Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant . |
| 2 | 3 Stir in the vanilla essence , then strain the custard over the raspberries and almonds and leave to cool . |
| 3 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 4 | In spite of a long-established programme , with the best technical expertise in the world , the programme over the years has achieved a very mixed success . |
| 5 | Commented development director Ian Coull : ‘ The clerks of works have provided a very valuable role to the JS development programme over the years , and within the team there was a number of very long serving JS staff , whose knowledge and wise counsel will be hard to replace . ’ |
| 6 | Her mother had once remarked that it was her opinion that Harry had actually caused Nathan 's idiocy in a fit of temper soon after he was born , and through whispered gossip over the years she had guessed that Tristram had become the focus of conflict between his parents and that he had found it increasingly necessary to defend both Nathan and his mother against his father 's violent outbursts of temper . |
| 7 | Wynne-Jones constructed a fire and pushed cut fragments of the wild pig over the flames . |
| 8 | And if you were to try to extend that very demanding conception over the dandelions and the tapeworms as well , you would be in trouble . |
| 9 | it 's like an archway over the trees yeah |
| 10 | This is left oversized , the tenons cut on the ends of the back uprights and the positions for the mortises marked off by laying the rail piece over the tenons . |
| 11 | So what you 've achieved is this piece over the stairs . |
| 12 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 13 | It is clear there is considerable uncertainty over the effects of dredging this and other submarine accumulations of sand and gravel in the Bristol Channel . |
| 14 | Bill Clinton 's defeat of George Bush in the US presidential elections cast an air of uncertainty over the talks . |
| 15 | However , it also reflected uncertainty over the costs of reprocessing spent fuel and decommissioning nuclear plants . |
| 16 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 17 | Mrs Thatcher 's later versions of the affair showed much uncertainty over the facts . |
| 18 | As you clamber down the mountainside over the strata , the fossils suddenly disappear . |
| 19 | She cast a suspicious glance over the lockers and then shook herself for her wild imaginings . |
| 20 | She disagrees with the implication that the DoH has cast a more favourable glance over the needs of health authorities and is adamant they are judged along the same lines as SSDs . |
| 21 | Isabel shot her a sharp glance over the cards and there was still that curious opaqueness , that veil over her eyes . |
| 22 | For those of us who have admired Dury 's talent over the years , the main concern is whether he will ever recapture the charm , compassion and humour of his early recordings ( all recently reissued ) . |
| 23 | Bonanza Boy , one of my old favourites , has been a remarkable horse over the years and I am a touch sad in having to desert him for a horse I consider to have a better chance . |
| 24 | This has been a very fine England side over the years , but I think there will be many more Irish players in the party than were mooted at the beginning of the season . ’ |
| 25 | Sailing upwind works the boat over the waves gently . |
| 26 | There are 7 arm spines proximally , 6 distally , forming a fan over the arms on the proximal points . |
| 27 | Going back to when you were on watch on the dredger over the weekends , did it ever feel lonely ? |
| 28 | Outside the moon shone down brightly , casting a weird pale light over the cottages and the trees and fields beyond . |
| 29 | The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud . |
| 30 | Some of the other changes were intended to take account of a number of anomalies that our experience had brought to light over the years since 1969 . |