Example sentences of "[v-ing] the [noun sg] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This view of a quantum theory of gravity would be much more satisfactory , however , if one could show that , using the sum over histories , our universe is not just one of the possible histories but one of the most probable ones . |
| 2 | In the first minute of the game Jackie McWilliams scored her 40th goal of the season , easily lobbing the ball over Sharon Rowe in the Victorians goal from the edge of the circle . |
| 3 | Left winger Ken Livingstone claimed last night that more than 100 Labour MPs will follow Mr Gould in defying the leadership over Europe . |
| 4 | By early next week each of the 400 members of the Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers , the self-regulatory organisation for com modities , should have received the latest proposal from the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission for ending the wrangle over London firms doing business for American clients . |
| 5 | Mr Waldegrave will be responsible for implementing the Tory manifesto commitment to more open government , including ending the secrecy over Cabinet committees . |
| 6 | Former club chairman Brian Hillier , who last year served a prison sentence for cheating the taxman over cash payments to players , told the jury at Bristol Crown Court , Tobin had tried to blackmail him 2 years ago , demanding £2,000 to keep silent about cash payments . |
| 7 | This followed the publication of a book called Facing the Figures , by the Radical Statistics Health Group , and a television documentary , in the series ‘ Dispatches ’ , which said the Government was ‘ cooking the books ’ and misleading the public over issues such as unemployment , poverty and the health service . |
| 8 | The last phase of the Watergate scandal consisted of a prolonged battle between the President and those investigating the case over possession of these tapes . |
| 9 | Banks have n't been pulling the wool over people 's eyes by not telling them . |
| 10 | It began with the morning sun shining through the curtains of their bedroom , dappling the wall over Len 's still , sleeping form . |
| 11 | Forbes , too , ended up in prison for swindling the government over supplies to hospitals . |
| 12 | To avoid the technical difficulties in actually performing the sum over histories , these curved space-times must be taken to be Euclidean . |
| 13 | The conversation faded into the distance and I paused to refill the Unwins ' cups , where the talk was about Upper Gumtree having the edge over Mercer 's premiere that was coming to Winnipeg by road . |
| 14 | The tramp is then described as having the advantage over Saint Francis of ‘ Not being dead , yet ’ . |
| 15 | What one needs is a way of doing the sum over histories not just for particles but for the whole fabric of space and time as well . |
| 16 | On the heathland of north-west Norfolk many poor men of no military value were ignored until taxed on wages in the subsidy ; above the £1-level people there resembled those who lived farther to the east , except that the outstanding men were great landowners and yeomen , in contrast to the north-eastern district , where peasants were firmly entrenched , usually taking the initiative over enclosure , which had made more progress there . |
| 17 | Several inputs used in assessing the population over age 65 ‘ at risk ’ of requiring personal social services are derived from the 1977/9 National Dwelling and Housing Survey ( NDHS ) . |
| 18 | Newell opened his account in the ninth minute when he beat left-back Tony Barness on the right before steering the ball over goalkeeper Kevin Hitchcock . |
| 19 | European leaders have been watching the turmoil over Europe in the Tory Party with increasing alarm . |
| 20 | Swedish certainties David Platt and Paul Parker return after missing the win over France , while John Barnes is included for the first time this season . |
| 21 | Mr Lang will criticise Labour for concentrating on attacking the Government over unemployment without recognising that wealth has to be created in order to increase the number of jobs on offer . |