Example sentences of "[verb] to [adj] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , the platform sediments prograded to some extent over the top of already deposited slope carbonates and , consequently , a lower unit of slope and upper unit of platform sediments is commonly encountered in the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 2 | Liza , apathetic and unable to come to any decision over the baby 's name , allowed Harriet to choose Celia , having said it would have been her and Tom 's choice had they produced a second daughter . |
| 3 | As a producer , MacCabe is naturally enough dismayed by this pro-directorial bias : ‘ If you look at what 's been happening to British cinema over the last 10 years or so , then it 's clear that it has tended to be production-led — names like Working Title , Palace Films or Zenith are as important as those of any individual director . |
| 4 | The first part of this investigation will assess the statistical evidence relating to this market over the period 1960-1989 concentrating on the aggregate relationship between teacher 's relative earnings , teacher supply and the demand for teachers . |
| 5 | My people , I must admit I have written to Hot Press over the past few issues but due to the fact that I am concentrating on my forthcoming solo gig in the Attic on George 's Quay on November the 6th at 9 o'clock , ( cover charge £2 ) , be there or be square etc. , the standard of my letter writing has faltered somewhat . |
| 6 | Whereas they eventually came to some agreement over the various ‘ courses ’ , they argued vehemently over Elisabeth 's insistence that the recital should both begin and close with Strauss 's Morgen . |
| 7 | Though concessions were made to royal justice over the forest laws and in cases concerning land , the church courts ' competence over marriage and legitimacy cases and wills was henceforth assured as was the notion of " benefit of clergy " . |
| 8 | Commenting on Mr Hutchison 's decision Professor Raymond Miquel the Council Chairman said they would be sorry to see him go and paid tribute to the contribution he had made to Scottish sport over the past 26 years . |
| 9 | The relative lack of progress on START and in particular the multilateral CFE negotiations ( being conducted in Vienna within the framework of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe , CSCE — see p. 37335 ) since the Malta summit were widely attributed to Soviet concern over the pace and implications of German unification , and whether a unified Germany could be allowed to be a member of NATO . |
| 10 | The independent Phoenix Cinema in Oxford is set to play to packed houses over the next few weeks with a film that 's bound to be listed among the greatest successes of British Cinema in recent years . |
| 11 | If there is a good general historical museum within the region , offering wide ranging collections , then this is a resource that pupils should return to many times over the years , to pursue different enquiries . |
| 12 | Charles made his subjects swear a new form of allegiance to him as emperor , the vow being administered to all people over the age of twelve : |
| 13 | They claimed the Goths who had settled along the Vistula and in the Ukraine as the founders of the Polish state , saying that rule and order had been brought to these lands over the heads of the drunken , idolatrous and stupid Polish peasantry . |
| 14 | Travelling to several countries over the last year , has brought it home to me how disastrous are the effects , worldwide , of the virus causing AIDS . |
| 15 | The focus on studying behaviour also led to much dispute over the appropriate level at which to try to explain that behaviour . |
| 16 | The publication of the photograph led to increased speculation over the contentious issue of the fate of those 2,273 US servicemen listed as officially missing in action ( MIA ) in the Vietnam war . |
| 17 | The death of William , Duke of Gloucester ( 1689–1700 ) , the last surviving child of Queen Anne , led to fresh concern over the succession in Britain . |
| 18 | It did seem that the mother 's intrusion in quarrels led to more conflict over the longer term . |
| 19 | Attention should also be given to Anglo-American discussions over the importance of the Near and Middle East in the context of a Soviet threat which was believed to extend from Western Europe to Asia Minor . |
| 20 | Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed . |
| 21 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 22 | The continuing conflict between evangelicals and Roman Catholics at times amounted to undignified scrapping over the souls of the proletariat . |
| 23 | But the meetings and discussions also indicated that the British , after the defeat of the Axis , could find themselves exposed to American pressure over the future of the Empire , Imperial Preference and the Sterling Area . |
| 24 | We have gone to great effort over the years to make the festival truly regional . |
| 25 | Helen had gone to some lengths over the picnic ; the recipe book included a relevant section , she discovered . |
| 26 | Scholars differ to some extent over the precise reasons why British ministers finally gave way . |
| 27 | First , dispersal of shareholdings has led to effective control over the company being ceded to management . |
| 28 | He next became assistant refinery manager and was then promoted to general manager over the head of a friend and colleague who was ten years older . |
| 29 | So instead of ringing each other up on the telephone we spoke to each other over the C.B. as you do n't have to pay each time you speak as when you speak on a C.B. your words travel with Radio waves and when you speak on a telephone your words travel down wires . |
| 30 | An inveterate reader of newspapers , his understanding of what constitutes ‘ a good story ’ had been put to some use over the years in the cause of promoting his own artists , not least the Sex Pistols . |