Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Not surprisingly , the most rapid increase in economically active persons between 1971 and 1981 was registered by the New and Expanded Towns , with Milton Keynes LLMA experiencing a massive 64 per cent growth in labour supply over the decade . |
| 32 | FERRANTI 'S shares encountered hectic trading when they returned from suspension yesterday as a host of conflicting rumours swept the stock market over the company 's future . |
| 33 | THE SWEDISH government is in open conflict with the country 's data protection committee over the individual 's right to secrecy on money-matters . |
| 34 | He lumped together housing benefit , income support and unemployment benefit , arriving at an average benefit entitlement over the summer recess of £327 . |
| 35 | Figure 7.3 shows the values of figure 7.2 expressed as percentage change over the period 1961–81 . |
| 36 | There was an oxygen tent over the bed and in the dull light that was burning , the young officer 's thin face looked deep pink . |
| 37 | The lintel board over the door was more elaborate than those of Nos. 1–16 and supported on ornate capitals . |
| 38 | There was a large ceiling support bracket on each window pillar , an ornate lintel board over the door ( later covered by a small notice board ) and a perforated ventilation board in the top of the door over the window . |
| 39 | Finally , the project measures changes in the level and sources of household income over the period and evaluates changes in government policy towards the rural poor . |
| 40 | TALKS are to be held between a cricket club and a rugby club over the future of a top sporting venue . |
| 41 | Low income families would be compensated by doubling the value of child benefit over the life of a parliament . |
| 42 | It is suggested that the revenue from fiscal drag , which currently goes in financing the inflation-proofing of personal tax allowances , and which under these proposals would no longer exist , should be used to finance the doubling of child benefit over the life of a parliament . |
| 43 | The conference approved the Economic Equality policy review which proposes : Ending tax on childcare ; Introducing a minimum wage starting at half of average male earnings ( £2.80 an hour ) , rising to two-thirds the average ; Income tax levels of no higher than 50 per cent at the top , down to less than 20 per cent at the bottom ; ‘ A significant and generous increase in child benefit over the lifetime of the Parliament ’ ; To tax gifts and inheritance at the point of receipt ; To crack down on tax loopholes ; Raise pensions immediately by £5 for single people and £8 for couples ; To introduce a new disability benefit ; To simplify income support rules ; To keep mortgage interest tax relief ‘ at a single rate equivalent to the basic rate relief which we inherit ’ . |
| 44 | ‘ ONE member , one vote , ’ demanded John Smith when he was elected to be Labour 's leader , wanting to end trade-union influence over the choice of Labour 's parliamentary candidates . |
| 45 | Demographic and migration trends indicated that the rate of new household formation over the period of the structure plan ( i.e. until the mid-1990s ) was expected to be half of the post-war average levels and total population was likely to fall . |
| 46 | They scattered drugs and lab equipment over the floor , and opened a fridge door containing radioactive materials marked ‘ dangerous ’ . |
| 47 | On the morning of the election , the nearest of all the major opinion polls to a correct result was Gallup in The Daily Telegraph , which put the Tories half a point ahead of Labour ( 38½ per cent to 38 per cent , a change-round of one percentage point over the course of the preceding week ) . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | When tasks are shared , it can be even worse : Anne and Pat both do the laundry but have waged a nine-year guerrilla war over the temperature of the water in the machine . |
| 50 | Peregrine Worsthorne , for example , used the ferocity of the confrontations in Handsworth , Brixton , and Tottenham to argue that there was a major question mark over the possibility of assimilating the ‘ coloured population ’ into mainstream ‘ British values ’ ( Sunday Telegraph , 29 September 1985 ) . |
| 51 | There is still a question mark over the availability of the multi-talented Neil Doak , who played scrum half in the cup final two seasons ago . |
| 52 | It all leaves an interesting question mark over the area so far as I am concerned . |
| 53 | The Danish and French referendums on the Maastricht treaty have put a question mark over the future of the European Community . |
| 54 | It could even put a question mark over the future of England captain and selector Graham Gooch , whose fitness and discipline regime have become a hallmark of the current side , and which Gower has had some difficulty fitting in with . |
| 55 | If he does , it could put a big question mark over the future of the controversial 6ft 7in player . |
| 56 | The arrival of Keown at Arsenal would put a question mark over the future of Steve Bould , although Graham has in the past employed a three-man system at the heart of the Highbury defence to great effect . |
| 57 | After a considerable delay , the government has agreed to implement the Griffiths ' recommendations , but in the meantime health services have remained overburdened and unable to care for many older people , and there is a question mark over the future of geriatric care as a result of the 1989 White Paper on health services . |
| 58 | For the first time since the process of unification began it placed a question mark over the future of Kohl , who had made 14 campaign appearances and admitted that the result represented a " bitter defeat " . |
| 59 | Dr Clark said , however : ‘ This must put a question mark over the future of one of the Vickers ’ plants , either in Newcastle or Leeds . ’ |
| 60 | ‘ All I can say is that it will end with a question mark over the future . |