Example sentences of "over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The truth is , ’ he admitted to Alan Griffiths , ‘ I have a constant temptation to over asperity … even when there is no subjective anger to prompt me : it comes , I think , from the pleasure of using the English language forcibly — i.e. it is not a species of Ira but of Superbia . |
| 2 | The inadequacies of management in state enterprises have been described in dramatic terms by several Nigerian academic observers , one of whom wrote in 1974 that the reasons for the poor performance of the state-owned sector could be seen in the words of one observer ‘ in the over centralization of authority … inspired by sheer love of power ’ or by another : |
| 3 | No numerical restriction on the number of licences in any particular area is allowed , however the section makes it a ground of refusal that the grant of the licence applied for would result in over provision of facilities of the kind to be provided under the licence . |
| 4 | For a discussion of relevant considerations in relation to over provision , see Crolla v. City of Edinburgh District Licensing Board , 1983 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 11 . |
| 5 | In future I believe that planning will be worse because there 'll be no sort of overview , and that it will lead to an over provision of the profitable services and inadequate provision of services like mental illness , the elderly and those with learning difficulties . |
| 6 | So Mr talked in the debate about internal reorganisation about continuing to provide services for which there is an over provision and it berated me and the Labour group for that . |
| 7 | Well the figures show that assessments of the over provision are incorrect but even had they been correct if circumstances were an over provision comes about not because of an increase in our provision of services , but because of expansion in the private sector . |
| 8 | Well the figures show that assessments of the over provision are incorrect but even had they been correct if circumstances were an over provision comes about not because of an increase in our provision of services , but because of expansion in the private sector . |
| 9 | A full discussion of their implications is not possible within the scope of an article , since many documents consist of over loo pages and cover many aspects of an individual 's life . |
| 10 | Likewise Danby , in a debate in the House of Lords over Comprehension and Toleration in the spring of 1689 , said " That at the beginning of this Revolution only Church of England men were Ingaged in it " , although " now he perceived other persons fell in with it " . |
| 11 | The four artistes that appeared in this not unnaturally attracted a large and appreciative audience , among them officers from the local police force who subsequently charged the four ladies with ‘ over exposure ’ . |
| 12 | slightly over weight or very over weight and I mean that is something we have n't really looked at , but I mean is it effecting people quite seriously ? |
| 13 | As a result of over investment in the Japanese aphrodisiac market , the Maharajah fell upon hard times and suffered from a chronic liquidity crisis . |
| 14 | The belt here is hidden under the over fall , and a further garment , a veil , is worn over head and shoulders . |
| 15 | The identity of the ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ was unmasked by those letters referred to over lunch in the Savoy and which sent Forster back to the book she thought was finished . |
| 16 | On previous TB10s and TB9s I 've flown there was no indent and because of over run on the electrical flap operating system , the first stage of flap was guesswork . |
| 17 | But there have been errors too , with Pilkington investing in foreign glass capacity during the 1980s , at the peak of a cycle which soon slumped , leaving the St Helens based group with over capacity just as the down turn arrived . |
| 18 | But for over seventy-five per cent of the people we spoke to the answer was very clear . |
| 19 | The salvation it proposed was based on a reduction in the amount of first-class cricket to a 16-match one-day competition without over limitation , a reduction in county staffs and the involvement and use of part time cricketers . |
| 20 | Was this because of the over accident ? |
| 21 | As with so many of the later youth subcultures , there was no doubt an over reaction to Hooligans . |
| 22 | And it is important that the west does not crush this African life-style with our selfish talk of over population . |
| 23 | So the technological backwardness means that , and the over population , means that the soil is , is losing its richness and there 's absolutely no way of restoring it artificially by ploughing deeply and turning up er new soil or by re-enriching it as it were by the use of artificial or natural fertilizers . |
| 24 | businesses are going bust all the over place . |
| 25 | But the child protection system had broken down in this instance , not because of the excessive timidity or woolliness of social workers who missed the warning signs and failed to act , but because of their over confidence in medical diagnoses and their ready reliance on compulsory measures to remove the children . |
| 26 | His upset victory of over No. 15 ranked Magnus Gustafsson placed considerable pressure on Edberg and took a load of Nestor 's slender shoulders . |
| 27 | gave a lecture and all she came in with was some notes written out on some full scape paper and some papers for the over head projector |
| 28 | Membership of these and other worthy causes mean that our countryside is not lost to over development . |
| 29 | Even when the system as a whole is , for example , under liquid , there will still be individual banks with over liquidity . |
| 30 | You can sit out on the terrace to enjoy your meal which is buffet style offering a wide choice of menu and a temptation to over indulgence . |