Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] that over " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , interactionists point to the evidence in the Kinsey report on sexual behaviour that over one-third of male adults have had a homosexual experience to the point of orgasm , and that only one in twenty goes on to adopt a continuing homosexual role . |
| 2 | An unnamed minister ( probably the Lord President , Lord Salisbury ) , in the absence of control on coloured immigration , spoke of ‘ a real danger that over the years there would be a significant change in the racial character of the English people ’ . |
| 3 | Players on tour are normally paired together as room-mates , a simple organisational expedient that over the years has created an explosive chemistry of scandal and misbehaviour . |
| 4 | The very fact that over the past few snow starved winters she has compiled a guide book to Nordic ski touring in Scotland , is sufficient testimony to this characteristic . |
| 5 | Most of these businesses were on such a small scale that over a half of them built no more than six houses during these three years and nearly three-quarters built no more than twelve ; the bankruptcy rate was high . |
| 6 | I do n't think there was any doubt that over the year we were the best team in Scotland , ’ he said . |
| 7 | THERE 'S little doubt that over the past decade the British public has been moving towards the Tory party 's ideal of a nation of home owners . |
| 8 | Although the primary importance of state benefits in financing old age may decline in the future as both the opportunities and the incentives increase for today 's working population to accumulate private assets for retirement , there can be little doubt that over the last eighty years state pensions have been instrumental in sustaining a considerable degree of economic independence among the retired population . |