Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( For the advantages of adoption over long-term foster care see Triseliotis , 1983 and Triseliotis and Hill , 1987 ) . |
| 2 | Well , I was interested , which wo n't surprise you , and tried it on and off , mostly off , for the moments of stress over the momentously stressful years . |
| 3 | Lord Porter , who delivered the only speech , referred to a number of earlier cases dealing with the construction of ‘ carrying on a business ’ for the purposes of jurisdiction over the separate property of married women . |
| 4 | Commander Genda went through the plans in detail over the next ten days and came to the conclusion that it was possible and , although hazardous , had a reasonable chance of success . |
| 5 | One of the problems with consultation over several different language versions and many subject areas is that revision becomes slow and difficult to coordinate . |
| 6 | The survival of the Honours of Scotland over the centuries has depended on many loyal Scots , some known but just as many unknown . |
| 7 | All this has , of course , been made possible both by technological revolutions in transport and communication and by the lengthy period of free movements of the factors of production over a vast area of the globe which has developed since the second world war . |
| 8 | Most of the changes in temperature over the past hundred years can be broadly explained by these two processes at work . |
| 9 | Measured against ‘ a stagnant US economy , a not altogether successful satellite programme , and perennial crises in NATO ’ ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 179 ) , these developments created high expectations expressed at the November 1960 Conference of Eighty-One parties in the definitive formulation that ’ the superiority of the forces of socialism over those of imperialism … is becoming ever more marked in the world arena' ( Zimmerman : 1969 , p. 181 ) . |
| 10 | I 've even got to think of a few of the regulars as friends over the years . ’ |
| 11 | Seona Reid , director of the SAC , said that priorities had been identified for the development of the arts in Scotland over the next three to four years . |
| 12 | The results of this process can be read in detail in catalogues raisonnés , which often give a blow-by-blow account of the arguments of scholars over the years . |
| 13 | One of the distractions on offer over the weekend was a ride in a tall person 's car — a 20ft limo belonging to a visiting German tall person — 6ft9in . |
| 14 | But since her captivity , a babel seethed around her constantly , the cries and demands of Sycorax , the commands of the men on guard over her , the hammering and planing of the pales for the stockade and for the settlers ' other plans ; the shouts of the men from the boat-building on the beach , the barking of orders to bondsmen brought from England on the ship that had returned , the yells of slaves whom they had loaded in Dahomey or Yoruba on the journey back , and roped and chained and put to work under the whip , and the bellowing laughter now and then of the overseer , a tall African who had been taken out of chains himself to hold the lash over his fellows . |
| 15 | Despite the murmurs of anxiety over recent months , none of us considered realistically it could possibly happen . |
| 16 | An old symptom of restless legs in bed had returned and this with the ailments from indignation over her husband 's desertion led to Staphisagria LM1 . |
| 17 | Back on the pitch , the Warblers , who had suffered a surprise 22–16 defeat in their quarter-final pool at the hands of a spirited Irish Wolfhounds outfit fired by scrum-half Alain Rolland , hauled their way into the semi-finals with wins over the Portuguese Barbarians and the Froggies . |
| 18 | The study assembled evidence on the sources of funds for social science research in Britain during the 1980 's and the patterns of expenditure by subject and type of research , and examined changes in the patterns of funding over time . |
| 19 | In the searches in Belfast over the weekend of 11 and 12 January , which on three occasions revealed a mass of destructive material , we had an outstanding example of that patient work . |
| 20 | The data are then being used to display trends in the variations between authorities over the period 1975/76 to 1983/84 . |
| 21 | To play a part in the problems of geology over the next few decades geomorphologists must forget their trivial catchments and see mega forests instead of trees … |
| 22 | These amount to the rights of others over the owner 's land . |
| 23 | It may be that ‘ no action ’ would turn out to be a very wise option based on the experiences of miniaturisation over the last 30 years or so . |
| 24 | Rave kids should be throwing petrol bombs at the Houses Of Parliament over the way their right to party has been thrown in the proverbial dumper , but they are n't . |
| 25 | In addition , other legal principles are laid down by the decisions of judges over time , or proclaimed in legislation . |
| 26 | Since animals depend either directly or indirectly on plants for food , all life is affected by the variations in weather over the seasons . |
| 27 | What is being suggested is a softening of the hard line taken by the Tories in Scotland over the past five years in the use of political patronage . |