Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] of [noun pl] over " in BNC.

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1 The examination of all the images produced during a particular period or of a selection of images over a longer period will often provide a good idea of how the relevant state or regime wished to represent itself .
2 Undertake the management of the care of a group of patients over a period of time and organise the appropriate support service .
3 Mr Favell resigned as John Major 's official Commons aide when the Premier was Chancellor because of a clash of views over Europe .
4 While all kadis were appointed by the state and received allowances , for example , certainly in the period under review only the most important of the muftis received official appointments or salaries ; and indeed , even the salary of the Mufti of Istanbul , until the very end of the period , was considerably smaller than the allowances ( to say nothing of the income ) of a number of kadis over whom he clearly took precedence , the pattern possibly having been established by the perhaps consciously modest demands made by Fahreddin Acemi .
5 The deaths in police custody of a number of detainees over the years have also been controversial .
6 This change of outlook was the result of a fusing of perceptions over some years about the character and behaviour of the West Indians as partners in the project of amelioration and gradual emancipation .
7 The population level remained stable despite a surplus of baptisms over burials .
8 So why do n't we both get back to work now , instead of nattering on like a couple of housewives over the garden fence ? ’
9 The meeting took place against a background of disputes over ( i ) the extent to which whale populations had recovered to levels which permitted sustainable hunting ; ( ii ) the system by which hunting quotas might be determined ; and ( iii ) whether whale killing was inherently unethical .
10 You were set up for life with them , ’ Olive Fitzgerald of the Samaritans , bracing for a flood of calls over the next few months on their telephone helpline , told Reuters ' man .
11 A new political force emerged in late 1990 as a result of disagreements over policy and coalition alliances in Sicily .
12 It was generally accepted , however , that the organization was in some disarray as a result of splits over revolutionary doctrine and personal leadership .
13 Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] .
14 The passage quoted above can then be read not as a denial of conflicts over the use of common land , but as a comment on them .
15 Reaching her car at last , she drove away into the silent night , gazing through a gauze of tears over the snow-covered mountains ahead .
16 Clinton 's candidacy combined 1960s-style idealism with New South pragmatism to woo voters with a promise of results over ideology or political party .
17 Some people smile when they go past and there 's this woman with a couple of kids over the other side from me , but most people just walk past like they ai n't interested .
18 After the second fuel stops , Mass resumed with a lead of 52secs over Baldi , with Bailey another 27 secs down and under threat from the Jaguar of Andy Wallace and Davy Jones .
19 I fall out with a lot of photographers over this .
20 His grand plans for a hero 's welcome disintegrated into a mass of fears over how the High Command would view this night .
21 Situated on the edge of the attractive village of Tiffield , Ark Farm has evolved from a number of farms over the last 30 years .
22 What I was going to say yeah I 've been involved in a lot of videos over recent years and erm central er and there 's a freelance budget which a caravan for central they usually charge about three or four thousand pounds depending on how long the video is
23 This study focuses upon a number of children over a period of up to 40 months beginning early in their final year at school and covering the transitional period that follows .
24 He had administered the fumes to a number of women over several years with no side-effects .
25 There would be a gap of anything from six months to a number of years over which a veil was drawn .
26 raises yet again a problem that has been before the Court of Appeal on a number of occasions over the past 10 years or so .
27 I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite .
28 However , it is believed to be in the region of £15 million a year for the world-wide rights , plus a percentage of profits over and above that figure .
29 What is more insidious is the lack of guidance on the levels of accuracy to be expected or , where aggregate data are supplied ( for example , the sum or average of the values at a number of points over an area ) statements about the variability of these values within the area are exceptional .
30 As can be imagined , trying to obtain reasonable samples of the general population for relatively short interviews on such topics as voting behaviour or food preferences can result in a lot of interviewers having to call at a lot of houses over all towns and cities in the country .
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