Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Left and right struggle over familiar territory and all sides — including the ruling Apra candidate , Luis Alva , - vow to root out corruption . |
| 2 | The B Division is headed by Eaglescliffe Golf Club who have a five-point advantage over last year 's winners Darlington . |
| 3 | At private meetings over meals or in his office North would produce his spiral notebook or pieces of yellow legal paper , asking ‘ how in God 's name we can expect these young men and women to fight against Communism when this is what they 're up against ’ , and often breaking into tears . |
| 4 | " I 'd like to go for a walk in that park over there , " she said quietly . |
| 5 | Duddy , a flyweight , was a 16–6 winner over the talented Ken Andrews of St Matthew 's but then came a shock in the division when Paddy Brown of Holy Trinity Belfast was beaten . |
| 6 | Isabel shot her a sharp glance over the cards and there was still that curious opaqueness , that veil over her eyes . |
| 7 | Much of the debate surrounding the role of the state in financial markets has centred on power of the central monetary authorities over Commercial Banks who frequently overcommit themselves when financing the growth of investment . |
| 8 | Thus , even on the unrealistic assumption that consumers acting through the market are able to force managements to produce at the lowest possible cost , companies nevertheless retain a discretion within that constraint over such issues as plant location , appropriate levels of automation , and policy on research and development , since these and other delegated questions do not yield unique least-cost solutions . |
| 9 | We have done much to develop regional policies over the past decade . |
| 10 | The apartments we 've selected , exclusive to Club guests , include the Palmyra , Mega , Yannis and Minos and are all close to each other and just across the road from the beach with fabulous views over the bay of Ipsos . |
| 11 | It may be recommended that independent psychiatric or psychological assessment is made or that the sufferer is admitted for prolonged assessment over a period of time ( ten days or so ) in daily contact with the group of patients already in treatment . |
| 12 | You can write your weight in a diary or on a chart or graph and see progress develop in the right direction over time . |
| 13 | erm erm that bit over there erm where Close is |
| 14 | I know see that building over there , just go , yes terrible is n't it ? |
| 15 | Regional split over conflict — Further failure to secure ceasefire |
| 16 | The rethinking of culture in the light of theoretical advances and political experience over recent years undermines the claims and comforts of community understood in terms of a normative identity and tradition , whether that of nation , religion , ethnicity or ‘ the black experience ’ . |
| 17 | And then , with a guilty look over his shoulder , he opened her door and stepped inside . |
| 18 | I did n't get us into this mess — ’ She broke off with a guilty look over her shoulder . |
| 19 | Has social and economic change over the past two centuries led to a reduction in the actual support which kin give to each other ? |
| 20 | Luckily , there were some trees by the river and Anne saw a low branch over the water . |
| 21 | The blond Australian has been plagued by the worst possible luck over the years . |
| 22 | And the principles underlying it , despite short-term political bargaining over boundaries , were relatively simple , too : to have major services , councils had to have populations large enough to sustain an efficient delivery system ; to have strategic planning functions , still larger bodies were needed , to reflect the need to attract technically adequate staff and to interest political leaders of a sufficiently high calibre . |
| 23 | Chapter 9 explores this theme by looking at the role of the trade unions in political bargaining over new industrial relations strategies . |
| 24 | It is usually the case that the primaries are geographically distinct and , since not all are to appear in the sample , there is a clear administrative advantage over a sampling scheme involving the whole population of secondaries . |
| 25 | It is usually the teenage years that create the biggest parental conflicts over friends . |
| 26 | CONFLICTING views over the future of Scotland 's biggest local government area , Highland Region , will be put to Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , in Inverness today . |
| 27 | Celebrated French director Bertrand Tavernier will be in Birmingham straight off the set of his latest film for a retrospective look over his career and films with the Guardian 's film critic Derek Malcolm . |
| 28 | Draping another washed sack over his head to form a hood , he lit a lantern and then , seizing his crook from behind the door , set off to call his dogs . |
| 29 | THE CANADIAN government has made a complete about-face over the regulation of private satellite-TV dishes . |
| 30 | The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) . |