Example sentences of "a [noun] in [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | we have extremely good erm figure on a reduction in accident over the last few years and I 'd like to erm , I 'd like Councillor to erm to prevail our thanks to the road safety officers |
| 2 | The building society industry faces major changes — including a reduction in numbers over the next 10 years |
| 3 | Reports also indicated continuing differences over interest rates [ see pp. 37977-78 ; 38170 ; 38314 ] following a rise in inflation over the last year in six of the G-7 countries . |
| 4 | The response of airports and airlines to the Channel Tunnel has been coloured by the impending deregulation of air transport in Europe which is expected to lead to a substantial fall in fares and a rise in business over the next few years . |
| 5 | In the past , if a government lost a vote in Parliament over a major policy issue like the Maastricht treaty , it automatically resigned and called a general election . |
| 6 | Jones is in a Merseyside clinic after losing a stone and a half in weight over the last seven days . |
| 7 | I want to thank also er the different organisations , cos you made an absolute profit for the G P O , er erm British Telecom , they must have actually made a bomb in Leicestershire over the last few days . |
| 8 | Then there is a suit in Miami over a missing $6 billion ( £3.4 billion ) from Panama 's treasury . |
| 9 | Serious political divisions within the Congress , whose proceedings were brought to a standstill in October over the impeachment of the Minister of Public Works and Communications and the subsequent dismissal of the Congress president [ see pp. 37771-72 ] , threatened prolonged instability as did continued labour protests against anti-inflationary measures , culminating in a 24-hour general strike on Feb. 6 , 1991 [ see p. 38001 ] . |
| 10 | THERE 'S been a revolution in media over the last few years and it 's going to continue at an ever-increasing pace for sometime to come . |
| 11 | That was a victory in history over the power of sin and death . |
| 12 | The most famous instance is Lady Mary Wortley Montagu , whose ‘ Saturday ’ eclogue describes a woman in despair over the damage smallpox has done to her face . |
| 13 | Rangers are four points clear of Aberdeen and also have a game in hand over the Dons . |
| 14 | Lancashire are 25 points off the top with a game in hand over the leading five sides and Fairbrother pointed out : ‘ We could be a lot closer . |
| 15 | Regulations for the Ukrainian army were being drafted , following criticism from the Supreme Soviet in a statement in April over the slow formation of Ukrainian armed forces . |
| 16 | The directors are accordingly not obliged to maximise current profits in order to satisfy short-term demands for dividends at the expense of a growth in profitability over a longer period . |
| 17 | Councillor said , is extremely important to the people of and we 've learnt a lot in politics over the last ten years . |
| 18 | Hungary and Czechoslovakia have reached a deadlock in discussions over a hydro-electric dam to be built on the River Danube , which according to environmentalists and scientists , presents serious hazards . |
| 19 | The purchaser of a life assurance contract does not make one payment at the beginning of the contract but pays a premium in instalments over a number of years . |
| 20 | A report from south Yorkshire shows a decline in seroprevalence over the past 20 years with only 9.0% of women aged 16–40 being seropositive in 1988–90 . |