Example sentences of "[conj] the [noun] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the shapes of the characters ' mouths show that they are happy , sad , puzzled or ‘ miffed ’ , a black cloud over the head indicates that the character is feeling defeated or depressed , the lighted electric-bulb over the head indicates that the character has a bright idea , or the exclamation mark over the head shows that the character is amazed . |
| 2 | And as he prepared for today 's Charity Shield clash , the £2.9million Saunders , 28 , admitted that the question mark over his future is unsettling him . |
| 3 | On Feb. 26 Israeli Justice Minister Dan Meridor said that the US policy over the guarantees had " interfered with the peace process and given Arab negotiators an unfair advantage " . |
| 4 | It was explained that this was because the company was perpetually producing new products with life-cycles of two to four years and that the product mixes over the narrow product range in current production were largely set by the available type of capacity over such periods . |
| 5 | It is estimated that the ozone layer over northern Europe will have been considerably damaged by the end of the century . |
| 6 | The figures confirm a trend reported in a study by NASA , the US space agency , in April , which showed that the ozone layer over much of the United States was also being depleted much faster than expected . |
| 7 | Scientists issued predictions in warning that the ozone layer over the northern hemisphere could dwindle to dangerously record low levels in the early spring , as a result of a build-up of depleting chemicals , combined with the effects of last year 's explosion of the Mount Pinatubo volcano in the Philippines . |
| 8 | There is some evidence that the cloud cover over the US has increased since 1950 by 2 or 3 per cent , according to James Angell of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . |
| 9 | If the March crisis over missile modernisation now seems something from another era , so too do the fears of the summer . |
| 10 | The character of any river is derived from the velocity and volume of the current and the bed rock over which it flows . |
| 11 | Teesside Crown Court heard a row broke out between Meehan , 44 , and the Mansha family over a gas meter at his bedsit in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 12 | Tempers had flared between Brendan Meehan , 44 , and the Mansha family over damage to the meter and a window at his bedsit flat in Marton Road , Middlesbrough . |
| 13 | The full circle of control might start up to eighteen months prior to the beginning of the financial year in question and involve discussions between the PESC and the government departments over initial estimates , and present them to Cabinet in the November preceding the start of the financial year ( April ) . |
| 14 | But developments in Britain and the United States over the past two years suggest that micros need ultimately to cost little more than a tape recorder or a good transistor radio . |
| 15 | The Trade Negotiations Committee ( TNC ) consisting of senior trade officials from 108 governments , agreed in Geneva on Jan. 13 to extend the deadline for the conclusion of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) from January to April amidst reports of bitter disagreement between the European Communities ( EC ) and the United States over agricultural subsidies . |
| 16 | The viaduct built by William Haywood in 1869 , carrying the road between the City and the West End over Farringdon Street , is ¼ mile in length and is supported by a cast-iron span of 107 feet between its piers . |
| 17 | Place your protractor over the outline shown with the centre of the protractor over Belize and the base line over the North-South line . |
| 18 | Dundee United will take the view that there could be no more fitting postscript to the public dispute between themselves and the Ibrox club over Duncan Ferguson 's future than if the big striker was to score the goal at Tannadice today which brought to an end Rangers ' remarkable unbeaten run of 36 matches . |
| 19 | Before each demonstration you will get the chance to meet Linda and the roadshow team over a free glass of wine or a soft drink , while you sample different varieties of cheese . |
| 20 | Options are exercisable by the Directors and the Company Secretary over a total of 1,398,330 Ordinary Shares as set out above at prices ranging from IR59.25p to IR£1.28 and from 73pStg to £1.19Stg . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , he continued to prevaricate even as the Dec. 20 deadline for registering as a candidate for the New Hampshire contest approached , while indicating that he might yet join the contest for his party 's presidential nomination if he could satisfactorily resolve the current impasse between himself and the state legislature over the budget . |
| 22 | All parties agreed that UNTAC-supervised elections would take place , but there was strong disagreement between the SOC and the Khmers Rouges over the actual electoral system to be adopted . |
| 23 | The efficiency of the Magistrates ' courts , the tensions between the Probation Service and the Crown Court over social inquiry reports , and the need to widen opportunities for members of ethnic minorities , were examples of the kind of item which exercised officials in recent times . |
| 24 | But the home secretary 's statement gives no hint of the continuing dispute between broadcasters and the Home Office over the changes to allocations in the VHF band . |
| 25 | UN-supervised talks took place in Geneva , Switzerland , on July 9 on arrangements for holding a referendum to resolve the 14-year-long dispute between Morocco and the Polisario guerrillas over the control of the Western Sahara . |
| 26 | The operation 's precise aims were not clear , however , and by mid-December disagreement was reported between the US administration and the UN Secretary-General over whether the troops ' role was to include disarming hostile factions and pacifying the country , or merely , as the US administration appeared to hold , securing the flow of aid . |
| 27 | The announcements made by the Minister for Overseas Development a few minutes ago about the food situation were welcome , but people in Africa are starving and the terms of trade that they receive in their dealings with the developed countries , the problem of their huge indebtedness to the developed countries and the world order over which we now preside are such that hundreds of millions of people live on the edge of catastrophe . |
| 28 | It was here they learnt to abide by the rules of the house , and the safety rules over the use of the quarry . |
| 29 | , but erm , and I notice that quite often the shelves would be half empty , came here , I would stop on the way back from the school the bank and the butcher 's and the paper shop over the road I could come in quarter to nine and I 'm , you know , I , I was done and I said to my Arnold they 're not going to sell much unless they put some money into filling the shelves surely Spa will back them , and he said I keep on telling them that I keep on saying to them if you do n't put the goods there on display people are going to go over the road to Lipton 's and and |
| 30 | The company constructed Vauxhall bridge over the Thames , the railway bridge at Trent junction , and the railway viaduct over the Derwent . |