Example sentences of "[noun sg] over [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The Italian League season has a three-week break over Christmas and he should be able to come back after that . |
| 2 | In the needs that I am proposing there is no claim to their universality over time and place , only that they are broadly applicable to most contemporary Western societies ( more or less ) . |
| 3 | In the field of philosophy logical support was claimed for the absolute superiority of scientific and mathematical thinking over religion and even traditional philosophy . |
| 4 | Typically this has meant that economic policy has emphasised the primacy of industry over agriculture , investment over consumption and exports over imports . |
| 5 | We looked over the trees at the superb view , the vast dome of light over land and sea . |
| 6 | Changing mat fold over top and is attached with a popper at each corner ; inside is lined with plastic and there is a useful wide inner pocket . |
| 7 | Correlations with time at junction , average speed over junction and the number of vehicles seen at the junction are calculated from the video record for 28 subjects only . |
| 8 | This is the showman side of those martial arts — displaying the ability to put mind over matter and accomplish the seemingly impossible with mere flesh and bone . |
| 9 | Either they have a sufficient leverage over processing and marketing , for example in the extractive industries , as shown in Moran 's book ( 1974 ) on the copper industry in Chile , or they have sufficient control over intra-firm transfers , particularly transfer pricing . |
| 10 | By virtue of its nature and scale , the Z-Score is unsuitable for monitoring trends in a company 's solvency over time and averaging to provide an industry picture . |
| 11 | As Governor he had encountered the opposition of the Democrat majority in the state legislature over tax and budgetary reforms and over his decision to veto a state abortion law in 1990 . |
| 12 | They also aroused much antagonism ; and the last years of the war saw a determined effort by the king 's opponents to reduce his influence over Parliament and the political life of the country . |
| 13 | Captain Wayne Parker said : ‘ There was a misunderstanding over bonus and incentive payments . ’ |
| 14 | Many areas of disagreement over policy and philosophy exist both within and between organisations although , broadly speaking , opponents in the debate fall into two camps . |
| 15 | If our Lord had been resurrected only as a spirit it would have signified a victory over the spiritual world but the fact that it was a physical resurrection shows his sovereignty over history and the created world . |
| 16 | It 's in the process of providing one at Benson , and it only provided the Heyford site because it had done a deal with the City Council over land and that |
| 17 | The compromise enabled both sides to avoid a battle over discrimination and sexual harrassment , highlighted by the October confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [ see p. 38510 ] . |
| 18 | The course was aimed at improving negotiating skills which are needed because I must be capable of negotiating with management over pay and conditions . |
| 19 | Lift marzipan over cake and smooth down , easing out folds . |
| 20 | I think that the Zeitgeist values honesty and courage over stoicism and self-sacrifice , but honesty and courage are virtues just the same . |
| 21 | We travel her with a tail bandage over gamgee and have no trouble . |
| 22 | I expected ecological debate , the odd clash over vegetarianism and a hint of hippiness . |
| 23 | The campaigns in Scotland were accompanied by the familiar grievances of the community over taxation and prises . |
| 24 | Therefore on one side we must assert the authority of the Bible over man and the Church , and not the authority of man and the Church over the Bible . |
| 25 | Initial research has shown substantial variation in the mean heights of the British population over time and in cross-section — for example between different social classes and different areas of the country and this variation is described and explained . |
| 26 | That interpretation was widely viewed as favoring business over minority and female employees attempting to charge job discrimination . |
| 27 | Disenchantment over pay and working conditions first appeared in the gendarmerie , a branch of the police whose military status did not allow its members to form trade unions or to complain publicly . |
| 28 | • One senior Mercedes-Benz executive admitted the vulgar V12 badge on the C-pillar of the S-class was a triumph of marketing over design and quickly added that it was a delete option intended for the Japanese and Americans . |
| 29 | She spent four days with her husband over Christmas and vowed to make a go of their marriage , denying she was involved with Gilbey , 36 . |
| 30 | It suggests that the market will continue to show growth of 2.9 per cent pa over the next five years despite the major question mark over recyclability and solvent emissions . |