Example sentences of "of the [noun] [noun] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know who you 're really working for but it must be a pretty influential organization to have the editor of the New York Times over a barrel . ’
2 However , the discounted margin method has the disadvantage of needing a forecast of the reference interest rate over the remaining life of the bond .
3 We are planning a major project to upgrade parts of the Union Canal towpath over the weekends of June 12 — 13th and June 19 — 20th , with possibly some mid-week work in between .
4 Col Gaddafi has until April 15 to hand over two suspected bombers of the Pan Am flight over Lockerbie in 1988 or face UN sanctions including a cut-off of air traffic and arms sales and an enforced reduction of Libyan diplomatic representation abroad .
5 At one stage these key agreements appeared jeopardized by the intransigence of the United Kingdom government over the inclusion of social policy in the union treaty .
6 Despite a range of domestic environmental controls introduced under the auspices of the state Environment Agency over the past 20 years , critics believe that industrial success and economic growth continue to take precedence over concerns such as imports of tropical timber , the use of controversial drift-nets by Japanese fishing fleets , and continuing industrial pollution of land and sea .
7 Excitement mounted ; the hills we got to know so well ; on the left Heathmynd , then Rhadley and Linley Hill ; and then on the right the dramatic landmark of the Beech Avenue curling over the top of Norbury .
8 Routers have really revolutionised the trade and home woodworking sectors of the power tool market over the last 20 or so years .
9 In a tragic testimony to the commercial success of the package holiday business over the last 30 years , melanoma now ranks as Britain 's fastest growing cancer .
10 On 20 April nine CR 42s of 23° Gruppo and 15 MC200s of 17° Gruppo escorted three S.79s of the 87° Gruppo B.T. over Valetta .
11 Each club had one of these books which they called Grimoires , and –he loss or destruction of these Grimoires has accounted for the disappearance of other branches of The Hell Fire Club over the years .
12 Sir Christopher added : ‘ The nuclear industry 's battle for the heart and mind of the trade union movement over the case for nuclear power goes on .
13 Italian glaciologists have reported the shrinkage of the Valtellina ice cap over the Italian Alps , suggesting that it could disappear altogether within 60 years .
14 Fold the ends of the Parma ham slices over the filling , then refrigerate for 2–3hr until set .
15 If there have been changes in the journal coverage of the Science Citation Index over the period , such that some members of this limited set were not scanned prior to 1970 , say , then such earlier theses would show a lower frequency of citations in general , and the first citations of an author 's thesis could be missed , thus artificially increasing the average latency period .
16 Recently she won the regional ladies competition of the Rover Cup competition over her home course at Winterfield Golf Club , Dunbar .
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