Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne . |
| 2 | She especially distrusted the row of photographs over the fireplace . |
| 3 | First , ‘ complete lives egalitarianism ’ : this approach suggests that to decide if the allocation of resources between people is fair , we should compare the allocation of resources over the complete life . |
| 4 | From 1888 he served on the new Cumberland county council , opposing the construction of roads over Lakeland passes , reducing mining pollution , and organizing the proper signposting of footpaths . |
| 5 | But when average shrinkage — the retailers ' word for shoplifted goods — is expressed as a percentage of net profit before tax , the position is much worse , reflecting the reduction in profits over the last two years . |
| 6 | In the theoretical sections of this Lecture , we have described how taxation may affect the development of endowments over generations , taking account of the transmission of earning capacity and the inheritance of wealth . |
| 7 | Because its essential expression was money , which merely expresses the relationship of exchange , other forms of expression which demonstrated the domination of persons over persons had to supplement it . |
| 8 | By contrast both productive opportunities yield positive NPVs ; that is , they provide a return to investors over and above that offered by the capital market . |
| 9 | The modern way is to meet a group of patients over a party-type meal and discuss how to cope with the problems that may arise . |
| 10 | BRITISH Petroleum and Jet cut the price of petrol by up to 13.5p a gallon — 3p a litre — yesterday , ending a run of increases over recent months . |
| 11 | Continue in this way until all the seaweed has been prepared , then cover each piece with a clean sheet of blotting paper and place a couple of newspapers over the top . |
| 12 | It also has a couple of sockets over the ears where you can plug in what is to all effects a stethoscope . ’ |
| 13 | Ah , so the the child 's mind is uncluttered , it 's more easily able to erm , observe things , take in things , learn things , and has a lot of advantages over us older , us adults . |
| 14 | It will be noticed that the personal sector has a surplus of receipts over expenditure of £500 million , the public sector has a deficit of £1,500 million , the external sector has a surplus amounting to £1,000 million , and the industrial and commercial sector is in balance . |
| 15 | Trial work suggests that the technique has a number of advantages over other forms of injection . |
| 16 | An alternative approach which has a number of advantages over linear control systems , is the switching regulator , or as it is more usually known , the ‘ switch-mode power supply ’ . |
| 17 | But Bourdieu 's notion of structure ( partly because it includes agency ) in modernity has a number of advantages over these other analysts . |
| 18 | Special thesaurus software has a number of advantages over the alternative , which is usually the use of a database package or a word processing package to store terms . |
| 19 | The most promising of these techniques , the polymerase chain reaction ( PCR ) has a number of advantages over more conventional methods . |
| 20 | The non-professional also has a number of advantages over professional services . |
| 21 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Keycard systems hold a number of advantages over traditional cylinder locks for both the guest and the hotelier . |
| 23 | But as he tapped it , expertly , for he had suffered an onslaught of boils over a suppurating , pus-stinking twelvemonth , he knew that the hardness meat it was not quite ripe . |
| 24 | He has had the players in stitches over the past few weeks when we have relaxed after our training sessions at Lilleshall by having a game of pool . |
| 25 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 26 | Pipe the chocolate into swirls over the chocolate-coated truffles . |
| 27 | PROTECTION officers face the jibes of colleagues over their ‘ flunkey ’ duties for VIPs . |
| 28 | He emerged as a shrewd captain in Australia , leading the Lions to victories over New South Wales B and an Anzac XV . |
| 29 | The key to minimizing the disadvantages and reaping the advantages of communications over the telephone is the way you behave . |
| 30 | The horseman threw a couple of sacks over the backs of his horses and sat under the hedge to eat his elevenses . |