Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time . |
| 2 | Rave kids should be throwing petrol bombs at the Houses Of Parliament over the way their right to party has been thrown in the proverbial dumper , but they are n't . |
| 3 | Commander Genda went through the plans in detail over the next ten days and came to the conclusion that it was possible and , although hazardous , had a reasonable chance of success . |
| 4 | The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward . |
| 5 | So whatever the numerical distribution of jobs or of unemployment , the tentacles of control over those jobs , and over the functioning of the economy as a whole , in the main lead back — if they stay within Britain at all — to London . |
| 6 | Despite the murmurs of anxiety over recent months , none of us considered realistically it could possibly happen . |
| 7 | The lines of division over political unity and economic integration versus association and cooperation had already been clarified and hardened in the previous debates over the future of Europe . |
| 8 | The advantages of unity over diversity , or collectivism over individualism , are assumed to be self-evident and the obvious totalitarian overtones are ignored . |
| 9 | State briefly , in relation to planetary observations , the advantages of radar over the receipt of naturally emitted radio waves . |
| 10 | The advantages of Y-PCR over the test used in the past have been described . |
| 11 | ( For the advantages of adoption over long-term foster care see Triseliotis , 1983 and Triseliotis and Hill , 1987 ) . |
| 12 | It may be that ‘ no action ’ would turn out to be a very wise option based on the experiences of miniaturisation over the last 30 years or so . |
| 13 | The team at Oxford 's cancer fund are now planning longer term research with other organisations world-wide to assess the effects of tamoxifen over a longer period of time to see if it can continue saving lives . |
| 14 | This is a delightful , funny , quirky old thriller , belting along on high octane enthusiasm and using its copious quantities of High Tech to dress up a more human story which gleefully sings the praises of Spirit over Machine . |
| 15 | Lord Porter , who delivered the only speech , referred to a number of earlier cases dealing with the construction of ‘ carrying on a business ’ for the purposes of jurisdiction over the separate property of married women . |
| 16 | The concepts of mind over matter to overcome problems , and the reverse process where fear of an illness can produce that illness , illustrate the part such mental factors can play . |
| 17 | Since animals depend either directly or indirectly on plants for food , all life is affected by the variations in weather over the seasons . |
| 18 | In the light of these beliefs , he concluded ( 1970 p 117 ) that Bentham 's Panopticon far from being progressive could justly be characterised as regressive " since he used its design to vaunt the merits of security over those of liberty . |
| 19 | And , in order to accomplish this , energy management systems , like the internal arrangement of the Panopticon , vaunt the merits of security over those of liberty . |
| 20 | To play a part in the problems of geology over the next few decades geomorphologists must forget their trivial catchments and see mega forests instead of trees … |
| 21 | One of the problems with consultation over several different language versions and many subject areas is that revision becomes slow and difficult to coordinate . |
| 22 | It is hard not to wonder when , in ignoring the best writing for children , they are denying the existence of the multicultural and non-sexist fiction which has reflected the changes in society over the last 20 years . ’ |
| 23 | Most of the changes in temperature over the past hundred years can be broadly explained by these two processes at work . |
| 24 | Litaw poured the pots of broth over the body , one by one . |
| 25 | It does seem today , as Mill once said , ‘ protection is needed against the tyranny of prevailing opinion … the tendency of society to impose its own ideas and practices ’ and by ‘ an increasing inclination to stretch unduly the powers of society over the individual by the force of opinion and even by that of legislation ’ . |
| 26 | Thus the government abandoned its earlier proposal to transfer to the new private sector companies the powers of regulation over river basin management , previously exercised by the water authorities . |
| 27 | A further important issue concerning the relationship between the State scheme , contracted-out final salary schemes and , increasingly , personal pensions , is the terms for contracting-out over the period 1993 to 1998 . |
| 28 | An old symptom of restless legs in bed had returned and this with the ailments from indignation over her husband 's desertion led to Staphisagria LM1 . |
| 29 | Measured against ‘ a stagnant US economy , a not altogether successful satellite programme , and perennial crises in NATO ’ ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 179 ) , these developments created high expectations expressed at the November 1960 Conference of Eighty-One parties in the definitive formulation that ’ the superiority of the forces of socialism over those of imperialism … is becoming ever more marked in the world arena' ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 181 ) . |
| 30 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |