Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] in [noun] over the " in BNC.
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1 | In continuation of the policy of decentralization in progress over the past few years , Prime Minister Edith Cresson announced on Nov. 7 that the École Nationale d'Administration ( ENA ) , the elite civil service school , was to be transferred from Paris to Strasbourg by 2000 to strengthen links with Europe . |
2 | BJP legislators yesterday walked out of parliament in protest over the arrests . |
3 | Drape the triangle of fabric in folds over the curtains and pole . |
4 | Pat Keen has spearheaded the growth of Medau in CORNWALL over the past few years as well as organising our display at the Cornwellian Exhibition . |
5 | But consumption does not directly create capital assets whether financed internally or externally , and investment levels in most countries have not risen significantly as a proportion of GDP in Africa over the last twenty years , and reMain 6 or 7 per cent lower than in both the rest of the developing world and in the industrialized world . |
6 | Looking at the story of food in Africa over the last two decades is a depressing business . |
7 | The purpose of this project is to investigate the flows into and out of unemployment in Britain over the past twenty years . |
8 | A team at the university 's dermatology department examined all the 1,354 men and 2,459 women diagnosed with melanoma in Scotland over the period . |
9 | Well , erm , we were worrying about erm , the government being weak in representation in Europe over the two pin plugs , |
10 | Although both the BCP and the UDF were in agreement in principle over the election of a head of state , the UDF wanted the President to be elected by the future Grand National Assembly , whereas the BCP wanted the President to be elected directly , at the same time as the forthcoming parliamentary elections . |
11 | Someone needs to take a long hard look at what has happened to tennis in Ulster over the last 20 years . |
12 | Welsh Tourism announced that it is to spend over £7.5 million on marketing in Britain over the next three years . |
13 | POLICE suspect an organised gang of car thieves was at work in Darlington over the weekend . |