Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question remains as to the optimal method of obtaining a consistent estimate of the parameter on the change term in wealth over the full sample period . |
| 2 | The decline of pre-marital pregnancy during the late nineteenth century was probably therefore less the product of adoption of middle-class values than the consequence of the felt loss of control over the consequence of heterosexual relations . |
| 3 | The multi-million pound trail of destruction over the past 12 months includes the following outrages : |
| 4 | This year 's profits will be used to help fund a record £1.5billion programme of investment over the next five years to cope with what is described as ‘ a phenomenal ’ growth in mail . |
| 5 | The party 's deputy leader , Donald McKinnon , immediately resigned as defence spokesperson in protest over the volte face . |
| 6 | We estimate that 150000 men aged 60 to 74 would be required in an evaluative trial for it to have an 80% chance of showing a 20% reduction in mortality over the ensuing 10 years , significant at the 5% level . |
| 7 | Karimov claims to have discovered a direct correlation between nuclear tests conducted at the Soviet testing site of Semipalatinsk over the years and earthquakes throughout the former Soviet Union . |
| 8 | There is now a major question mark in policy-making over the meaning of ‘ regeneration ’ and particularly over who benefits from regenerative policies . |
| 9 | Take the Bunnymen , overlay every cartoon watchword in pop over the past twenty years , and you 've got — The Mighty Lemon Drops ! |
| 10 | The small resort village of Fluelen at the end of the lake was for centuries an important lake port and customs station where goods were trans-shipped from the lake to mule transport for carriage over the Gotthard . |
| 11 | Scientist Tom Clarkson said that there was a 50-60 percent loss of ozone over the Antarctic during the southern spring ( from September to November ) . |
| 12 | Reports in early April , covering the Rao-Wickremasingh meeting , noted the Indian government 's desire to bring LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran to justice over the May 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi [ see p. 38175 ] ( although no specific request had been made to Sri Lanka ) , and the claim that the LTTE planned a further series of assassinations in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu to counter the state government 's clampdown on its activities there . |
| 13 | Later she sat and watched the golden sky turn to ruby over the roofs , the distant trees of the park blacken and fade . |
| 14 | His assistant dangled a 250′ length of wire over the edge of the cliff and heard a message sent by Marconi from a house near Bournemouth Pier . |
| 15 | According to new figures from the Central Statistical Office , consumers increased their debts by £13m in February having paid off £505m worth of debt over the previous six months . |
| 16 | As Green points out , in sub-Saharan Africa , technical assistance seems to have been the only real growth area in aid over the past half decade . |
| 17 | Silicon Graphics claims a near 300% increase in performance over the original R3000A-based family of Iris Indigoes . |
| 18 | The leading EEC country in expenditure over the five years 1974–1978 was France followed by Germany and Italy with UK a poor fourth . |
| 19 | In addition , I have as a consultant — and on behalf of the National Children 's Bureau — been working with a team from the University of London Institute of Education over the past two years or so , to distil the lessons from this research for local and health authorities . |
| 20 | American voters , anxious for a change in economic policy , propelled the Arkansas governor to victory over the Republican President on a tide of discontent . |
| 21 | I spent half an hour painting layer upon layer over the hole and went to bed , and in the morning took two hours picking the varnish off because I 'm quite hairy , and then the damn thing moved again . |
| 22 | If you have only a 25mm or 50mm thickness in your loft , it is well worth adding a new 100mm layer of insulation over the top . |
| 23 | The chamber refused to give magistrates power of arrest over the five , however . |
| 24 | Rockling , dabs , odd flounder and school bass at night over the sandbanks at Llandanwg . |
| 25 | Unstable east face of Mam Tor with view over the Hope Valley towards the pyramid of Losehill Pike in the Peak District . |