Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that France had already received the lion 's share of new European component investment over the previous five years was beside the point . |
| 2 | As the curtain opened there hobbled from the wings what appeared to be an old Chinese mandarin with flowing blue robes , black silk jacket and red-buttoned Mandarin cap over hair that fell down his back in a long pigtail . |
| 3 | A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July . |
| 4 | A colt by Shirley Heights , he is sure to go on to better things following a narrow debut victory over Shepton Mallet at Newmarket in July . |
| 5 | She watched his tall figure stride over the marble floor . |
| 6 | Despite these various arguments suggesting high unemployment from rapid technical change which are based on the foundation laid by him , Leontief has himself , with a colleague ( Leontief and Duchin 1983 ) , recently published the results of a survey of the likely effects of new technology on the US economy up to the year 2000 which concludes that , far from there being net job losses , there will be a substantial rise in the aggregate labour force over this period due to the rapid take-up of the technology . |
| 7 | But the cost of conversion often pushed the total outlay way over the property 's market value . |
| 8 | Nor does British Rail enthuse over job prospects . |
| 9 | Eventually I realised that a weapon could be more effective than my 11-year-old fists and depleted teeth , so I smashed an empty milk bottle over his head . |
| 10 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 11 | The firm emerges as Britain 's top performing company over the last five years . |
| 12 | Their resale potential is , however , undermined by their standardized production , and , although they will probably hold their value better than most Indian , Chinese , Pakistani or Balkan items , they are unlikely to develop high investment potential over the longer term . |
| 13 | OK , so her date with O'Shea had n't turned out as he 'd imagined , but the fact remained she had chosen her old college buddy over him — a fact that rankled for reasons he did n't care to examine . |
| 14 | The judge was to carry out an agreed investigation into the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger in September 1989 in which 170 people died [ see p. 36910 ] . |
| 15 | On Nov. 27 a warning had been issued to the government by France , the United Kingdom and the USA , to hand over two men suspected of blowing up a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie , Scotland , in December 1988 , and to co-operate in bringing to trial suspects in the bombing of a French UTA airliner over Niger in September 1989 [ see p. 39215 ] . |
| 16 | It all leaves an interesting question mark over the area so far as I am concerned . |
| 17 | With an average of 10,000 tennis playing members in his clubs alone , Lloyd has hit upon the formula which by its very success , is speedily replacing the ‘ traditional ’ tag which had so burdened the British tennis club over the years . |
| 18 | NGOs criticise English Nature agreement over peat bogs |
| 19 | But then again I 've got fucking smoking chimney pot over there . |
| 20 | Tessa was n't even dressed — she was wearing his old tweed overcoat over her pyjamas . |
| 21 | He had a wan creased face and wore an old double-breasted suit jacket over his gallibaya . |
| 22 | In any event adjustments are required where the cumulative inflation rate over the three years is approaching or exceeds 100 per cent and the operations in the hyper-inflationary economies are material to the group . |
| 23 | Some organisations reduce the level of the foreign service premium over the period that the employee spends abroad on the basis that he becomes increasingly accustomed to the life style as time progresses . |
| 24 | Two days later the Employment Secretary will join battle in the Social Affairs Council over the 48-hour week and workless Sunday . |
| 25 | The company , which has developed its own original style of popular mask theatre over the past decade , can be seen at Darlington Arts Centre on Thursday , followed by Stockton 's Dovecot Arts Centre on Thursday and Friday . |
| 26 | THE Beatles are locked in a High Court battle over the rights to the cover of their album Sergeant Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band . |
| 27 | Jaguar is facing a High Court battle over cancelled orders for its new supercar . |
| 28 | THE father of a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder must wait to learn whether he has won his High Court battle over the controversial closure of a London hospital 's bone marrow transplant unit . |
| 29 | And the government has lost a high court battle over the poll tax with one of the London charge capped councils ; the Court has upheld Lambeth Council 's decision to set the community charge at £521 rather than the £493 figure sought by the government . |
| 30 | Spurs chairman Alan Sugar admitted contempt of court after allegations he tried to interfere with a witness in the High Court row over control of the soccer club . |