Example sentences of "the [noun pl] over the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a valuation disagreement between the clubs over the Midlands-born defender could wreck the move . |
| 2 | The discussions over the Mutual Aid Agreement in early 1942 fully recognised the importance of full employment . |
| 3 | A hydraulic ram elevates the section of the launcher vehicle housing the four missiles to an angle of 450 ; the caps over the rear ends of the launch tubes fold down , so that the exhaust gases from the booster rockets can pass through ; and the crew can then press the fire button . |
| 4 | In the following year , Maurice Peston told a committee of the House of Commons that ‘ those who doubt the innovatory possibilities of British education and the capacity of the DES and the LEAs to help things forward should study the CNAA and the polytechnics over the past decade . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What is important is to balance the books over the financial cycle . |
| 7 | But they had no doubt about the emotional hold of the miners over the Labour movement . |
| 8 | Being harder and more durable , they also have withstood the elements over the many centuries that have passed since their arrival , while their softer plinths have been eroded by wind and rain and frost , leaving unaffected only those parts actually under the ‘ umbrella ’ protection of the boulders above . |
| 9 | But relations between the two clubs have remained good and two Derry players , Jonathan Speak and Gregory Kearney , have moved to the Showgrounds over the past year . |
| 10 | Kevin slipped the two connectors over the thinner pipe , and supported the weight with soil and stones , while he slid the connectors over the larger sections of pipe to complete the repair . |
| 11 | Each strategy will be given its own management team , which will be expected to work out all the effects over the whole company , including estimates of resource requirements for each subsidiary business . |
| 12 | ‘ The gigantic power and influence of the ovaries over the whole animal economy of woman ’ , as Dr Bliss put it in 1870 , meant that women 's constitutions were believed to be inherently unstable throughout the life cycle . |
| 13 | First , Leconte demolished Sampras in straight sets before teaming with Guy Forget to administer defeat in the doubles over the American pairing of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso . |
| 14 | This register of letters deals with the transactions over the imperial question and contains copies of some incoming letters ( including the above ) as well as the highly secret ones being sent out . |
| 15 | Mr Shamir said he would stick to his promise not to make concessions to the Palestinians over the occupied territories . |
| 16 | The IBOA will , of course , be tackling this particular problem in discussions with the Banks over the coming months . |
| 17 | Yes , so that until they drop out of the system erm , erm , a year from when that stage one decision was making , the teams over the sub teams overall stage one times are likely to be erm considerably higher than they will be in the month immediately after that er multiple has dropped out . |
| 18 | The selectors will also consider Curtis Robb who competes in the championships over the metric mile alongside Club mates Lee Cadwallader and Chris May . |
| 19 | Given the changes over the previous decade , a further review of the size and distribution of the Leicestershire residential care sector was considered to be essential both to set an information baseline before the implementation of the National Health Service and Community Care Act and to document changes in the demography and levels of dependency of the residential care population . |
| 20 | Regional and local variations in socio-economic characteristics , labour supply , age structure and ethnic composition , particularly relating to 1981 and the changes over the previous decade , are described by Champion et al . |
| 21 | In the following section we shall examine the changes that have occurred in the UK economy in the decades leading up to the latest period of structural change , the changes over the post-war period culminating in what is often called the deindustrialization of the UK . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | See we had a fire right in the middle of the cabin and I used to chuck this here er flock mattress on the table and the blankets over the old flock pillow and go to sleep that way . |
| 24 | LORD TEBBIT vowed yesterday that the ‘ wretched ’ Maastricht treaty could still be defeated in the Commons , despite the setback to the Euro-rebels over the social chapter . |
| 25 | Presently treading water as a three-year-old compiler house , Portland Group Inc , Wilsonville , Oregon , is expected to grab the bull by the horns over the next couple of months and put in place strategies which it claims will lead the company into more profitable software markets . |
| 26 | The Buccaneer strike aircraft , which was used as a fighter plane during the Gulf War , will dart through the skies over the Maiden City . |
| 27 | He became a Minister in the Foreign Office and during a trip to Israel in 1988 condemned the Israelis over the inhumane treatment of Arab refugees . |
| 28 | She is patting Xanthe softly now , dreamily , and she stands her up and drops the nightdress with the rabbits over the little girl 's head , and turns her to fasten the top pearl button at the back . |
| 29 | The arguments over the relative importance of optimality versus mutational explanations are relevant to a wide range of evolutionary questions , and the problem of senescence is one instance of a general question : to what extent does the degree of adaptation reflect the strength of selection ? |
| 30 | Hence the controls over the substantive ends which can be pursued by an administrative authority are expressed in terms of relevancy , purpose or unreasonableness in its substantive sense . |