Example sentences of "[noun pl] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt the glittering sweep of his blue eyes flame over the creamy translucence of her bare shoulders to the curve of her breasts . |
| 2 | And threatening to sue … daughter demands action over mother 's hospital death . |
| 3 | When at last the waves sluice over them , each shakes her body convulsively so that the brown eggs swill away in the water and , with a touching gesture of apparent exultation , lifts her claws above her head as if waving a salute . |
| 4 | All figural cinema , or cinema which privileges spectacle over narrative or discourse , operates — as Mulvey suggests — largely on the model of and through the primary process . |
| 5 | Although China and Japan were the central areas for martial arts development over the last 2,000 years , many other countries in southeast Asia developed indigenous fighting systems , each of which , though perhaps not so well known , has produced great masters and thousand-years old traditions . |
| 6 | Exxon and insurers feud over oil spill costs |
| 7 | The weather , geography , altitude , geology and the vegetation of both the surrounding land and wet environment have all attributed to an animals evolution over thousands of year . |
| 8 | The pope made no direct statement about Lichfield at this time but Aethelheard visited Rome in 801 ( ASC A , s.a. 799 ) and the pope wrote to him in January 802 ( and to Coenwulf ) conceding to Aethelheard and his successors authority over all the churches of the Anglo-Saxons ( with reference specifically to the twelve bishoprics of the southern province ) . |
| 9 | PATRICK Johns , one of Ireland 's heroes in the Five Nations victory over England last Saturday , is feeling the heat already as he prepares for tomorrow 's opening salvoes in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sevens . |
| 10 | Families favour the Arts Centre over bed and breakfast accommodation because it offers a greater privacy . |
| 11 | Many composers and arrangers hand over their manuscripts to professional copyists for fine finishing . |
| 12 | Cos even National Savings cycle over a five year period , and what you want to achieve is money coming back into your hands regularly over that period so you can take another look at what you 're doing . |
| 13 | This referred to Barvas , and has some bearing upon recent papers regarding the ‘ spread ’ of Petasites hybridus over the machair ( Currie , 1977 , Naylor & Cumming , 1892 ) . |
| 14 | The Department of Education has already been severely criticised by both the Audit Office and the Parliamentary Accounts Committee over the overall system which is more than £4,5m over the original estimated budget . |
| 15 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 16 | We are extremely critical of the strategy outlined in draft guidance because it seeks to meet a projected near doubling in aggregates consumption over the 20 year period 1991 to 2011 . |
| 17 | While he spent the first month of his new appointment easing himself in and still nipping up to Edinburgh to round off one or two NHS tasks from London ( where he kept his home and from which he was commuting during his health job ) , many of the key decisions affecting the telecommunications industry over the next year or so have already been taken , so the learning curve will not have to be so dramatics last time . |
| 18 | They included Lady Mary Bell , of East Rounton ; Mr Tom Haigh , of Stokesley ; Mrs Iris Wilkinson , of Sessay ; Mr Ian Kibble , of the Country Landowners ' Association ; Mr Peter Edmonds , of the National Farmers ' Union , and others who have spearheaded the anti-pylons movement over the last year . |
| 19 | Barnes slammed 65 with the bat and then captured 4–32 with his medium pace bowling to steer Caernarfonshire to a 54-runs victory over Anglesey at Bethesda . |
| 20 | Self taught , Albert , who is a relative of George Barron , of BBC TV 's Beechgrove Garden fame , has been tending the gardens for 16 years and has been a consistent winner in the gardens competition over the years . |
| 21 | Nor did the Teleuts hand over hostages to the Russians , despite pressure being placed on them to do so . |
| 22 | Shortly after this point the road becomes little more than a bridle path or cart track which , however , provides an intriguing pass-walk of about 4 hours duration over the Pragel Pass to Richisau 's alpine pasture leading down to the beautiful Klontal valley in the canton of Glarus . |
| 23 | 1 ) establish who is responsible for reinforcing the existing law on sale of tobacco products to children 2 ) increase fines for retailers 3 ) restrict vending machines to over-18s premises 4 ) seek to phase out tobacco-sponsored sports coverage over the next 5 years 5 ) increase the amount spent by the tobacco industry on prevention ( currently 1% ) |
| 24 | Okay , do n't forget to have a few days break over Christmas , do n't work all the time , have a jolly good time . |
| 25 | An Aer Lingus BAe 1-11 airliner was involved in a near miss with a Trans World Airlines TriStar over Hertfordshire yesterday . |
| 26 | ‘ Following Lord Keith 's 1983 review , the Government concluded that it would be wrong to give Customs discretion over the level of VAT penalties , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Differences were also reported centring on Soviet and Chinese fears that an immediate arms reduction plan for the Middle East would imply a freeze of Israeli weapons superiority over Arab states . |
| 28 | FLINTSHIRE new boy Darrel Bowden of Hawarden Park signalled his belated debut at the age of 31 with an unbeaten knock of 37 on his ground to ensure a stunning eight-wickets victory over Montgomeryshire . |
| 29 | Israeli officials crow over America 's new appreciation of their country 's difficulties — all those maps , for instance , that drive home just how small Israel is — but there is not much reason to believe that post-war relations between the Bush administration and the Shamir government will be any cosier than the pre-war ones were . |
| 30 | There will be ritual rebellion in Brighton from the Transport and General Workers Union over Labour 's belated renunciation of unilateral nuclear disarmament . |