Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Without doubt , the most important use of tax havens over the past 10 years has been to save ( or defer ) capital gains tax . |
| 32 | One of the main reasons for the poverty trap is the decline of tax thresholds over the years , as well as the relatively heavy rates of direct taxation on low incomes . |
| 33 | There have been a number of business failures over the past , very difficult , few months , but I hasten to add that the level of new business start-ups remains resilient and robust . |
| 34 | LIVERPOOL has had more than its share of pop stars over the years . |
| 35 | They will be self-financing , since we aim to raise 20 billion by way of pollution taxes over the first five year of Government . |
| 36 | Based on this information , meteorological and atmospheric dispersion models are employed to predict the spatial distribution of pollution concentrations over the area . |
| 37 | They have grown in importance in recent years as a way of financing trade , and in particular of tiding firms over the period from when they have to buy inputs to when they are able to sell the finished output . |
| 38 | Exxon Corporation , the multi-national oil giant , has agreed to pay up to $1,100 million ( $1.1 billion ) in an out of court settlement over the 1989 Valdez oil spill . |
| 39 | The out of court settlement over the 1989 Valdez oil spill , agreed by multi-national oil company Exxon , and the federal and Alaska state governments [ see ED nos. 45 and 46 ] , has been rejected by the Alaska House of Representatives . |
| 40 | to assess the degree of convergence or divergence of input provision between and within classes of education authorities over the period 1975-84 ; |
| 41 | But because I was in like really really tight tights , er like and then a pair of ski pants over the top er , my whole leg was like , you know , sort of soaked in and this bloke was there going , hee , that 's pretty impressive and I was like , I 'm not going to let him know I was crying and like got up and went to the top of the slope and I carried on skiing for about an extra half an hour , but like when I got home , and I just took off , my whole leg started , feet swelling as I took the like , the tight like leggings off . |
| 42 | Psychoanalytic theory has probably been the single most important theoretical influence on the discipline of Art History over the past decade . |
| 43 | Place a piece of cling film directly on top of the icing and another piece of cling film over the top of the bowl to prevent the icing from drying . |
| 44 | However , the talks were reported to have centred on the issue of water rights over the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers . |
| 45 | Imports of passenger cars over the three months rose only two per cent by volume , whilst imports of capital goods were down six per cent . |
| 46 | Add a length of plastic pipe over the top of the funnel so that it comes up to the top of the bottle . |
| 47 | The move , announced at a birds of a feather session at the recent Usenix conference in San Antonio , Texas , marks the end of one of the most influential strands in the development of Unix technology over the years . |
| 48 | All that is needed is a smear of silicone lubricant over the end of the pipe and the inside of the fitting . |
| 49 | Although the rapid decline of the church courts into virtual desuetude over the eighteenth century removed the only institutional form of church control over the moral behaviour of the lower orders , they could hardly be unaware of the continuing power of the parson operating both through the vestry and through areas of personal control such as that over charity and at the vital moments of baptism , marriage and burial . |
| 50 | There probably wo n't be any support for the rear and you might be worried about the weight being taken by the connector ; for vertically-mounted cards you 'll find that the AccuCard 's design puts its centre of gravity right over the connector , but horizontal mounting could be more troublesome . |
| 51 | A comparison of birth rates over the last 20 years also shows a there are fewer regional variations . |
| 52 | The decree specified the precedence of government bodies over the parallel system of CPSU administrative bodies . |
| 53 | Surely that has been one of the major changes of Government policy over the last few years . |
| 54 | The great advantages of copper pipe over the old-fashioned lead piping are that it is light in weight , relatively cheap and easy to work with . |
| 55 | ‘ We saw 16 companies in a series of half-hour meetings over the two days , ’ says FFB 's European director , Roy Edleston . |
| 56 | Parliament ordered an immediate investigation into sales of state property over the previous two years , after hearing reports from the state procurator and the chairman of the Byelarus State Security Committee ( KGB ) , Eduard Shirkovsky , on organized crime , corruption and theft . |
| 57 | Most countries exert some degree of State control over the content and form of advertising . |
| 58 | I therefore have a fair amount experience of this region and also erm I have been involved in quite a lot of erm estimates of housing provision over the years . |
| 59 | Indeed Frost and Spence conclude that the main result of their detailed study of employment change between 1971 and 1977 must be ( 1984 , 146 ) ‘ the critical role that service activities and particularly the widespread public services have played in influencing the nature and patterns of employment change over the period ’ . |
| 60 | One of the unsatisfactory features of employment law over the past couple of decades has been the rule that a wrongful dismissal claim must be brought in either the County Court or the High Court . |