligent to cement the new relationship , while IBM brass have been meeting with HP officials at various locations around the US over the last few days firefighting for their support . |
| 19 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |
| 20 | In fact , we are talking about a reduction in the number of jobs across the UK over the next two to three years — the great bulk of which will be accommodated by the normal process of retirals , voluntary resignations and so on . |