Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] this [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of conflict between the peoples of this region over the centuries was interpenetrated by episodes in which it was subject to the imperial development of Rome , Macedon , Byzantium and the various peoples that streamed out of Central Asia into Persia and beyond . |
| 2 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 3 | Western research on this subject over the past 30 years has identified a number of gaps and weaknesses in Soviet official socio-economic data , as well as many statistical series which , it is believed , can be used ( sometimes with adjustments for comparability with Western figures ) . |
| 4 | One advantage of this system over the software-intensive approach is immediately apparent : the voltage-controlled oscillator 's [ put is continuously variable , so the maximum operating speed of the motor is no longer restricted by its ability to " jump " between discrete stepping rates . |
| 5 | Bill Filip , president of the Advanced Workstation Division says RS/6000 business has grown 50% in the first half of this year over the corresponding period last year , putting it right on course to achieve its target , he believes . |
| 6 | However , readers may be glad to know that Family and Youth Concern are hosting a one-day conference at the Wellington Park Hotel on 11th September , when Mrs Victoria Gillick , the arch-enemy of the Brook Advisory Centre will tell of her battle with this agency over the years . |
| 7 | The development of SVQs has formed a major part of our work in this sector over the last year . |
| 8 | An increase of 31% ( to £40.1m ) in fees for work in this area over the year — including the administration of the Maxwell Communication Corporation , and debt rescheduling for Heron Corporation and WPP — lifted PW 's total income to £395.1m , up 2% on last year 's . |
| 9 | Ergo , we have to look , I think , at the record of this company over the last few years and as the chairman said in his introductory remarks the growth in the company , the growth in the earnings per share , has been very remarkable . |
| 10 | He has played a significant though unsung part in the primary school revolution which has taken place in this country over the last ten to fifteen years . |
| 11 | The skyline is dominated by the two Sizewell nuclear power stations in this view over the reedbeds and pools of the Minsmere bird reserve |
| 12 | His efforts to this end over the next three years were broadly approved by the British public . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The larger departments , with their larger seminar groups , may have an inherent advantage in this respect over the smaller units . |
| 15 | THE stock market received a lift today on news of a cut in German interest rates which raised hopes of a similar reduction in this country over the next few weeks by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's been terrible watching the change in this country over the past 20 years from a time when the consensus was that the public good was what mattered , to today when people only care about shopping . |
| 17 | At a higher level there was a string Patty cut up a , but the extension of this string over the errorful portion lowered the score of the string relative to other interpretations . |
| 18 | The policy of this council over the last couple of years has been to get down to that figure enforced upon us as gracefully as possible with the least damage to our services and the least damage to the morale of our staff and our staff are after all the most important asset that a local authority possesses and that is what we 're trying to consider . |
| 19 | ‘ What has predominantly improved race relations in this country over the last 25 years has been the firm , fair immigration controls we have sustained throughout that period . |
| 20 | So much depends upon individual circumstances that little would be gained from cataloguing here the many court cases on this subject over the past century or so . |
| 21 | As the air temperature drops on a still clear night dew drops that form between the fibres eventually freeze to form a sealed ice cover which traps the air within this space over the relatively warmer soil and prevents the temperature dropping below freezing . |
| 22 | ‘ Any businesses or land owners with interests in the City Challenge Initiative bid should give urgent consideration to this matter over the next few days to make sure they do not miss out on this important opportunity , ’ said Mr Checkley . |
| 23 | Does my hon. Friend agree that those figures reflect a sharp improvement in this country over the past few years and scope for some of our Community partners to do more to encourage unleaded petrol sales ? |
| 24 | Now , as the chairman said we base the salaries of directors on two elements an element of base salary which looks at market levels and we ergo , have a fair base which reflects a sort of medium to upper level of companies of this size we then leverage , very carefully , a bonus scheme related to performance and I believe that is the right thing to do and I believe and so do my fellow directors who sit on that committee believe that it is one of the reasons that we 've seen the great growth in this company over the last five years which you 've achieved and which actually the Chancellor of the Exchequer would very glad about because it is increasing the wealth and the benefit of this country , particularly as a lot of those earnings are coming from overseas and will in , in time be repatriated in Britain . |
| 25 | I think I am only saying that anyone who has followed the history of this controversy over the last twenty years will already see reason to think that the friction produced by quarrelling among good causes is enormous and it is a luxury that we simply can not afford . |
| 26 | ‘ BP has deferred activity in this area over the past few years , ’ said Neil Butler , Business manager , SSH . |
| 27 | The reader of this column over the years will have noticed that relevant contemporary issues have been taken and discussed in a conciliatory and balanced manner , causing offence to virtually no-one . |
| 28 | You very humbly describe yourself as an absent Pro-Chancellor , but you have taken a considerable interest in this university over the years , and we 've been grateful for it . |