Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pron] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reasons for our absence over the last month or more have been well documented in the local gutter press , and through the many acrimonious exchanges between club and supporters . |
| 2 | Reflexions Concerning the Virtues of Tar Water ( 1744 ) , his first book , cogently argued the case for his product over the well-known medicine of George Berkeley , bishop of Cloyne [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | A phased package of integrated measures — ‘ GREENWAYS ’ — has been approved by the Council and the Capital Plan includes financial provision for their implementation over the next 5 years and beyond . |
| 4 | The Chairman welcomes Mr Pugh and thanks Mr Taylor for his efforts over the years past . |
| 5 | DEFIANT Ted Dexter last night flatly rejected calls for his resignation over the David Gower affair . |
| 6 | ‘ A despatch from our correspondent in Washington quoting a report from American Diplomatic sources in Berlin , of a meeting between Hitler and Stalin at Brest-Litovsk , carries the reasonable assumption that Stalin seeks a quid pro quo from the Führer for his compliance over the conquest of Poland . |
| 7 | Direct expenditure by the federal government on investment has been virtually eliminated since the adoption of the 1974 Constitution , but , as we shall see below , the federal government continues to have an important indirect influence on investment through its control over the level of bank credits . |
| 8 | He wrote : ‘ Thanks for your hospitality over the past few weeks and for helping me see where I have gone wrong . ’ |
| 9 | She flings the dregs of her champagne over the balcony railing . |
| 10 | In a review of its work over the first ten years , its chairman , Lord Justice Sellers , claimed that the two institutions ‘ worked side by side in complete harmony and with some mutual assistance ’ . |
| 11 | He said he would be considering his future with his family over the weekend and would possibly be returning to business — his last position was as chief executive of Ridgway 's Tea . |
| 12 | I 've had a good few warming-pans in my bed over the years . |
| 13 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |
| 14 | On 5th March a successful meeting of the Group was held in Glasgow when Mr F. J. Kennedy , Reporter to the Children 's Panel , Glasgow , gave a most interesting and inspired talk on his experience over the last few years . |
| 15 | As well as survivors from the original 58 Dakotas acquired between June 1943 and mid-1945 , the SAAF has added other aircraft to its fleet over the years . |
| 16 | He groaned , and shifted a little , tantalising her with the answering flicker of his tongue over the heavy swell of her breast , before he took her mouth again in a long and hungry kiss . |
| 17 | Many of these have adopted as a major part of their strategy over the last two years campaigns to attract bidders for Channel 5 franchises to locate in their cities . |
| 18 | The church , dedicated to St Nicholas , shows clear signs of its growth over the centuries . |
| 19 | On Jan. 10 , following a third round of discussions to resolve the Ayodhya dispute , Hindu and Moslem leaders belonging respectively to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee ( AIBMAC ) agreed to the setting up of expert panels to examine documents in support of their claims over the site ; the panels would submit a report by Feb. 5 . |
| 20 | Governments have a direct influence over the process of national income determination through their control over the flows of public expenditure G and taxation T . |
| 21 | In answer to the question ‘ How about the attitude of your employers over the years ? |
| 22 | Stage 2 is aimed at the people who have worked on their business idea with the help of their counsellor over the summer . |
| 23 | Again , Simon threw the top half of his body over the drum , sinking it with his weight . |
| 24 | His granddaughter , Jessie Mould , has been keenly interested in the movements of her family over the generations and after she had discovered that her seventeenth-century ancestors were mentioned in Richard Gough 's History of Myddle ( 1701–2 ) she published More Tales of Banks Peninsula and wrote in her foreword : |
| 25 | There would of course have been no story if the author had not given Ayesha enough of human frailty and caprice to bring about certain changes in the circumstances of her rule over the cannibalistic Amahaggar and her relations with Leo Vincey . |
| 26 | It is clear that Watson spends a great deal of time wrestling with his conscience over the choice between morals and results . |
| 27 | Climbing up several flights of narrow , twisting stairs , I reached the Sultan 's penthouse pavilion with its view over the rooftops of Begampur . |
| 28 | In an action brought by the Crown in 1636 , he was accused of felling 19,320 trees reserved for shipbuilding , and of having consumed annually 300,000 loads of wood in his ironworks over the preceding seven years . |
| 29 | Though in the end his rights prevailed , the dispute had long repercussions on his control over the counts and castellans of the demesne . |
| 30 | Instant access to your savings in unlikely to be your prime concern , but you will be looking to obtain an attractive return on your money over the longer term . |