Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] [adj] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the 1986 Social Security Act froze the reduced earnings allowance ( previously called the special hardship allowance ) on retirement and offset it against earnings-related pension , thereby reducing the compensation for the impact of disablement on those over retirement age . |
| 2 | The trend towards tighter state budgets could be exploited to reduce the number of students in some over populated subjects and also to cut back the resources of non-productive researchers . |
| 3 | The Act limits the possession of crossbows to those over the age of 17 . |
| 4 | Although Gregory came into conflict with Chilperic over the immunities of Tours , the original concessions must indicate that in certain circumstances kings were happy to make grants to their bishops . |
| 5 | I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate . |
| 6 | Peter Monteith 's gallant campaigner ran unplaced on the Flat at Ayr just 48 hours previously but , though still to score on the level , he has now amassed four hurdle wins in addition to 12 over the bigger obstacles . |
| 7 | Halsey and his associates provide abundant evidence in support of this over the years . |
| 8 | Private property as a notion conflates the direct relationship between the individual and those objects with which he or she is associated in self-construction with those over which he or she has legal rights . |
| 9 | Brian Marchbank made a welcome return to form with a 73 as did Stephen McAllister who was alongside Torrance at two over par . |
| 10 | The team continued to astound with their attacking flair and sound defence , treating the home crowd to wins of 5–1 over Plymouth , 10–1 over Croydon Common and 7–1 over New Brompton . |
| 11 | ‘ Amedeo , excited like a virgin by the bombardments , has gone to Cagnes near Nice over a month ago … |
| 12 | The Pensions Act which became law in August 1908 granted a pension of between 1s. and 5s. per week to those over the age of seventy with incomes of between £21 and £31 10s. p.a. , provided that they had not been imprisoned for any offence , including drunkenness , during the ten years preceding their claim , were not aliens or wives of aliens , and could satisfy the pension authority that they had not been guilty of ‘ habitual failure to work according to his ability , opportunity or need , for his own maintenance and that of his legal relatives ’ . |
| 13 | Conflict was deferred by the attempt to reach agreement along the lines of ‘ Manchuria for Korea ’ ( Mankan kó0kan ) ( i.e. Manchuria for Russia and Korea for Japan ) , but the two countries eventually came to blows in 1904 over the failure of Russian troops to withdraw on schedule from Manchuria . |
| 14 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , whilst the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |
| 15 | The overall European Unix software market increased in size by 25% in 1991 over the previous year , according to the report , while the Unix hardware market was pegged at 15% . |