Example sentences of "[noun] to the [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the beginning of her determination to learn sign language , which has been more of a boost to the deaf community over the years than any other gesture . |
| 2 | If this is a prelude to the final struggle over reform — even to civil war — then what are the forces on each side ? |
| 3 | To some extent this was natural , for , as economic mobilisation became total , finance took a back seat to the direct controls over labour and materials . |
| 4 | ‘ I am also anxious to learn as much as I can about AEA , and we are planning a series of visits to the different sites over coming months . |
| 5 | If it is practicable to make repeated visits to the same site over a period of months or years a programme of capture/mark/release and recapture will add a further dimension to the whole range of topics available . |
| 6 | I think you 're sort of drawing drawing their attention to the public concern over that sort of phrase . |
| 7 | The first was an increase of the length of the blocked transcript by one and two nucleotides for many of the blockages exhibited by derivatives 2 , 3 and 6 ( eg. 44 and 45 for the UV5 derived transcripts ) accompanied by a time-dependent extension to the longer transcript over 5–15 min . |
| 8 | Two of the leading churchmen , Bishops Wishart of Glasgow and Fraser of St. Andrews , have once more summoned to Scone the Prelates , Abbots , Priors , Earls , Barons and all good men of the country to renew their fealty to the new queen over the water , the Maid of Norway . |
| 9 | In response to the recent rows over banks ' charges to small firms , a new company staffed by former bank managers has been established to give advice to small firms on how to deal with their banks . |
| 10 | Although the territory does not have formal political parties , two loose coalitions have evolved in response to the protracted debate over the compact of free association : the Coalition for Open Honest and Just Government opposes the compact , while the Ta Belau Party supports it . |
| 11 | The new measures are in response to the public outcry over illegal rave parties such as the one at Castlemorton Common last year . |
| 12 | Environmentalists reacted with caution to the UK government 's White Paper on the future of the coal industry , drawn up in response to the widespread protests over the announcement of pit closures in October [ see ED 64 ] . |
| 13 | Throughout his trials with the Sex Pistols , Richard Branson had been engaged in another , even more delicate negotiation , one which promised , at last , to provide the antidote to the enduring unhappiness over his broken marriage . |
| 14 | The European Commission is set to take Britain to the European Court over its failure to carry out environmental impact assessments ( EIA ) on three motorway extension projects . |
| 15 | Environmentalists have reported the government to the European Commission over nine road schemes which have been given approval without an environmental assessment . |
| 16 | Where a claimant 's income rises above the ‘ needs allowance ’ , tapers are applied so that , as income rises , the size of benefit falls in direct relation to the excess income over the needs allowance . |
| 17 | Rees , a key figure in Rugby 's rise from area league status to the top division over the past six years , made his decision for what he called personal reasons , though his increasingly sharp disagreements with Brain became a talking point . |
| 18 | The event was sponsored primarily by Lothian Leyland Daf , Leyland Daf and Econ which combined have been supplying vehicles to the Regional Council over many years . |
| 19 | Complaints to the European Commission over breach of the EC Bird Directive are also likely . |
| 20 | From the end of the eighteenth century with the debate on over-population and the hyperbreeding of the poor , sexuality pervades the social consciousness : from the widespread discussions of the birthrate , deathrate , life expectancy and fertility in the statistical forays of the century to the urgent controversies over public health , housing , birth control and prostitution . |
| 21 | The unremitting four-mile ascent to the high pass over the ridge reduced me to a walking wet rag ; I was literally soaked to the skin and could feel rivulets chasing each other down my bosom . |
| 22 | On Dec. 15 the Bissau government sent a protest note to the Senegalese authorities over the violation of its borders , reiterating that it did not provide support to the rebels . |
| 23 | A German Foreign Ministry spokesperson reported that a meeting of EC representatives in Lisbon on April 2 had approved a German proposal for a formal EC protest to the Turkish government over the recent military action against civilians [ see pp. 38833-34 ; for resignation of German Defence Minister over sale of vehicles to Turkey see p. 38822 ] . |
| 24 | President Clinton has given his staff two months to draw up a balanced solution to the continuing controversy over the logging of the Pacific North-West old-growth forests — fiercely opposed by conservationists , but strongly defended as economically essential by many local people . |