Example sentences of "of [noun] [unc] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Great strides have been made in the reduction of ICI 's waste over the past 20 years . |
| 2 | The OpenVMS environment , along with NAS software , OSF/1 and Microsoft Windows NT , are to form the basis of DEC 's strategy over the coming decade and beyond , though as DEC UK chairman , Geoff Shingles reflected , ‘ we should have put VMS into the open domain in the eighties . ’ |
| 3 | Sir : The Institute of Statisticians ' role over the last 40 years has been to promote and protect the professional integrity of statisticians not only in this country but in the many others covered by our membership ( 'Wide support for impartial check on official statistics ' , 10 October ) . |
| 4 | An agreement on flights had been reached by the Israeli and Soviet national airlines in December 1989 but had not been put into practice because of Moscow 's concerns over the settlement of Soviet Jews in the occupied territories [ see also p. 37748 ] . |
| 5 | Some may even refuse to take part , raising the long-term danger of a breakdown of Moscow 's control over the Russian provinces . |
| 6 | They will examine the social importance of journalists ' work over the last 25 years , particularly with regards to the Troubles . |
| 7 | How does the existence of ‘ parallel ’ markets affect the Bank of England 's influence over the monetary sector ? |
| 8 | At Ashness Bridge , one of the most frequented sites in the Lakes , he helped to launch a major programme to combat the erosion caused by the pounding of millions of visitors ' feet over the years . |
| 9 | If it were true , why am I , as responsible Minister , spending £567 million of taxpayers ' money over the current public expenditure survey round on regional policy ? |
| 10 | Their latest , a prototype 80-to 100-seater called Asuka , has devoured ¥38 billion ( $210m ) of taxpayers ' money over the past 12 years . |
| 11 | Elizabeth 's face lit up , as she told him of Martha 's excitement over the clothes sent by Tamar . |
| 12 | The battle of the gods in the Babylonian Genesis has no Old Testament equivalent , despite attempts by many scholars to discover underlying references to it in the text of Genesis 1:2 and other passages which speak of God 's power over the waters . |
| 13 | Also in this category , but published for the first time in this volume , is the article Jackie And Just Seventeen which not only records changes in the content of girls ' magazines over the 80s ( since McRobbie 's original analysis of the late 70s , also included here ) but registers theoretical developments as well through its attention to the ways in which girls as readers both construct their own meanings and interact with the texts . |
| 14 | If , partly because of Europe 's obduracy over the common agricultural policy , the GATT talks break down , the process of disengagement from external responsibilities may move very much faster than anyone expects or hopes , both from Europe and from the west Pacific area . |
| 15 | Knives chopping carrots , spoons mixing in spices , rolling-pins rolling out the dough , bubbling pans … there is lots of interesting and colourful action in a well run kitchen , enlivened now and again by the peering of children 's eyes over the table-top at all that is going on . |
| 16 | His testimony later that month implicated Agamemnon Koutsogiorgas , the former Justice Minister and Minister to the Prime Minister [ see p. 36527 ] , whom Mantzouranis claimed had been the recipient of the US$2,000,000 from Koskotas which had been paid in return for his effecting the passage of a law which lifted the Bank of Greece 's control over the Bank of Crete . |
| 17 | One of its effects had been the cancellation of examinations in most secondary schools , with instead assessment of students ' work over the year being counted towards matriculation . |
| 18 | Despite the substantial growth in studies of women 's employment over the past decade , very little comparative analysis has been undertaken in this area . |
| 19 | Lobbying of Napolitano 's followers over the following days resulted in Occhetto 's gaining 71.5 per cent of the votes in a second vote on Feb. 8 , in which he was again the only candidate . |
| 20 | The milk can had rolled under Agnes 's armchair and was dispersing a rivulet of goat 's milk over the carpet . |