Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun] [adv] over the " in BNC.

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31 I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India .
32 This Easter we have seen the groundswell of demand all over the world that the arms race be brought to a standstill .
33 Some firms of English solicitors have branch offices in the major centres of commerce all over the world , to advise local clients on English law .
34 From the pattern of ocean floor magnetic anomalies it is possible to trace the movement of India northwards over the past 80 Ma or so ( Fig. 3.23 ) .
35 Once the plants are laid in the trench , turn the next spit of earth loosely over the roots .
36 the following morning I went out no numberplate and there were bits of car all over the street but
37 and there were bits of fibreglass all over the street
38 It ploughed into the ground scattering debris and bits of aluminium all over the place .
39 But finally the itching was too much for him and we got up one morning to find plaster of Paris and remnants of bandage all over the carpet where he had irritably scissored it off at two in the morning .
40 Does my hon. Friend agree that many leaders of local industry are giving their time and experience to ensure the great success of TECs all over the United Kingdom and that it is imperative that we , the Government , ensure that they are properly funded ?
41 Much of the syllabus has become part of the training of dancers all over the world .
42 After I had left her she had spilt her cup of tea all over the bedclothes , which had soon become not only wet but cold and wet .
43 They have built up a list of people all over the world who have been sending them football songs and now send Beatles covers as well .
44 The South West Region plays host to a vast number of divers all over the country .
45 Just as the field in sunspots suppresses the flow of radiation locally , so the spread-out field inhibits the general upflow of radiation all over the sun .
46 ‘ We have lost a lot of ponds all over the country , so the ones we do have are even more important as wildlife habitats . ’
47 Paul took this message about life and the mystery of humanity all over the Mediterranean world .
48 The worship of , or professed belief in , a god of some kind is to be found in varying degrees of sincerity all over the world .
49 I know that there are no easy answers , but if we do not at least attempt to act decisively , Zagreb , Dubrovnik , Vukovar and Osijek could be just the first names on a ghastly roll call resembling those unending , poignant first world war memorials that are such a feature of life all over the continent of Europe .
50 He preferred painting on a closely woven canvas , and sometimes when he had finished the work he placed a sheet of paper carefully over the fresh paint to merge the colours .
51 ‘ I did n't know you 'd got so bleeding sensitive , ’ she said , pulling a filthy pair of leggings on over the nappy .
52 Miss Jarman 's words dropped like a stone in a pond , causing ripples of protest all over the room .
53 Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal .
54 The station has broadcast a couple of times legally over the past year .
55 The day had got off to a bad start as it was ( late for work , lost the shop key , spilt a load of fish-food all over the floor and then cracked my head on a shelf while clearing it up ) .
56 If the changing rooms were full , girls would undress in the middle of the shop leaving piles of clothes all over the floor , such was their desperation to find the print and the style of their choice .
57 I went out to water some plants and there was piles of soil all over the lawn — I was furious .
58 Piles of books all over the floor : Agatha Christie , Dick Francis , P. D. James .
59 Matt black relieved by knife thin white stripes , with a broader stripe of white down over the nose .
60 Today they are an important source of food all over the world .
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