Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The archaeology of mining reveals a historic struggle over the sex of miners . |
| 5 | The late sun setting over the mainland lays a bright path over the water , coming right in at the small bay . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You know Mason Colley has a powerful hold over us all . |
| 10 | 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 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Hindsight throws a retrospective shadow over people and events which distort light and shade as they were actually perceived at the time . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | In the case of an arbitrator , the court has a supervisory jurisdiction over his conduct of the reference . |
| 17 | One wing has a serrated surface like a file , and the other has a sharp edge over which the file is scraped . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Spreadsheet publishing is another area where Lotus scores a partial victory over the opposition . |
| 20 | The confusion over nomenclature betrays a deeper confusion over aims in relation to writing . |
| 21 | This archer wears a white smock over a grey uniform with distinguishing red ribbons and plume . |
| 22 | LANACANE forms a germ-fighting layer over the skin . |
| 23 | 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 ] . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ The Italian League season has a three-week break over Christmas and he should be able to come back after that . |
| 26 | He added ‘ The way we see the client-server and distributed data processing market leads us to believe that Unix has a clear advantage over any other operating system . ’ |
| 27 | The latest victims are Allan Ludman and Nicholas Coch , whose Physical Geology has a slight edge over its competitors in that it includes a series of rather handsome colour plates . |
| 28 | Ms Campbell has a good lead over Mr Charest in delegates who have declared their commitment , but is well short of the 1,900 needed for a first-ballot win . |
| 29 | BASW general secretary David Jones says the government has a legal problem over the Act 's interpretation . |
| 30 | Although he believes the Labour vote is firmer than that of the Conservatives , the cautious conclusion in his camp is that , in the range of possibilities , a Labour majority government has a slight edge over Labour as the largest party in a hung parliament . |