Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their appellate jurisdiction was also extended , presumably by agreement between the Inns and the judges , to issues relating to disputes over property within the Inns : Rakestraw v. Brewer ( 1728 ) 2 P.Wms. 511 , or over elections in the Inns : Inner Temple v. Ince ( 1677 ) 3 Keble 835 , or over debts due to the Inns : Levinz v. Randolph ( 1700 ) 1 Ld.Raym. 594 , which could not by any stretch of the imagination relate to the duties of judges in relation to the administration of justice in their courts . |
| 2 | What is or can be as superlatively silly or ruinous to the nerves as that silly girl , snivelling and laughing by turns over a ‘ love story ’ ? |
| 3 | Fourth , it seems that , as with parents and children , we need to be aware that there are likely to be quite wide fluctuations in support passing between siblings over the lifetime of each . |
| 4 | Now it 's arranged for them to spend a year living with families over here . |
| 5 | Even after living with Apaches over a month and after all the things they must have done to her . |
| 6 | The Willses themselves progressed from living in rooms over their shop to residing in country mansions . |
| 7 | All at once , though she was fighting it , she was overwhelmingly conscious of how dark and wild-looking and exciting he was , with his black hair spilling in curls over his ears and forehead , the short-sleeved T-shirt exposing the mahogany of his arms and the slim white trousers moulding the muscular lines of his legs . |
| 8 | These factors contribute to the difficulties experienced by families in performing their caring functions , in turn increasing the likelihood of unfulfilled need and frustration developing within families over the care of older , dependent relatives . |
| 9 | The research programme is the first study of support networks of the elderly looking at developments over time . |
| 10 | When looking at changes over time ( or making comparisons between areas ) one way of overcoming differences in overall population structure is via the calculation of age and sex specific mortality rates . |
| 11 | She loves gossiping with friends over lunch , he would rather be alone with his thoughts . |
| 12 | Turning onto finals over a wood-storage factory under the approach , the rattly , misfiring old JAP caused one or two upturned faces as I throttled back and descended , sounding like an aerial vintage motorcycle , towards the grass runway at about 60 kts , reducing to 50 over the threshold . |
| 13 | The smaller , darker mountain type with black points and mucosae is very like the Piedmont of northwest Italy and is ideal for extensive systems , but it has been declining in numbers over the last 50 years and by 1980 was down to about 35,000 . |
| 14 | The martins were now coming and going in numbers over the water . |
| 15 | With our Association growing in numbers over the years , to what seems to be a plateau of about 1200 members , the collective voice has been heard , especially since some of those members are Community , District and Borough Councils ; as well as various clubs and businesses . |
| 16 | Turning to rights over tangible things , we must notice the distinction between ownership and possession . |
| 17 | The blushes were breaking like waves over my face by now . |
| 18 | ( This rate will include mixing mortar , building in lintels over pipes and services and damp-proof course . ) |
| 19 | We had shrimps for tea , watercress , celery stacked in a glass jug , fishpaste sandwiches , flan made from the blackberries hanging in thickets over the back garden fence from the wild common beyond . |
| 20 | Contesting with others over the extrinsic spoils of learning is one aspect of competitive assessment . |
| 21 | Their U16 and U18 teams , supplemented with players from Cambridge , Braintree and Bury , each enjoyed seven and six match tours respectively to Sweden under coach Kevin Dunne and culminating in victories over Sweden at U16 ( 19–3 ) and U18 ( 16–3 ) levels . |
| 22 | Last autumn the Government 's proposed Energy Review and the falling demand for coal seemed to hold the prospect of a much- needed tightening in controls over opencast mining . |
| 23 | Sad Joanna told detectives she dreaded the thought of eating and drinking at parties over the holiday period . |
| 24 | And for weeks he had been agonising and clashing with colleagues over Europe . |
| 25 | A warden has been appointed , Chris Martin , who lives in Orford , and he will be helping to deter trespassers and liaising with police over the detection of offences . |
| 26 | While it was generally agreed that these broad aims were appropriate , there were considerable difficulties in their detailed implementation , often arising from conflicts over land use . |
| 27 | pullulating like maggots over the chairs ! |
| 28 | IRAS will scan the Milky Way for the first two or three months , concluding with passes over the centre of the galaxy — a strong infrared source hidden from optical astronomers by dust . |
| 29 | He is the ‘ front of house ’ person at The Mill , and enjoys chatting to guests over drinks in the lounge before dinner . |
| 30 | Girls have been seen in Italy , spinning with spindles over a balcony , while their sisters sat knitting below , which lends support to such a theory . |