Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [art] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 2 | Neither House of Parliament exercises the constitutional control over the minister in the Council which is exercised by the Danish Folketing Market Committee . |
| 3 | N C V O has a proud record over the years , of developing and promoting new initiatives , to meet new needs , and to fill gaps in voluntary sector initiatives . |
| 4 | To summarise , the Cuk converter has an apparent advantage over standard Buck topology in that it uses an integrated magnetic structure and can reduce input and output ripple currents to very low levels . |
| 5 | As the subject of historical studies , and the heroine of romantic fiction , Mary Queen of Scots has a massive lead over all other earthly Maries , only the Virgin scoring more heavily — as even the most cursory glance at the British Library Catalogue of Printed Books makes clear . |
| 6 | The walk round the lake is a good place to start off with , while the path over the ‘ Mozartblick ’ to St Gilgen gives a fantastic view over the Wolfgangsee . |
| 7 | The orchestral playing is quite ravishing at times , and Giulinii displays the utmost care over detail so that lots of subtleties can be heard despite the full textures . |
| 8 | The archaeology of mining reveals a historic struggle over the sex of miners . |
| 9 | Money Management lists the best performers over one year , with £1,000 invested , as : MGM International Bond ( phone 0903 204631 ) £1,043 ; Mercury Global Bond ( 071–280 2060 ) £1,037 ; Britannia Life Global Bond ( 041–332 3132 ) £1,036 ; Invesco International Bond ( 071–626 3434 ) £1,035 ; City Financial Beckman International Capital ( 071–407 5966 ) £1,029 ; Gartmore International Fixed Interest ( 071–782 2000 ) £1,029 ; and Guinness Flight Emu Trust ( 071–522 2129 ) £1,027 . |
| 10 | The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water , coming right in at the small bay . |
| 11 | One of a string of edges which flank the eastern rim of the Peak District 's Derwent Valley , its position on the edge of part of the Dark Peak moorland plateau gives a commanding outlook over the gentler contours of the limestone White Peak to the west . |
| 12 | This question echoes the old debates over the so-called ‘ managerial revolution ’ ( Burnham , Berle and Means ) where salaried personnel were seen to take over the running of firms . |
| 13 | When the Orioles ' designated hitter lifts a three-run homer over the right field fence in the ninth to wrap it up at 9–3 , the resigned Sox faithful begin heading for the exits . |
| 14 | Data gathered from thousands of locations on land and sea by the Meteorological Office and the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University shows a steady rise over the last eight years , but according to scientists , it is too early to attribute this to the build up of greenhouse gases . |
| 15 | You know Mason Colley has a powerful hold over us all . |
| 16 | They resemble actin filaments found in other contractile cells such as muscle , and platelet actin has a 100-fold excess over platelet myosin ( Pollard , 1975 ) . |
| 17 | But the Scanachrome process introduces a linear scanning over the whole image , so I proposed to paint only the area of the TV screen and leave the scanning on everything that is n't TV . |
| 18 | Hindsight throws a retrospective shadow over people and events which distort light and shade as they were actually perceived at the time . |
| 19 | Walking north from Gargrave the Pennine Wayfarer follows a meandering path over a series of drumlins to Airton , where an old cotton mill was once used for the manufacture of Dettol . |
| 20 | Inspired by Hood 's unrivalled experience of shorthanded multihull sailing , this fully-battened sail retains a better shape over a wider wind range than conventional mainsail . |
| 21 | It was accepted that , notwithstanding the absence of a fiat , this court has a supervisory jurisdiction over the exercise of a coroner 's duties pursuant to its powers under section 33(2) ( b ) of the Act of 1988 : see In re Rapier , decd . |
| 22 | In the case of an arbitrator , the court has a supervisory jurisdiction over his conduct of the reference . |
| 23 | One wing has a serrated surface like a file , and the other has a sharp edge over which the file is scraped . |
| 24 | There are plenty of occasions when the High Court exercises a supervisory jurisdiction over tribunals or bodies whose procedures allow for a more relaxed approach to the rules of evidence , but this does not detract from the fact that the High Court is performing the functions of the High Court when it exercises this jurisdiction . |
| 25 | Spreadsheet publishing is another area where Lotus scores a partial victory over the opposition . |
| 26 | The confusion over nomenclature betrays a deeper confusion over aims in relation to writing . |
| 27 | This archer wears a white smock over a grey uniform with distinguishing red ribbons and plume . |
| 28 | LANACANE forms a germ-fighting layer over the skin . |
| 29 | Early evidence indicates a marked shift over the 1970s to monetised finance in the form of capital leasing by manufacturing industry from financial institutions with a corresponding decline in primary capital markets [ Rybczynski , 1982 ] . |
| 30 | From there the visitor has a thrilling view over the entire alpine range , taking in Germany 's Zugspitze , Austria 's Weisse Kugel , Italy 's Monte Disgrazia and Switzerland 's celebrated Jungfrau . |