Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The particular needs of elderly members of ethnic minorities will become more important over the next few decades as the population ages and its profile becomes similar to that of the white population . |
| 32 | Teaching and organ-playing gave Benjamin James ( hereinafter simply ‘ Benjamin' for the sake of conciseness ) the wherewithal to leave one place for another if he wished to — they were skills more marketable over a wide area than those of his father , for example , who presumably relied upon local contacts and reputation in order to earn a decent living . |
| 33 | The RUC , the government and politicians are deeply concerned over the heightened level of violence — five loyalist murders and two massive IRA bombs in eight days . |
| 34 | As also has been found for the other two scales , however , the inner city problem has become much more evident over the past decade since the deteriorating situation prompted central government to introduce more comprehensive powers in the 1978 Inner Urban Areas Act , to the extent that it was identified by the Prime Minister as the single most important challenge for the new Parliament after the 1987 General Election . |
| 35 | In Bonn , Chancellor Helmut Kohl was said to be ‘ deeply shocked over the brutal repression of the justified and peaceful protests ’ . |
| 36 | Wednesday 's players are still furious over the controversial refereeing that saw striker David Hirst sent off in the 3–1 first leg defeat in Kaiserslautern . |
| 37 | Plastic additives will become more expensive over the next five years according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan . |
| 38 | Gray said everyone at the club is deeply disappointed over the current situation but they all trying to put it right . |
| 39 | Mr McAvoy said : ‘ Ultimately , the campaign 's purpose is to persuade the Government to change its existing policy on an issue which will become even more sensitive over the next 12 months . ’ |
| 40 | Despite congressional opposition , legislation had been proposed to merge the Manila-based Philippine Constabulary with the Integrated National Police to form a constitutionally mandated Philippine National Police force with an eventual strength of 120,000 members — an increase of nearly 30,000 over the current combined staff of the two forces . |
| 41 | I would say that most insured employers in California have experienced an increase of probably double over the last five years in premiums . |
| 42 | Antarctic surface water forms a layer 70–200 m thick , ranging in temperature from freezing point ( -1° C ; to -1.8° C ) to 3–4°C and in salinity from almost fresh to 34.5ppt , or slightly higher over the continental shelf . |
| 43 | This gives the pivot indicated and leads to P3/T3 which is also optimal over a degenerate interval . |
| 44 | Deterrence is almost as low over the internal security band , as the rising rate of violent crime in our so-called civilized societies and the current Israeli difficulties with the Palestinians demonstrate . |
| 45 | It did however eventually become as strong over the next 9 months , especially after the family moved to Birmingham too . |
| 46 | The State of World Population 1992 report , released on April 29 by the United Nations Population Fund ( UNFPA ) , projected an annual increase in the world 's population of about 97,000,000 over the next ten years . |
| 47 | The hon. Gentleman produced a more entertaining account than life itself — and given that life has been fairly entertaining over the past year , that is quite an achievement . |
| 48 | ‘ Our sales figures have been fairly consistent over the last few months . |
| 49 | ‘ I think he will be as good over a sharp three miles , ’ she said . |
| 50 | Any person whose father was born in the Western Sahara would be eligible for inclusion , as would any person who had been intermittently resident over the 12 years before the December 1974 census . |
| 51 | ‘ But I know I 've got to be as successful over the next five to eight years as I have been so far . |
| 52 | Derrick Cooper went past a Nick Faldo who found his new swing was not as successful over the last two rounds . |
| 53 | At a formal ceremony on June 1 the two leaders signed a framework agreement on the major elements of a treaty on strategic arms reductions ( START ) , involving a reduction of each side 's long-range nuclear missiles by about one-third over a seven-year period . |
| 54 | For instance , according to the calculations of Prais ( 1976 ) the share in total manufacturing output of the largest 100 manufacturing plants ( i.e. single geographical entities , producing predominantly one product ) has remained fairly static over the last fifty years . |
| 55 | The cuticle of an insect forms a more or less hardened exoskeleton and , although perfectly continuous over the whole body , it remains flexible along certain definite , usually transverse , lines . |
| 56 | The site 's workforce has been cut from 1,600 to about 1,000 over the past three years . |
| 57 | Afterwards Jess admitted to feeling a little leg-weary over the last 20 minutes or so , but by then Willie Miller had sent on his other hot young property , Scott Booth , whose ability to leap from the bench and score drew Jess 's unstinted admiration . |
| 58 | Unions such as the engineering workers and the electricians , which have been most successful over the past decade ( and which , incidentally , embraced democratic reforms years ago ) , have attempted to improve the terms and conditions of their members by other means . |
| 59 | It had become increasingly clear over the last few days that the anger of East Germans is focused on the Communist Party and that it can only be a question of time before the party has to relinquish its leading role and allow political competition . |
| 60 | In no way had he been consciously sadistic over the earlier years , but he had a deep fear of women who took over , as his mother had done . |