Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] over [art] " in BNC.

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1 But although the educational services were supplied to only a few inmates , several of these were undertaking advanced work : three had completed BAs over the past few years , another an MA , and nine were embarking upon university degrees by correspondence .
2 Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ .
3 Measuring 10′6″ × 9′3″ having central heating radiator and windows enjoying views over the side and rear .
4 now , call it eighty five plus tapes , got loads over the wings of love
5 The main bedroom has balconies over the west-facing stone loggia and the bay window of the drawing-room .
6 It is surrounded by landscaped gardens and the lobby has views over the golden shore and waters of the South China Sea .
7 The Japanese Cabinet on Sept. 8 approved the dispatch of some 1,800 Self-Defence Force personnel to Cambodia to assist with UN peacekeeping operations over the coming year , and to send a handful of observers to help monitor the general election in Angola .
8 The centre 's manager , Peter Struthers , said last night : ‘ Since we lost George , my wife Ann and myself had paid numerous visits to pet shops over a wide area , on the off chance that he had been brought along by the two thieves .
9 The one change in the overseas holdings was the reluctant sale of Berlitz given the uncertainties that followed the Maxwell collapse : these included doubts over the ownership of the Maxwell holdings .
10 There 's nothing in our modern view of the evolution to say that one party has privileges over the , another .
11 Generally though a large demand has advantages over a low one .
12 The keys cover eleven types of payment and eight miscellaneous keys cover the major credit cards , all with programmable limitations to alert the operator when management authorisation must be given to accept vouchers over a certain limit .
13 He mentioned studies over the past two decades — this is far too short a period to obtain real evidence in such matters .
14 Certainly , trading conditions over the past 18 months have been very buoyant .
15 UKRAINE and Russia established parallel command structures over the Black Sea Fleet yesterday as the confrontation between the two nuclear powers worsened .
16 This is particularly likely to apply to multilateral contracts ; ie , where one party exercises powers over a number of others .
17 Neither partner in a relationship has rights over the other 's body and the permission of the partner is not legally necessary .
18 Mr Hibbert disputes Mr Farrow 's ownership of the freehold and believes that he holds rights over the land .
19 On Jan. 7 a spokesman for the UN 's Inter-Agency Humanitarian Programme for Iraq and Kuwait said in Geneva that a minimum of US$145,300,000 would be needed to protect and assist Kurds over the next six months .
20 The Bath Clinic in Avon is cutting the price of vasectomies to £180 to attract patients over a traditionally quiet Christmas .
21 In Musgrove v. Pandelis , the plaintiff occupied rooms over a garage and let part of the garage to the defendant who kept a car there .
22 Discussion of the details has been delayed by the breakup of the Soviet Union which increased the number of potential signatories and created differences over the role of private investment in energy industries .
23 Nearly 40 years ago these two were trading bullets over the river Potong-Gang , and sometimes it is not far short of hostilities when they trade shots on the pitch .
24 Even approaching his workzone was hazardous , as one had to pick one 's way through suspended diving gear and disassembled bicycles over a floor awash with chartpaper .
25 This could have severe repercussions for the landlord in that it could include easements over the adjoining retained land of the landlord adversely affecting the landlord 's ability to use or develop that land .
26 ( Press complaints over the handling of news from islands said that despatches were stupidly censored and when journalists headed their stories ‘ censored ’ , the word ‘ censored ’ was censored . )
27 For part if the time they had been in support of another Engineer regiment for joint river crossing operations , and on one occasion had carried infantrymen over a one-kilometre-wide stretch of the Weser , using their rigs as landing craft .
28 The nature of community representation in Pittsburgh has been such that , while obliged to consult groups over the allocation of federally originating money , only one group per neighbourhood was consulted .
29 If Eliza 's mother had suffered anxieties over the birth of her fifth grandchild so far from home , her fears were allayed by a string of reassuring letters sent back to London .
30 But if Kylie and Blamey had started to harbour doubts over the wisdom of their journey , they were instantly dispelled when the men with the Midas touch began work .
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