Example sentences of "[be] [art] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is just one more sign that the courts may be balancing the scales of justice a little more fairly than has been the case over the past decade or so . |
| 2 | Such were the tolerant conditions still prevailing that the Left Communists were able to publish their own journal — Kommunist — and Lenin had to argue policy questions with them publicly ; just as had been the case over the Brest Litovsk peace treaty . |
| 3 | But that is the risk one runs when , as has been the case over the last ten years , one feels duty-bound to give an immediate account of what is going on , without distancing oneself sufficiently from the subject matter . |
| 4 | Of course , that has been the case over the past 12 years — the record is remarkable . |
| 5 | A White Paper on defence released on May 21 , 1991 , suggested that future defence considerations would be based less on the South Pacific , as had been the case over the last six years , and more on New Zealand taking an active part in global security matters . |
| 6 | As kite-makers and everyday enthusiasts for kite flying , the Peacock family of St.Albans had also been the winners over the first two years of the Kite Society 's Rokkaku Challenge . |
| 7 | Equally acrimonious are the disputes over the purely physical symptoms of food intolerance , which some regard as psychosomatic — conditions where the mind produces genuine physical symptoms in the body . |
| 8 | Well they 're a bit over the , their stated time are n't they ? |
| 9 | Even so , the older woman 's reactions had been a bit over the top . |
| 10 | There 's been a shift over the last six years from government funded government grant supported provision to Poll Tax ratepayer provision of these services . |
| 11 | Particularly encouraging to the E&P management has been a gain over the last year in net income to the equivalent of about $3.50 per barrel of oil produced , putting BP well ahead of the performance of most other oil majors judged by the same yardstick and only marginally behind Exxon , the largest US oil company . |
| 12 | There had already been a kerfuffle over the pornographic ones ; they could n't be included in the facsimile edition and yet at the same time it could hardly be called a complete edition if they were n't there . |
| 13 | But I have been in regular contact with Ali Bacher and he assures me there are no problems over the tour and that it is definitely on . ’ |
| 14 | He was a little the worse for drink and there had been an argument over a bottle of whisky that Drew had in his pocket . |
| 15 | There is no evidence to show what the position was at the end of the last war but in all probability there has been an improvement over the years . |
| 16 | The Board decided to concentrate all its new building of carriages at Derby and Wolverton , Derby to be the HO Over the next decade , carriage works at Newton Heath , Plaistow , and Crewe were closed . |
| 17 | During rowdy scenes and Labour calls for his resignation , Mr Heseltine gave warning that there could be no guarantees over the future of the pits earmarked for closure last October . |
| 18 | If everyone had the same preferences as individual i , the same pre-tax income Y i , and the same perception of the tax required , then there would be no disagreement over the level of public spending . |
| 19 | The Hoss Cabinet , however , proclaimed on June 19 that " there can be no bargaining over the [ Taif ] accord and there can be absolutely no talk about giving a sop to anyone " . |
| 20 | Similarly , there may be no control over the consequences of changing the different variables and there may be unforeseen consequences . |
| 21 | Without it there would be no party over the next four days . |
| 22 | There will probably be a lull over the winter , followed by a resurgence of activity next spring . |
| 23 | There is also likely to be a row over the name Deloitte , which neither party seems prepared to give up . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to be a dictator over the whole thing , to tell them what to do . |
| 25 | There could be a city over the hills ! |
| 26 | There may be a dispute over the amount of settlement and in such circumstances we should pay what we believe represents ‘ indemnity ’ whilst continuing any dialogue with the policyholder . |
| 27 | I now prefer the analogy of the legal ‘ flak jacket ’ which protects the doctor from claims by the litigious whether he acquires it from his patient who may be a minor over the age of 16 , or a ‘ Gillick competent ’ child under that age or from another person having parental responsibilities which include a right to consent to treatment of the minor . |
| 28 | Point out that in the case of a married couple or a permanent relationship ( especially between a man and woman living together and with the possibility of children , planned or unexpected ) , the joint tenancy is the surest guarantee that on the death of either there will at least be a roof over the heads of the surviving family , particularly if there is to be a mortgage supported by a life endowment policy . |
| 29 | The fact is that for most children maths has been taught badly or rather they have learnt it badly for one reason or another , so there is a need for , for an improvement or a change , so the idea that if children can understand something this will help them to remember it or to make it more real to them , this does seem to be a shift over the last generation . |
| 30 | A company working in the Distributed Computing Environment arena got hold of version 1.0.1 last week and had it installed in seven hours , which we take to be an improvement over the initial 1.0 version described by it as ‘ a nightmare ’ that ‘ could n't be used ’ because it was so buggy . |