Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun prp] over " in BNC.

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1 ADD ( 1981b ) further extend this research by estimating a three-equation quarterly model of unanticipated monetary growth , output and the price level for the UK over the period 1963–78 .
2 Outing : The first outing for the Heighington Over 50/60 club will depart on April 14 .
3 ‘ We have U-2 [ high altitude reconnaissance ] flights flying for the UN over Iraq frequently .
4 Alan Jones and Steve Abel have stepped down from committee due to other work commitments ; their involvement in the work of the TCP over recent years has been much appreciated .
5 1 The competition is open to all residents of the UK over the age of 18 holding current UK full driving licences , other than employees ( and their families ) of Haymarket Magazines Ltd , Peugeot , the AA or their agents .
6 Aware of the influence of the Kirk over the people of Scotland , successive Stuart Kings of the 17th century tried to bring the Kirk under their control .
7 The advantage of the SAM over optical equipment for the same purpose , he says , depends on the fact that coal is black , and absorbs most of the light you point at it .
8 Britain , alone among the European nations , joined in the military victory of the USA over the Axis powers .
9 And while one is busy throwing the rotten eggs , who can forget the duplicity of the DTI over the disposal of Rover to British Aerospace .
10 As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years .
11 As I have already mentioned , the record of the NHS over the last 12 years in the constituencies of my hon. Friends is good , but we are not complacent .
12 As the Venice Biennale approaches its centenary year , political machinations , seemingly so dear to the heart of Italian and particularly Venetian cultural activities , are holding up the appointment of new members of the Management Committee which is responsible for the programme of the Biennale over the next four years .
13 An episode of the new series was banned in England because it referred to the ‘ victory of the IRA over the English in the 21st century ’
14 Progress towards political reform under Nguyen Van Linh ( then secretary-general of the CPV ) " s programme of renovation ( doi moi ) was effectively halted by apprehension within the higher echelons of the CPV over the momentous events taking place in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe during 1989-91 .
15 Sun 's German users in particular are said to favour the Motif option , and IXI has been out testing the waters on both sides of the Atlantic over the last couple of weeks .
16 RICHARD GOUGH , the subject of a Scottish League investigation for alleged statements that amounted to an illegal approach on Rangers behalf to Dundee United 's Duncan Ferguson , has now fallen foul of the SFA over the same player .
17 There is strong continuity in the position of the UN over Korea from the end of 1947 to the termination of the Korean War in 1953 .
18 China 's vehement criticism of the British citizenship scheme [ ibid. ] was only one example of a hardening of Chinese attitudes towards the UK over Hong Kong .
19 Though there was less overall pessimism about job prospects throughout the UK over the next few months , the survey also showed that one in five firms expects fresh redundancies and only 17 per cent predict job increases in the three months to June .
20 The breakthrough , dubbed a ‘ quantum leap into the future ’ is opening at other cinemas throughout the US over the next few weeks .
21 Skarsnik had other enemies to crush , and would launch huge attacks against Karak Azul , Barak Varr and throughout the Badlands over the course of the next three summers .
22 Le Monde had reported on June 29 that Wolfgang Schauble , the West German Interior Minister , had complained of disagreements with the Netherlands over policies toward drugs , but that the five still hoped to remove their respective border controls by January 1991 .
23 The US already stands on the brink of a trade war with the EC over the failure of GATT talks .
24 Propaganda actions , such as Christmas sales of excess butter , failed to stop the complaints about the policy : that it tended to help large farms , which could adopt intensive production methods , rather than the needy ; that it distorted world markets and upset the US , which threatened a trade war with the EC over CAP in 1986 — 7 ; and that it harmed the environment by encouraging the use of chemical fertilisers .
25 In a speech delivered on Nov. 16 Zhu indicated that China was fully prepared to link its dispute with the UK over Hong Kong with the two countries ' future economic relations .
26 Although the USSR has hinted at the possibility of cooperation with the GCC over issues of Gulf security , its attitude to this body , especially over GCC plans for coordinated security arrangements , remained negative in the early 1980s .
27 The now ‘ buzzing ’ James ( a week previously they had consented to allow the NME to run their cover story ) went into discussion with The Smiths over a proposed filming of James ' appearance for release in Factory 's video outlet Ikon .
28 Manning also recognises a danger that the support groups will clash with the SSD over procedures .
29 In the second half of September the Bavarian Cultural Ministry was still in discussion with the Fürstin over what should be included in the sale , with particular efforts being made to acquire , or cause to be withdrawn , items with strong Bavarian or Regensburg connections .
30 I 'd dressed in my long dress , eaten breakfast bedu fashion , discussed the children 's health with the Sheikha over coffee — the Youngest Son had had far too many headaches and his usual teasing and joking had n't been seen for days .
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