Example sentences of "their [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We thank all our customers for their support over the past year . |
| 2 | Their progress over the next two weeks will solve the Guineas mystery , but that is of little concern to connections of Dr Devious , who heads now for the Kentucky Derby ( for which he is 10–1 from 12–1 ) in Louisville on May 2 and returns to Epsom for the Ever Ready Derby in June . |
| 3 | The people in the street outside may tell the market researchers that they are more confident than they were six months ago , but that does not take them into the shop , put their money over the counter or pay the staff wages of the retailer . |
| 4 | No-one could say that our news programmes , for example , have been weak-kneed in their coverage over the past eighteen months of the NHS or the recession in the UK economy . |
| 5 | Yes Please ’ and problems within the Mondays taking their toll over the last year-and-a-half . |
| 6 | I 'm wondering what made them change their mind over the er knock through into the garage . |
| 7 | By expanding their rule over the rest of Spain the Romans acquired the Douro , the Tagus and the mineral deposits of the Asturias . |
| 8 | He lowered his own head again , allowing his lips to pressure gently over her face , seeking their pleasure over the rise and fall of her face and neck . |
| 9 | His grandmother telephoned the local radio station after hearing callers express their distress over the murder . |
| 10 | To express their grief over the Warrington atrocity , the people of Dublin sent thousands of floral tributes to Liverpool this morning with the Irish Air Corps . |
| 11 | Through their hold over the nine main lines fanning out from Moscow to all points of the compass they had succeeded in cutting off one White force from another in the Civil War . |
| 12 | For the next 250 years the Dwarfs consolidate their hold over the mountains , gradually reopening many of their old mines and rebuilding countless tombs of their ancestors . |
| 13 | Select the graphs and text charts you want to include in the screen show by dragging their icon over the screenshow icon — simple as that . |
| 14 | But as before , their influence over the voters ' mood ended well before the polling booth . |
| 15 | The Dallas daily says that General Motors and General Electric have met several times in recent months to examine ways to increase their influence over the likes of IBM Corp , Compaq Computer Corp , Dell Computer Corp and Apple Computer Inc , quoting executives involved in the talks and industry analysts and the pact could create a consortium with a requirement as many as 100,000 desktop personal computers annually . |
| 16 | Apparently secure in their influence over the king , the ambition and greed of the Despensers reached new heights . |
| 17 | Latimer and Neville were probably the dominant figures at court between 1369 and 1376 , and their influence over the king may well have been greater than that of John of Gaunt and his brothers . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , some contact was made with the village , primarily through teachers and medical assistants , and the SRs were able to exert their influence over the All-Russian Peasants Union , the most important peasant body to emerge during 1905 . |
| 19 | Whereas in the immediate aftermath of the Manifesto , the landed nobility and conservative interests generally had been disorientated and ill-organized during 1906 their influence over the government was rapidly consolidated . |
| 20 | Their influence over the masses had been tenuous even at the height of their prestige in 1905 . |
| 21 | If Artai 's reign was marked by disaster or excess they would be able to claim that they were not responsible , and their influence over the affairs of the Khanate would not be diminished . |
| 22 | This provocative thesis , very much connected with the questions of the transnational capitalist class discussed above , and their influence over the popular masses in developing countries , lies at the centre of the debate over the economic , political and cultural-ideological TNPs in developing countries . |
| 23 | Thanks to the committee members for all their help over the last year and particularly to Graham Espin for many years of enthusiastic effort with the committee , to Ross Hamilton our treasurer for all his hard work , to Mrs Sheila Peterson for her abilities as vice chairman and particularly her talent with the children at our functions , to Miss Netta Gibling who , as ever , provides continuity and expertise as secretary . |
| 24 | Hundreds of mountain bikers made Eastnor Castle in Herefordshire their home over the weekend . |
| 25 | THE parents of a two-year-old boy suffering from a rare genetic disorder delivered a petition to the Prime Minister yesterday , in their battle over the controversial closure of a bone marrow transplant unit . |
| 26 | Brothers Walter and Franco and sister Marilisa have steadily improved the quality of their wine over the years . |
| 27 | The O'Kelly family have built up their flock over the years , largely by breeding from their own stock . |
| 28 | Their lead over the patrol boat was down to two hundred yards . |
| 29 | We also thank the team of dedicated workers at the Women 's Nutritional Advisory Service for their professionalism over the years , which has enabled us to collect much of the research referred to in this book . |
| 30 | Ralph and Denise Bulger tell the world of their joy over the prospect of a new baby in a magazine interview published this morning . |