Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 2 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 3 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 4 | just lay the trace over the top of the pin it does n't come out . |
| 5 | the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant . |
| 6 | This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption . |
| 7 | 3 Stir in the vanilla essence , then strain the custard over the raspberries and almonds and leave to cool . |
| 8 | Strain the custard over the tangerine pulp and stir in the dissolved gelatine . |
| 9 | Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown . |
| 10 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 11 | Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door . |
| 12 | Farman has claimed that the assertion of the chemical industry that its activities would only contribute 1 per cent to the green-house effect over the next 120 years are " seriously underestimated " . |
| 13 | The jewel in the crown , however , is the arched aqueduct over the River Calder . |
| 14 | This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham . |
| 15 | ( The Regional Council already propose the upgrading of the towpath EAST of Wester Hailes , and of the short section from Calders Cres. to the aqueduct over the new city bypass , so eventually we shall have an almost continuous route to/from the city centre ) . |
| 16 | Make arrangements satisfactory to patients and staff locally for the closure over the next ten years or so of those mental illness hospitals which are not well placed to provide a service reaching out into the community and are already near the end of their useful life . |
| 17 | There 's been something like twenty per cent cut over the last few years and erm some faculty members have taken early retirement and left , so a lot of subjects have lost some of their most able people . |
| 18 | Thanks largely to our supporters around the world , we in UNICEF have put everything we can into our worldwide immunisation programme over the past few years . |
| 19 | Mr Major wants to ensure that his drive to improve public services is translated into a practical programme over the next five years . |
| 20 | In spite of a long-established programme , with the best technical expertise in the world , the programme over the years has achieved a very mixed success . |
| 21 | By the summer of 1967 , when he left the Department of Education and Science for the Board of Trade , £16m. had been made available for a building programme over the next two years , with a further £18m. to follow in 1971/2 . |
| 22 | I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive . |
| 23 | In September 1989 a draft law was presented which aimed to facilitate a large-scale privatization programme over the next five years . |
| 24 | On Oct. 3 the EC Commission announced , in response to US demands for radical cuts in subsidies paid out to farmers , that it had proposed a 30 per cent cut in its farm-support programme over the period 1986 to 1996 . |
| 25 | She well be reviewing the foundation 's programme over the last few years with the aim of identifying any gaps or areas where new initiatives might be needed . |
| 26 | Commented development director Ian Coull : ‘ The clerks of works have provided a very valuable role to the JS development programme over the years , and within the team there was a number of very long serving JS staff , whose knowledge and wise counsel will be hard to replace . ’ |
| 27 | Ecotech-approved alternatives to other products in the PC range will be introduced in a rolling programme over the next five years . |
| 28 | ‘ The convulsion of war has opened our eyes to many strange things ’ , he wrote in 1919 , ‘ Few of us had realised till war had exposed it how thin is the veneer of civilisation over the underlying animal proclivities … the failure of religion to direct , and education to balance , the actions of men . ’ |
| 29 | When east-west tension was at its height , RAF pilots were called on daily to intercept the Bear over the North Sea . |
| 30 | Showing no more emotion over the death of the man than that of the beast , she turned her attention once more to tickling Edward 's toes . |