Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | The California people even suggested that the four major outbreaks of infection in their monkey colonies over the past 14 years were due to AIDS . |
| 32 | Microsoft has used its monopoly power over the PC makers as the main supplier of operating systems to help give Windows an explosive start . |
| 33 | The faculty has regularly reviewed both its membership examination regulations and syllabus and its training recommendations over the past 20 years to ensure that they keep up to date , most recently with a complete revision last year , and it is continually striving to improve education and training in the specialty . |
| 34 | On the usual definition of money , most of this measurement would involve monitoring the size of his or her bank balance over the year but we should also need to make some allowance for notes and coin . |
| 35 | But there it was , The Cottage , its porch right over the pavement to the gutter , red reflectors for night traffic on its corners , pedestrians having to detour on to the road before regaining the pavement again . |
| 36 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 37 | ICI says that three out of 10 of its graduate intake over the past three years ( a total of about 300 ) have been female . |
| 38 | By applying water management techniques to three of its production plants , ICI Australia has achieved a 40 per cent saving in water use at its Botany site over the last two years . |
| 39 | The World Bank was last year reported to be in the throes of an anguished debate between its environmental unit and its energy department over the best way of enlisting Third World support for curbing greenhouse gases . |
| 40 | Rubberneck , on his part — he saw his sister gloat over the suitcase , the bits of coloured paper — well , he preferred that she gloated ; it was a rest , his knees on the hard floor , that they knelt in endless prayer . |
| 41 | His form and his work rate over the past two months have been sparkling . |
| 42 | ‘ Not bad for a townie , ’ Jos said , casting his expert eye over the results . |
| 43 | Primarily a national vegetable judge , he was more than happy to cast his expert eye over the quality field of spring flowers and he commented on the high standard achieved by the village . |
| 44 | Fired with enthusiasm for the new Europe on his return flight over the North Sea , Fuhrer Kinnock , as he is known in the German press , seemed more frustrated than ever at being out of office at such a momentous time . |
| 45 | HE 'S no ball player and certainly not one of the game 's better athletes , but you just ca n't argue with his goalscoring record over the years . |
| 46 | He hung to the rail and let the top part of his body curl over the banister and his dangling head could catch the full undistracted view of the dark , clear mass , seething below . |
| 47 | Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years . |
| 48 | The Cheltenham trainer has steadily improved his strike rate over the past five years and should eclipse his 1991/92 tally of 31 . |
| 49 | This month sees the publication of a new book by Doug Scott , recording his climbing career over the last 30 years in photographs . |
| 50 | He wrenched off his tie and flung his morning coat over the back of a chair . |
| 51 | Depending on the direction and strength of the breeze , Jack would opt either to carry his drive right over the bunker to set up an easy shot into the green or , more likely , for a conservative drive down the left side of the fairway and a mid-iron to the heart of the green . |
| 52 | At any rate , they are the best marks that were to appear on his performance schedule over the next four years , when his average ran at 56.4 per cent . |
| 53 | Jarvis , who has had his ups and downs in his relationship with his county Yorkshire over the years , is confident those problems are over too . |
| 54 | I saw Chase hump his tuba case over the tailboard and climb in after it , just as Dod climbed out . |
| 55 | I think you 'll find that Mr Byrne is now in fact playing in America , ca n't remember who for but I did go to his leaving party over the summer . |
| 56 | The main excitement , apart from the concerns of Ulster , came with disputes between Tony Benn and his NEC colleagues over the future direction to be pursued by a socialist government . |
| 57 | The middle-aged troubadour was quarrelling with his brother Constantine over the family castle at Hautefort in the border lands between Périgord and the Limousin . |
| 58 | That 's quite interesting , Bernard , as an ex tax inspector you go away and worry about your income tax over the weekend like we do . |
| 59 | Zoe will continue to monitor the progress of both our psoriasis sufferers over the coming months and keep us up to date with how they 're doing . |
| 60 | I watched it course in up the dry fjords , finding its correct level , until the two of us , the big man and I , were standing aloft , looking out from our vantage point over the primordial scene , the liquid heart of England . |