Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the unlikely event of an alternative Administration being returned to power and seeking to get talks started , on the basis of my experience over the past two years I wish the hon. Gentleman well . |
| 2 | By this time I was becoming a little dissatisfied with the imprinting set-up that had become the stock in trade of my lab over the past few years , and I planned to try using an alternative form of learning in the chick . |
| 3 | As Taff and I ducked down into the trench I upset the remains of my meal over the floor . |
| 4 | Even so , it offers no guarantee of an early end to the month-old blockade of Armenia by Azerbaijan , an extension of their feud over the region of Nagorny Karabakh . |
| 5 | Or does it mean that if total incomes rise by 4 per cent and total profits by 5 per cent , all profits are subject to a levy of one-fifth of their increase over the previous period ? |
| 6 | Ralph and Denise Bulger tell the world of their joy over the prospect of a new baby in a magazine interview published this morning . |
| 7 | The companies view this effort as working towards the success of their co-operation over the Precision Architecture RISC chip and a better range of distributed applications services and tools for their customers in a client-server environment . |
| 8 | Brothers Walter and Franco and sister Marilisa have steadily improved the quality of their wine over the years . |
| 9 | Many of these have adopted as a major part of their strategy over the last two years campaigns to attract bidders for Channel 5 franchises to locate in their cities . |
| 10 | The next day there was further good news when McLaren went to Paris for the hearing of their appeal over the Spanish race . |
| 11 | Stage 2 is aimed at the people who have worked on their business idea with the help of their counsellor over the summer . |
| 12 | In negotiations with management , union officials may feel compelled to resort to the threat of industrial action ( a strike , ‘ blacking ’ certain work practices , a work-to-rule or go-slow etc — to use resource power in the form of their control over the labour force , ie. the support of their members ) . |
| 13 | In a review of its work over the first ten years , its chairman , Lord Justice Sellers , claimed that the two institutions ‘ worked side by side in complete harmony and with some mutual assistance ’ . |
| 14 | Chinese leaders reportedly told Anh that they fully supported the outcome of the congress , which had stressed the maintenance of the party 's hold on political power whilst approving further loosening of its control over the economy . |
| 15 | The 13 kilometre line is still open , running for most of its length over the River Wüpper . |
| 16 | The church , dedicated to St Nicholas , shows clear signs of its growth over the centuries . |
| 17 | She flings the dregs of her champagne over the balcony railing . |
| 18 | Assertion of her supremacy over the other members of the politburo was an essential step to confirming her position as heir-apparent . |
| 19 | There would of course have been no story if the author had not given Ayesha enough of human frailty and caprice to bring about certain changes in the circumstances of her rule over the cannibalistic Amahaggar and her relations with Leo Vincey . |
| 20 | With a growled exclamation against her lips he tightened one hand in the silky blonde strands , and slid the other down to trace lightly the hollow at the base of her throat , then lower to skim the striped silk of her blouse over the swell of her breasts , an expert , fleeting exploration which drew a gasp of reaction from her yet left her taut and shivering in frustrated anger … |
| 21 | His granddaughter , Jessie Mould , has been keenly interested in the movements of her family over the generations and after she had discovered that her seventeenth-century ancestors were mentioned in Richard Gough 's History of Myddle ( 1701–2 ) she published More Tales of Banks Peninsula and wrote in her foreword : |
| 22 | But he could not see , not flung , sprawled , on the flat of his back over the pan and his head against the cistern . |
| 23 | Although I left him in no doubts about my opinion of his behaviour over the past few weeks , I was n't quite as brutal with him as I might have been . |
| 24 | ‘ Everyone throughout the game was disgusted , ’ said Wright , as England manager Graham Taylor faces one of the toughest decisions of his life over the Liverpool winger . |
| 25 | He must have been well placed to advance from the re-establishment of his supremacy over the Picts in 672 to the imposition of it also on the Scots , and an opportunity may have been provided when Domangart was slain in 673 and his nephew , Máeldúin , son of Conall Crandomna , became king . |
| 26 | The young man 's disillusionment when it comes confirms , not only the observer 's prediction , but the superiority of his evaluation over the young man 's , although not necessarily its correctness . |
| 27 | And she finally ends by saying , ‘ All I can look forward to now is the toneless drone of the master 's voice and the pendulum swing of his leg over the desk . ’ |
| 28 | For the purposes of voting , a secured creditor may value his security and vote for the excess of his debt over the security held . |
| 29 | To the author , French superiority in this respect was only one aspect of the more general superiority of his country over the other . |
| 30 | The court heard that Mr White may have lost control of the motorbike because of his guilt over the accident that killed his friend . |