Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this issue the debate between T. H. Huxley and Bishop Wilberforce at the British Association meeting of 1860 over the significance of Darwin 's recently published The Origin of Species has entered into our mythology . |
| 2 | Kodak has halved its UK workforce to 6,000 over the past 14 years . |
| 3 | The effect can also be interpreted as evidence that training courses in sign language for those over the age of 30 must be structured very differently , and there is no doubt that we need to consider the learning requirements of this group much more carefully . |
| 4 | He managed to avoid the morning shower by lingering over the cleaning of his shoes , and decided on a strategy to get him to the matron without attracting comment . |
| 5 | It is slashing its UK retailing workforce by 3,500 over the next five years , a staggering 20% of the 15,000 total . |
| 6 | The United States has threatened to ban EC companies from bidding for a range of government contracts from 22 March if the EC does not drop a three per cent pricing preference for domestic over foreign suppliers in public utility contracts . |