Example sentences of "from the [noun] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total subvention to British Coal from the Exchequer over the past five years . |
| 2 | Interest received from the borrower over the six months might not be sufficient to cover the bank 's own interest costs on deposits . |
| 3 | It was the first time the church authorities had discussed the issue of the refugees , some 25,000 of whom have entered Hungary from the south over the past year . |
| 4 | Salt handed her a cloth from the rail over the wide kitchen fireplace . |
| 5 | THE British defence industry has taken a battering from the government over the past decade . |
| 6 | Erm , I was going to mention , as Rob has done the increase in new complaints , which I think is somewhat welcome erm , we 're still taking a long time from the averages over the last twelve months , I think that 's just reflecting being out some days over the ones you 've been talking about , er , we 're down on actual stage one equipments in the month erm , we 're not quite sure why that is , mm it 's just the way things have panned out . |
| 7 | And the archaeological remains give authenticity to the fascinating legends of Greek mythology with the most famous of them all , the Parthenon , looking down from the acropolis over the bustling city of Athens below . |
| 8 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 9 | The C E C have had twelve months , the sections have been up and running , they should have learnt from the experiences over the last twelve months because all that they 've done is presented us with the same document with the exclusion of the one issue of the two year conference . |
| 10 | We have appreciated so much the support , encouragement , prayers and interest of many from the fellowship over the last year . |
| 11 | ANYONE would think from the controversy over the English Shakespeare Company 's production of Macbeth at Darlington Civic Theatre that the company are completely unaware of theatre finance . |
| 12 | Looking towards again from the bridge over the main road , er as one gets er near near . |
| 13 | There has been a marked and regrettable increase in reports from the town over the past year concerning the behaviour of students . |
| 14 | Mr Clinton will scale back the $12 billion he hopes to raise from the tax over the next five years by between a third and two-thirds . |
| 15 | It estimated the minke population in the Antarctic as around 750,000 , and suggested that up to 100,000 could be taken from the area over the next decade . |
| 16 | of the world 's largest media group , Time Warner , died on 20th December at the age of 65 after a battle with cancer which had forced him increasingly to withdraw from the business over the past year . |
| 17 | He fell from power in 1987 , resigning from the Politburo over the slow pace of reform . |
| 18 | Dabblers like the mallard seem to demand that the spiral moves clockwise from the eye over the full round forehead . |