Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |
| 2 | Er normal practice for the railway was to have the main er part of the buildings on the town side , and you got a er smaller building on the other side of the tracks over there . |
| 3 | It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker . |
| 4 | In 1986 , he destroyed at a single stroke the stranglehold of the unions over the British newspaper industry by removing his operation overnight to non-union Wapping . |
| 5 | This was the essence of the arguments over management structure in Sheffield and elsewhere in the late 1960s ( Hampton 1972 ) . |
| 6 | In the event Lin and Chiang pulled out at the last moment , prompting speculation that Lee had made a deal with the conservatives over the reform programme or over Cabinet posts . |
| 7 | Controversy over the Scottish National Party 's decision to do a deal with the Tories over seats on the EC committee of the regions resurfaced . |
| 8 | As her hair had been squashed down by her David Shilling spotted hat , she put on her prettiest blond wig with the tendrils over the forehead . |
| 9 | First , Leconte demolished Sampras in straight sets before teaming with Guy Forget to administer defeat in the doubles over the American pairing of Ken Flach and Robert Seguso . |
| 10 | Two Man of the Match performances in the victories over Wales and England were just a foretaste of what followed . |
| 11 | Admiralty Pacific would like to send 25 million tonnes of garbage to the islands over the next five years . |
| 12 | First August — a very welcome trip with the driver of the jeep to the bridges over the Orne . |
| 13 | Mr Shamir said he would stick to his promise not to make concessions to the Palestinians over the occupied territories . |
| 14 | The government on Oct. 15 made limited concessions to the unions over welfare cuts , lifting the ceiling on pension rises slightly to a total of 3.5 per cent over the next two years , and altering the annual income ceiling for eligibility for health concessions . |
| 15 | We had ample occupation watching the play of the clouds over the sides of the hills , and the bits of rugged moor and moss and flowing stream that enlivened the way ; but at a turning within some three miles of the inn of Kinlochewe , as we were about to pass the east-going mail gig with its complement of travellers , our driver jerked the horses into a ditch , which upset our machine and broke one of the springs . |
| 16 | If the unholy alliance in favour of the National Curriculum is likely to come apart at the seams over the issue of resource , so also , given the very different aspirations of those who support its introduction , there is likely to be a parting of the ways over principles . |
| 17 | This compensation is effected by turning the upper part of the rails over a vertical curve , thus diminishing the gradient of the incline and reducing the gravity effect of the upper tank . |
| 18 | This might well be stabilised as the main course and result in the construction of a new delta segment , until the gradient advantage of the distributaries over it was nullified by the extent of the segment . |
| 19 | First , the existence of the plateaux over appreciable ranges of Vg ( Figure 2 ) does not match preconceived ideas for quantised motion . |
| 20 | This is a time of austerity , of playing with ration books , of knowing we are " overcrowded " , of squabbles between the women over doing the stairs and cleaning the toilet that are handed down to us children in the form of sectarian rivalries . |
| 21 | Further unrest was expected in the town last night , as evenings have been the peak periods for the protests over the past five days . |
| 22 | There is intense rivalry between the yards over future Trident submarine overhauls and other work for the Royal Navy , amid fears that one of the sites may face eventual closure . |
| 23 | But a valuation disagreement between the clubs over the Midlands-born defender could wreck the move . |
| 24 | But they had no doubt about the emotional hold of the miners over the Labour movement . |
| 25 | ‘ The gigantic power and influence of the ovaries over the whole animal economy of woman ’ , as Dr Bliss put it in 1870 , meant that women 's constitutions were believed to be inherently unstable throughout the life cycle . |
| 26 | The confluence of the difficulties over a further Cassell renewal of funding ; the prospect of the focus of her work shifting to Huntingdonshire , and the arrival of Lee in 1931 was perceived by Miss Green as an indication of preparations for her displacement in Northamptonshire and eventual redundancy ; for which there appears to be no documentary basis . |
| 27 | Thousands of students left their dormitories , enraged by the attitude of the authorities over election procedures and their refusal to permit change . |
| 28 | A WAR of words erupted today after Stena Sealink claimed victory in the three-way battle of the waves over the critical summer peak period . |
| 29 | The sample , placed in a dialyser bag , is suspended in distilled or deionized water , circulation of which encourages osmotic exchange of the salts over a period of several days . |
| 30 | This partly explains London Weekend Television 's battle with the institutions over its scheme for locking in key managers . |