Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 31 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 32 | The introduction is an essay by Octavio Paz in which he stresses the isolation in which the civilisations of the Americas evolved ( as opposed to Europe with contacts from the East ) and he examines the reactions of Europeans over the years to Mexican art . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | In just the same way , evolution consists of genes spreading at each other 's expense , but many , perhaps most , genetic mechanisms are about enforcing common interest of groups of genes over the selfish ambitions of the few . |
| 35 | The distortions of communication which occur in these social institutions are as they are , as a result , in part , of unconscious activity of groups of people over time . |
| 36 | Therefore , Piaroa boys are not constrained into learning the aggressive stance of young warriors to fight men of this world ; they do not learn to accept the dominance relationships of groups of men over other groups of men . |
| 37 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales showed no signs of anxiety over the blanket coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 38 | They showed no signs of anxiety over the coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 39 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |
| 40 | If the headache is continuous with no signs of improvement over several days even if the headache is mild . |
| 41 | He showed no signs of improvement over the next 48 hours . |
| 42 | In spite of the millions of words they contain , and some noticeable shifts of emphasis over the years , the volumes of the Church Dogmatics are marked by an immense overall coherence and harmony . |
| 43 | The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years . |
| 44 | The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years . |
| 45 | Spread a few tiny knobs of butter over the surface , heat in a moderate oven , gas no. 4 , 350°F. , for about 20 minutes , until the sauce is just faintly golden and bubbling . |
| 46 | 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 . |
| 47 | Patterns of support over time |
| 48 | People also experience radically unequal patterns of earnings over the span of their working lives as employees . |
| 49 | A central theme is that the ‘ transmission ’ of state objectives to the enterprises is problematic , and that this gives rise to typical patterns of negotiation over changes in business strategy and in industrial relations . |
| 50 | The father , Mr P , also an English incomer to Orkney , had carried out various forms of abuse over a long period of time . |
| 51 | Whether this has serious implications for the efficiency of large companies depends on the effectiveness of other forms of control over management , and on the prior question of the intensity of non-profit motivations . |
| 52 | It has been argued that forms of control over state enterprises are inherently problematic . |
| 53 | A typical combination of elements might be 20 minutes of full screen , full motion video , 5000 high resolution stills , 6 hours of audio over the stills and the equivalent of about 15,000 pages of text . |
| 54 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 55 | Agencies are not , however , without various strategies of control over field staff ( ch. 4 , s. ii ) . |
| 56 | They seem to be working their way around the main shopping areas of Britain over the last two years . |
| 57 | Many areas of disagreement over policy and philosophy exist both within and between organisations although , broadly speaking , opponents in the debate fall into two camps . |
| 58 | Powell drafted a letter to Branson , laying out his areas of disagreement over company policy and raising the consideration of whether they should go forward together . |
| 59 | The people over whom governments have authority , the kind of considerations which their instructions pre-empt and the areas of activities over which they have authority are all , to the extent that they are determined by the normal justification thesis , less extensive than the claims made by governments and by the law . |
| 60 | John Barton , the Islands ' Director of Fisheries , agreed to participate provided that negotiations were limited to technical matters ( such as the conservation of squid stocks ) and did not touch on areas of sovereignty over the Falklands or the resumption of direct links with the Argentinian mainland . |