Example sentences of "[prep] be [verb] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evidence will be collected which will allow the relationship between landscape and the control of land to be monitored over time , providing the statutory bodies concerned with conservation of the landscape with a better means of influencing change . |
| 2 | STAFF at Liverpool 's Victims of Violence charity home are to be balloted over strike action in support of a sacked colleague . |
| 3 | ‘ He is not going to be sacked over Christmas , and in the New Year the preparations for the Spring Budget would be disrupted by a change at the helm . |
| 4 | Projects need to be assessed over time ; there are very few whose benefits can be seriously assessed in less than ten years , and a period of fifteen to twenty years would be more meaningful . |
| 5 | When Greek letters are used , as above , the summation is to be made over time and space coordinates . |
| 6 | Second , it can forge a ‘ pact ’ with one or more of the other parties , which entitles them to be consulted over policy decisions but excludes them from holding ministerial posts . |
| 7 | The programme would need to be implemented over time , and the money should first be targeted to those areas with high instances of deprivation . |
| 8 | Although there are important differences between the various theories , the great majority of researchers assert that ‘ aggression ’ ( however defined ; see below for a discussion on definitions ) is an integral part of human nature ; and that aggressive impulses and behaviour have somehow to be directed and controlled for human relations to be sustained over time in a social setting . |
| 9 | Interviews conducted during the course indicate the importance of task achievement and of the related social processes which encourage self development ; and these consequences appear to be sustained over time . |
| 10 | With low ratio , four-wheel-drive selected in preference to the rear wheel drive high ratios recommended for road use , a combination of brute force and good tyres allows the vehicle to be forced over terrain where few would attempt to walk . |
| 11 | Water authority to be sued over officer 's illness |
| 12 | This decadent body lotion , with its spicy flower aroma , demands to be smothered over skin coming out of winter hibernation . |
| 13 | Anyone who needs an operation will wish to be operated on by a competently trained surgeon ; the necessary skills need to be honed over time . |
| 14 | His TV play Rotten Apples , to be shown over Christmas , is a black comedy set within a Northern Irish police station . |