Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun] over " in BNC.
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1 | To keep you up to date with the story so far : Katabatic first met Waterloo Boy over fences in the Captain Morgan Chase at Aintree in April 1990 , the pair finishing third and fourth behind Nohalmdun . |
2 | On Oct. 12 three former Matrix Churchill executives had come to trial charged with breaching export regulations over a period of more than two years prior to Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 , in particular by falsely describing the equipment as for civilian use . |
3 | The prize is intended to support research projects over a period of several years . |
4 | We stop to cover our faces with our balaclavas , haul in the drawstrings on our anoraks and clamp snow goggles over our eyes . |
5 | The 25 knot demonstrated crosswind limit over the whole range is as high as you are likely to get in any light aircraft . |
6 | When he returned , however , he was hit for three fours and a six in one over by the Trinidadian , who then crashed van Zyl over extra cover for another six . |
7 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
8 | White Knight joins bid fight over TVS |
9 | Place aluminium tape over the ridge ( top ) ends of the sheets , and aluminium antidust breather tape over the eaves ( bottom ) ends . |
10 | I had to write string quartets and little symphonies and I had to write jazz melodies over chords and , eventually , I had to write down my own music . |
11 | Shute will probably start the game tomorrow night , as he has work doubts over defender Dave Bowman and striker Mark Shield , while another midfielder , Micky George will have a fitness test . |
12 | He developed a strategy skilfully designed to establish intelligentsia leadership over this revolt . |
13 | It rapidly demonstrated its power and haulage capacity despite teething troubles , and 140 of these and a slightly smaller variant transformed train operation over most of the steam-worked Southern lines . |
14 | Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems . |
15 | Arens 's visit coincided with the US State Department 's postponement of a session of a joint committee which co-ordinated the disbursement of US military aid to Israel , although the State Department denied that the intention was to indicate US dissatisfaction over Israeli policies . |
16 | In June among the initial measures of Cresson 's government were bills providing for ( i ) hospital reform ( designed to tighten government regulations over private components of the national health system , approved by the National Assembly on its first reading on April 29 , by the Senate on June 7 and finally by the National Assembly on June 19 and prompting protests by 60,000-100,000 people on June 11 ) ; ( ii ) tougher penalties for desecrating graves ( approved on June 14 following the desecration of Jewish graves in Carpentras in May 1990 — see p. 37468 ; for earlier legislation against racism see p. 37683 ) ; and ( iii ) restrictions on telephone tapping ( the latter receiving the approval of the National Assembly on June 13 and of the Senate on June 25 ) . |
17 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
18 | The Finance Minister , Johannes Sumarlin , described the budget as representing government concern over " urgent need in various regions , primarily in eastern Indonesia " . |
19 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 80486 — is n't quite there yet . |
20 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 486 — is n't quite there yet . |
21 | The fact that an individual 's perception of his or her needs will change over time and context . |
22 | It has nothing in common with cases in which a particular producer , by acquiring monopoly control over a resource , is able to maintain his position as sole source of supply indefinitely . |
23 | Parents criticise Press Council over Guardian adjudication . |
24 | At Abernethy , when she had teased Bishop Malduin over his squirrel , the confusion of allegiance from which he was suffering had been very plain . |
25 | The EC had fined Greece $2,500,000 over this fraud case in 1987 . |
26 | Later we tried wire netting over the sluice and then mesh screens which rested each side and after a heavy snowfall collapsed into it , unable to bear the weight . |
27 | Can you buy marrowfat peas over here ? |
28 | For example , a high status will typically be attributed to the aim of acquiring material control over nature within Western capitalist societies , but will be accredited with a low status in a culture in which knowledge is designed to produce feelings of contentment or peace . |
29 | The Bolsheviks , on the other hand , reacted with much more caution to these institutions and tended to emphasize the need to establish Party control over them . |
30 | Oh yeah I , I I , I really think that you can just go and buy driving licences over the counter just like that . |