Example sentences of "the [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , I think in the end it was fifty thousand that we did , which is going to go out with all the mailings over the next few weeks . |
| 2 | But a valuation disagreement between the clubs over the Midlands-born defender could wreck the move . |
| 3 | Where the fund of damages is likely to be substantial , including future nursing costs and the like as well as loss of earnings , an accountant 's evidence can help the court to decide the multiplier , as well as the multiplicand , for example in the case of a one-man business where the accountant has been concerned with the accounts over a number of years and is in a position to give an expert opinion as to the future prospects of the business . |
| 4 | This partly explains London Weekend Television 's battle with the institutions over its scheme for locking in key managers . |
| 5 | Biochemists do the splits over proteins |
| 6 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 7 | In that year the Cohen Committee succinctly explained how this state of affairs had come about : ‘ [ t ] he illusory nature of the control theoretically exercised by the shareholders over directors has been accentuated by the dispersion of capital among an increasing number of small shareholders who pay little attention to their investments so long as satisfactory dividends are forthcoming , who lack sufficient time , money and experience to make full use of their rights as occasion arises and who are , in many cases , too numerous and too widely dispersed to be able to organise themselves ’ . |
| 8 | It is a far more important issue than the discussions over qualification periods for overseas players . |
| 9 | If these fears were likely to prolong the discussions over its future , the socio-political context of its development made the whole affair even more complex . |
| 10 | We will continue to concentrate on the structure leaving the other matters to later chapters , but a few general remarks may help to clear the ground before the discussions over boundaries are outlined . |
| 11 | The discussions over the Mutual Aid Agreement in early 1942 fully recognised the importance of full employment . |
| 12 | I hope that the panel will feel that it has had as a result of the position statements before it , and the discussions over the last few days , sufficient information to decide whether to exclude certain sectors . |
| 13 | Likud sources are confident the disagreements over how to respond to the Mubarak proposals will not break up the government . |
| 14 | Mutinies were reported to have spread throughout the army since May 28-29 , when discontent in the ranks over pay and future prospects following an official threat of demobilization reached its peak . |
| 15 | 4 ) The convening of an International Conference to deal with the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait as well as other conflicts in the Middle East , in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflicts over oil . |
| 16 | Scatter the mangetouts over the top and cook for a further 1½ — 2 minutes or until brilliant green . |
| 17 | ‘ It astonishes me , to be quite honest , ’ he said , showing that it is not all swagger on the courts over here . |
| 18 | The SEC and CFTC are fighting in the courts over which should regulate ‘ stock-basket ’ products , new financial instruments with a cash security and a futures contract . |
| 19 | In addition , both these areas of law have been the subjects of close scrutiny by the courts over the last few years . |
| 20 | He claimed that Britain and other leading European powers are at odds with the Germans over crucial aspects of the European Commission code on community take-overs . |
| 21 | Pete and I took an afternoon ferry from Leknes to Napp , and sweltered the bikes over an unnamed pass to Vareid . |
| 22 | He watched her now as she singed the birds over the gas-flame . |
| 23 | It is not surprising that in many of the contests over the centuries , no archer has been able to ‘ ding doon ’ the papingo . |
| 24 | We , when we introduced the community care element , looking at the budget earlier in the day , we did also refer to the Audit Commission report on that , and again it is quite clear from the Audit Commission report , that it remains a government expectation that we will continue to review our provision , that we will compare it as is done in this paper , with others and particularly the independent sector , and an expectation that we will rationalize where necessary , and hence the proposals over the period of time , that are in your budget package for reviewing and rationalizing only . |
| 25 | Abroad , Reagan took a tough line in bargaining with the Russians over nuclear weapons and warned the Soviet Union against interference in Poland ( CORE , pp. 95–6 ) . |
| 26 | As I scrubbed away at my remaining teeth I reflected upon the number of obituaries of men in their early sixties which I 'd read in The Times over the course of the past few weeks , and I wondered whether the Great Reaper was running a special line in the age group for some divine , mysterious end , and if so , I thought , I might be next , and then they 'd be sorry . |
| 27 | The books is more than merely route descriptions though , as Harding recounts the times over the years he 's walked the various paths , adding anecdotes , descriptions of the people and insights into the history of the area . |
| 28 | Elevenses in the garden , The Times over my face , pension at the end of the month and not a damned thing I wanted to buy with it . |
| 29 | With a change in the rules over foreign ownership of domestic airlines now likely ( see main story ) , there may soon be more bidders . |
| 30 | " Buyers should be made to pay a sustainability premium for the products over and above the market prices , " said Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik at a meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organisation . |