Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although the educational services were supplied to only a few inmates , several of these were undertaking advanced work : three had completed BAs over the past few years , another an MA , and nine were embarking upon university degrees by correspondence . |
| 2 | ‘ Post your letters ? ’ asked Mum over tea . |
| 3 | For this we must rely to a great extent upon Soviet goodwill and if we make difficulty over returning their own nationals it will react adversely upon their willingness to help in restoring to us as soon as possible our own prisoners . " |
| 4 | UK pension funds are exempt from both capital gains tax and income tax on their investments , and hence there is no preference ( according to the taxation regime ) for preferring income over capital gains or vice versa , nor any constraint on the volume of trading ( apart from transactions costs ) . |
| 5 | Haunted by penury for the rest of her life , she habitually made notes over other people 's letters and wrote her own on the back of old laundry bills . |
| 6 | The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme . |
| 7 | The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme . |
| 8 | Meirion Rowlands , one of the Ashleys ' most key appointments of this time , was well known as the local prizewinning sheep shearer ; he met Bernard over a pint in the pub . |
| 9 | The Company Patrons have committed their organisations to give the association substantial , planned support over a number of years . |
| 10 | Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ . |
| 11 | Both Ari and Nathan looked sullen and had clearly joined ranks over something . |
| 12 | LEEDS United 's record buy David Rocastle last night refused to lose heart over his failure to break into the first team at Elland Road . |
| 13 | Sequent Computer Systems Inc figures it will be seeing $30m over the next eight years from selling its Symmetry 2000/750 and 450 machines to the US Department of Veteran Affairs as part of a multi-vendor team led by systems integrator Federal Data Corporation . |
| 14 | She had dabbed powder over her lipstick to rob it of its bright crimson lustre , and she had forgotten the little pink patches of rouge that gave her cheeks their rosy healthy glow . |
| 15 | Measuring 10′6″ × 9′3″ having central heating radiator and windows enjoying views over the side and rear . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it would seem sensible to say that , given a set of firms in a perfectly competitive market , some of which ( perhaps because of a more concentrated distribution of shares ) face quite tight constraints on their efficiency , these relatively efficient firms are likely to provide some form of policing function over the others . |
| 17 | US Copyright Office holds second hearing to gather opinions over droit de suite |
| 18 | They have discussed the value of the war : Hector 's carefully considered will and judgement have favoured glory over Trojan blood ; and the adultery at the heart of Troy has been reaffirmed . |
| 19 | BRITISH-born Australian Dave Russell scored a unanimous 12-round points decision over American Dan Murphy in Melbourne last night to capture the World Boxing Federation cruiserweight title . |
| 20 | Spennymoor super heavyweight Mike Hopper earned a place in the English semi-finals at Bletchley in a fortnight with a hard-earned majority points decision over Preston 's Rod Allan . |
| 21 | Its wisest move would be to encourage the renting of houses by scrapping the tax advantages that favour house-owning over house-renting — especially the tax relief on mortgage-interest payments . |
| 22 | Payne says the advantage of using emulation over binary-to-binary translation is that ISVs do not have to tinker with their applications one iota to get them up on PowerPC , they just run , although some performance is lost . |
| 23 | now , call it eighty five plus tapes , got loads over the wings of love |
| 24 | People living and working near a food factory are demanding action over an appalling smell emanating from the plant . |
| 25 | The size of the epidemic in five or ten years time has not been estimated with confidence ; the epidemic will be determined by the number of people with HIV infection who develop AIDS over time . |
| 26 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal head start cut potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 27 | Sun said it was bringing action over the alleged theft to keep the playing field level , claiming Axil 's illegal headstart decreased potential investment in the Sparc architecture . |
| 28 | After gathering momentum over the past six months under the guidance of an Interim Action Board while fundamental matters such as constitution , scope , budgets and organisational structures were determined , DISC is now poised to seek confirmation from the BSI Board that DISC may be formally established within the BSI framework . |
| 29 | He noted however that few computer-based circulation systems include as standard features the ability to cumulate data over a period of years , or to analyse the data as required , so that much in-house development of existing systems was necessary . |
| 30 | The there will be three distances involved Brough Park 290m , 460m , 670m ; Cleveland Park 266m , 464m , 640m ; Sunderland 255m , 450m , 631m and the aggregate points winners over all three legs . |