Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a further effort to tackle the chronic air pollution of its capital , [ see EDs passim ] , the Mexican government has announced that all public transport and cargo vehicles in the city must convert to natural gas or liquid petroleum over the next three years . |
| 2 | However , the actual reproduction or modernist form over the last century and a half has revealed exactly the opposite tendency , since objects formed entirely on the basis of utility have proved singularly unattractive ( which accounts for their general absence from commercial marketing ) . |
| 3 | The control of the out-working artisan or small-workshop craftsman over the rhythm and intensity of his working week was one which survived , for the most part , until the factory age . |
| 4 | Although an ostensible headquarters was created at Dabrendorf , with seven ex-Soviet generals and some seventy colonels , it exercised no political or tactical authority over the dispersed Ostbataillonen , and had direct control over only one small training camp with which to take advantage of a wave of enthusiastic applications . |
| 5 | 281 is regarded as extending the protected class , there was in Shah 's case no relationship of influence or likely influence over the sureties by those connected with the debtor company of which the bank had any knowledge . |
| 6 | So the right to a pension or endowment is a far cry from any power of possession over means of production , or positive influence over the allocation of resources . |
| 7 | Furthermore , the litanies of ‘ respectable fears ’ and ‘ moral panics ’ are only one of the discourses about ‘ law and order ’ found in popular , political , or academic discussion over the last century . |
| 8 | As well as the chance to witness the climax of the men 's and women 's World Marathon Cup and watch a friend or relative struggle over the line , the tickets also include breakfast at a London hotel , once again courtesy of adidas UK . |
| 9 | International factoring has grown at a faster rate than domestic factoring over the past five years but still remains only a small fraction of domestic business . |
| 10 | The net result was that Parliamentary control over the terms of the Bill was less than adequate . |
| 11 | We have followed that noble tradition over the centuries , and that category certainly exists . |
| 12 | Fears that American frustration over the continuation of the war in Korea might lead to some reckless form of escalation persisted . |
| 13 | Not only was US advice on war plans to be sought and heeded but ‘ we should give our views on organization and training of army and advancement of senior Viet officers ’ and there should also be some Franco-American rather than Vietnamese control over the ‘ dilatory fiscal collections ’ of Vietnam . |
| 14 | If someone did n't own up to it , he 'd get all of them who had used that particular hut over the previous month , trying to find who had used that bandage and not reported it . |
| 15 | Nowhere does a glass of Tetley 's ale taste so good ( though for us it had to be lemonade ) as when you have completed that two-hour trek over the brow of Ilkley Moor-or " ovver t'top " as they say up there . |
| 16 | In such cases , the district treasurer would have argued that financial control over the hospital remained with the traditional departmental budgets . |
| 17 | Since Sudan came into existence as a separate state under British colonial control at the end of the nineteenth century , the north has tended to dominate , to be the seat of government and to take economic and political precedence over the south . |
| 18 | The economic and political debate over the merits of full EMS membership will now intensify . |
| 19 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 20 | By looking at the links between sea level rise and volcanic activity over the last million years , he hopes to be able to predict whether our heating of the atmosphere today could earn us a fierce and violent reprimand from the planet in years to come . |
| 21 | Has social and economic change over the past two centuries led to a reduction in the actual support which kin give to each other ? |
| 22 | This project aims to map the movements of individuals between employment , unemployment and economic inactivity over the decade 1979-1989 , to identify significant trends , and to relate them to wider economic factors and policy developments . |
| 23 | Following talks with President Gorbachev ( who accepted an invitation to visit Egypt ) and other Soviet leaders , agreements were signed on economic , trade , scientific and technical co-operation over the next 10 years . |
| 24 | There 's been loud and strong protest over the past few weeks as parents have campaigned against the clinic claiming it presented a threat to their children 's well-being . |
| 25 | The gloomy trends of macro-economic indicators of economic growth , inflation , unemployment , and public spending over the period were in line with those for earlier governments . |
| 26 | A series of different posters , which strongly illustrated the plight of women in potential danger , regardless of age or social class , created enormous press and public interest over the months of the campaign . |
| 27 | In the aftermath , the French government , headed at the time by Félix Gaillard , bowed to foreign pressure and agreed to accept American and British mediation over the incident . |
| 28 | Claiming that a coup was being planned even before he introduced economic austerity policies on taking office three years previously , Pérez told foreign correspondents on Feb. 9 that he intended to continue with his economic policies but would bring forward a $4,000 million social project to improve health care , education and social welfare over the next four years . |
| 29 | Before looking at the relationship between mortality rates and social class over the years , it is worth referring to some evidence which suggest that similar medical care benefits upper-class patients more than their lower-class counterparts . |
| 30 | Chaos and fractal imagery have hit the technical and popular imagination over the last few years , and the King 's DSP group is working on a number of applications for this new branch of mathematics . |