Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Even sceptics have to admit that the French have something to show for their research efforts over the past two years ’ concedes one scientific counsellor at a foreign embassy in Paris . |
| 2 | The estimated cost of its building maintenance over the coming decade is £10 million . |
| 3 | ICI says that three out of 10 of its graduate intake over the past three years ( a total of about 300 ) have been female . |
| 4 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 5 | His lips parted a little , and she rubbed the pad of her index finger over the edge of his bottom teeth . |
| 6 | Mrs Bridget Prentice 's victory followed that of her husband Gordon over the Tories in Pendle . |
| 7 | He hung to the rail and let the top part of his body curl over the banister and his dangling head could catch the full undistracted view of the dark , clear mass , seething below . |
| 8 | Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years . |
| 9 | One of the major features of the growth of our education system over the last thirty-five years has been the enormous increase in provision of higher education . |
| 10 | The H pylori antibody positivity rate of 39% of young adults in 1969 is somewhat higher than that reported by other surveys and the consistency of our antibody results over the 21 year period that the testing is valid . |
| 11 | ‘ This is the model our analysts have come up with for the development of our leisure interests over the next few years . |
| 12 | So if people are going into their Community Centre over the next week , they can expect to , to see part of this campaign ? |
| 13 | THE COUNTY now known simply as Lothian is an amalgamation of what used to be East Lothian , Midlothian , and West Lothian , with a few bits chipped off the edges here and there : for example , the little settlement of Stow with its packhorse bridge over the Gala Water was once in East Lothian but has now been lured into the Borders region . |
| 14 | Learn and remember about the bloodshed at Grunwick , the abuse of power by union barons with their iron control over the last Labour government , the continual disruption of industry by strikes , flying and mass pickets , the uncollected rubbish and unburied dead , inflation at 27 per cent . |
| 15 | HE 'S no ball player and certainly not one of the game 's better athletes , but you just ca n't argue with his goalscoring record over the years . |
| 16 | The middle-aged troubadour was quarrelling with his brother Constantine over the family castle at Hautefort in the border lands between Périgord and the Limousin . |
| 17 | Jarvis , who has had his ups and downs in his relationship with his county Yorkshire over the years , is confident those problems are over too . |
| 18 | ‘ We know how much money from the Freshmen 's Fayre has found its way into your bank account over the years . |
| 19 | The California people even suggested that the four major outbreaks of infection in their monkey colonies over the past 14 years were due to AIDS . |
| 20 | It plans to invest $6 billion-7 billion in its telephone network over the next ten years . |
| 21 | S 212 gives a public company the power to investigate the ownership of its shares by sending a written notice to any person or company which it believes has had an interest in its share capital over the previous three years . |
| 22 | The Government plans to phase in its tax proposals over the next few years . |
| 23 | The Natural Environment Research Council , which co-ordinates much of Britain 's research into global warming , faces a 10 per cent cut in real terms in its research budget over the next five years — despite the fact that the government stresses the importance of its work . |
| 24 | So most of the 750 or so who have emerged victorious from their motel weekend over the last decade are condemned , like the Ancient Mariner , to spend their lives trailing around the country , telling their tale to uninterested local Conservative worthies in the hope they 'll be offered the honour of fighting the seat . |
| 25 | I watched it course in up the dry fjords , finding its correct level , until the two of us , the big man and I , were standing aloft , looking out from our vantage point over the primordial scene , the liquid heart of England . |
| 26 | Despite endorsing DCC on their world tour over the last year , Straits manager Ed Bicknell instructed record company Polygram to withdraw all Mark Knopfler 's projected releases . |
| 27 | I think you 'll find that Mr Byrne is now in fact playing in America , ca n't remember who for but I did go to his leaving party over the summer . |
| 28 | At any rate , they are the best marks that were to appear on his performance schedule over the next four years , when his average ran at 56.4 per cent . |
| 29 | Fired with enthusiasm for the new Europe on his return flight over the North Sea , Fuhrer Kinnock , as he is known in the German press , seemed more frustrated than ever at being out of office at such a momentous time . |
| 30 | Go left here , along the valley floor before turning left again to return to your start point over the high moors . |