Example sentences of "[adv] in [noun sg] over [art] " in BNC.
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1 | The sun is arisen and is breaking forth in splendour over the Christian Church ( which is founded on a rock ) dispersing the clouds of night and illuminating , with his new-born light the benighted land . |
2 | Negotiations were still in progress over the division of the Fleet , with Ukraine , Russia and Georgia all demanding a share . |
3 | The Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Soungui said on Oct. 18 that he had had to explain to Libya that the accord was invalid , since the two countries were still in dispute over the Aouzou strip [ see p. 36841 ] . |
4 | Although the four former Soviet republics with nuclear weapons — Russia , Ukraine , Byelarus and Kazakhstan — were still in dispute over the fate of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal , they reiterated their intention to dismantle most of these weapons and to concentrate the remainder in Russia . |
5 | Pension funds increased thirtyfold in size over the twenty-five years to 1985 ; insurance companies grew fourteenfold over the same period . |
6 | Department of Health and Social Services staff throughout Northern Ireland walked out in protest over the attack , and many offices remained closed for more than a week . |
7 | a a step back in time over the last five years of what has been delivering and there are many thousands of customers using in that manner . |
8 | The advantage the nationalist rhetoric and the nation statehood confers is that it is always legitimate , liquidating the nationals of other nation states , particularly in contention over a piece of territory . |
9 | The patient places both arms over the ball and rolls it forwards while extending his seat backwards , and then selectively tilts his pelvis forwards and backwards , keeping his arms well in position over the gymnastic ball . |
10 | The real stroke and the paddle stroke will drift apart in style over the years . |
11 | This has failed to move significantly in price over the last two years ; people who bought 1983 en primeur in 1984 should have left their money on deposit instead . |