Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through reorganizing my course material over the last five years I have come to the conclusion that there is no one definitive structure for the study of electronic publishing . |
| 2 | We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet . |
| 3 | I began with some general considerations on the division of labour and social collectivities , then offered an account of the development of political forces and their support blocs over the post-war years . |
| 4 | Iskandara was in the doorway of the train , her stick in her hand and her plaid shawl over a dark , braided travelling dress . |
| 5 | The estimated cost of its building maintenance over the coming decade is £10 million . |
| 6 | She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble . |
| 7 | His lips parted a little , and she rubbed the pad of her index finger over the edge of his bottom teeth . |
| 8 | In all 3,200 middle-aged men were given either beta blockers or diuretics for their blood pressure over a 10-year period . |
| 9 | I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive . |
| 10 | It seems that , although some substantial and long-standing export industries declined , others expanded their export sales over the post-war period ( although the rise slowed down in the early 1980s ) . |
| 11 | ‘ Even sceptics have to admit that the French have something to show for their research efforts over the past two years ’ concedes one scientific counsellor at a foreign embassy in Paris . |
| 12 | The Natural Environment Research Council , which co-ordinates much of Britain 's research into global warming , faces a 10 per cent cut in real terms in its research budget over the next five years — despite the fact that the government stresses the importance of its work . |
| 13 | What we are clearly seeing in some areas is roughly the same group of people exploiting the same local landscape for their subsistence requirements over a long period , but with successive generations living on different sites at different times . |
| 14 | The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud . |
| 15 | It plans to invest $6 billion-7 billion in its telephone network over the next ten years . |
| 16 | ‘ The Government has placed these companies on a sound financial basis to develop their core businesses over the years to come . ’ |
| 17 | So if people are going into their Community Centre over the next week , they can expect to , to see part of this campaign ? |
| 18 | Unlike the 1991 Rugby World Cup , which took place over a whole month , not to mention the three months build-up , thereby allowing the sponsors to develop their marketing strategy over a long period of time , the World Sevens tournament is a three-day event , with the commercial potential of a ‘ Market blink ’ , as he puts it . |
| 19 | The Government plans to phase in its tax proposals over the next few years . |
| 20 | She hurriedly did as she was instructed , stretching her body right over the wooden top of the desk to grip the far edge . |
| 21 | Mrs Bridget Prentice 's victory followed that of her husband Gordon over the Tories in Pendle . |
| 22 | In the main cash market , dealers who have progressively flattened their trading books over the past two weeks were caught on the hop by the sudden decision of several large institutions to buy stock while voting was still going on . |
| 23 | The objective is to enable them to move EDI messages around the organisation and also , via the VAX , to exchange EDI communications with their trading partners over a range of different networks . |
| 24 | Note that GEC actually reduced its share capital over the period . |
| 25 | S 212 gives a public company the power to investigate the ownership of its shares by sending a written notice to any person or company which it believes has had an interest in its share capital over the previous three years . |
| 26 | Learn and remember about the bloodshed at Grunwick , the abuse of power by union barons with their iron control over the last Labour government , the continual disruption of industry by strikes , flying and mass pickets , the uncollected rubbish and unburied dead , inflation at 27 per cent . |
| 27 | In addition , an anti-static spray will be for sale to allow the customer to pull his or her fleecy top over the head without first removing the beard , in complete safety . |
| 28 | THE University of Southampton announced plans yesterday to more than double its student numbers over the next 35 years by building an additional campus . |
| 29 | Melanie covered the counter with toys for her and she ran her suede gloves over the painted surfaces of wood and tin , crying out at intervals : ‘ Golly ! |
| 30 | So most of the 750 or so who have emerged victorious from their motel weekend over the last decade are condemned , like the Ancient Mariner , to spend their lives trailing around the country , telling their tale to uninterested local Conservative worthies in the hope they 'll be offered the honour of fighting the seat . |