Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [prep] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mechanics of valuing the entitlement of the outgoing partner should be specific ( see below ) and once ascertained a timetable should be laid down for its payment , as to which the alternatives ( depending on the circumstances and needs of the firm in question and its partners ) are immediate payment or payment by instalments over a period with or without interest on the unpaid balance . |
| 2 | Political conflicts normally took the form of struggles between parties or individuals for influence over the ruler , struggles in which the victor secured the all-important privilege of easy access to him and in which the vanquished were dismissed , disgraced or exiled . |
| 3 | This represents a difference or rather gross profit of 65p per dozen or £14.98 per bird over the same period . |
| 4 | Extrahepatic disorders unrelated to cirrhosis in portal hypertension occur with greater frequency in the elderly : in our experience more than 10% of patients over the age of 65 years with variceal haemorrhage have glucose intolerance requiring treatment with either insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents . |
| 5 | It is clear from data on occupations drawn from the decennial censuses that retirement for men over the age of 65 was increasing from 1881 , almost thirty years before the introduction of a state pension ; and modern evidence from the United States gives good grounds for believing that , in some circumstances at least , changes in retirement age over time represent a supply-side factor , with people choosing retirement before they become incapable of work . |
| 6 | BankAmerica Corp 's Bank of America has chosen MCI Communications Corp as its primary long-distance carrier in a deal that will mean more than $250m in revenue over the four-year life of the contract , MCI said , without revealing the terms . |
| 7 | That report from the Mayo clinic was mirrored to some extent by the study of Pescatori and Mattana who reported that 45% of patients over the age of 45 experienced faecal soiling , whereas only 24% of patients under 45 years of age did so . |
| 8 | The major bloc-based classification reflects the economic , political and cultural-ideological struggle between capitalism and communism for control over the global system . |
| 9 | The report continues with a list of cases in which disputes over fixtures in listed building led to a public enquiry , a court case , or both and concludes with a section entitled ‘ How to make the legislation more effective ’ , which provides advice to owners , information on Stop Notices and calls for control over the sale of fixtures . |
| 10 | In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the fabric of mid-Victorian hegemony was shattered by a series of structural contradictions , from economic retardation and industrial unrest , to growing socialist and feminist political militancy and intensification of anxiety over a whole range of social issues . |
| 11 | Now a fully revised and updated 2nd Edition brings the topic right up to the minute by taking into account the many significant developments and advances made in medical knowledge and research in AIDS over the past two years . |
| 12 | The relation between the theory and practice of perspective over the next four centuries is examined in detail . |
| 13 | With the growing scientific knowledge of the causes of both sudden infant death and cancers in childhood over the years has grown the equally important knowledge of the benefits gained from support for the family . |
| 14 | … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years … |
| 15 | The move demonstrated the irritation felt by the Prince and Princess of Wales over the media barrage they faced during their tour of South Korea this week . |
| 16 | Leaving aside the numerous examples of the rise and fall of parties over the past century , there are many instances of change even in the relatively short period of time since the end of the Second World War . |
| 17 | The main purpose of the project is to investigate the architecture , furniture , and equipment of dwellings over the whole range of Scottish society , looking at large-scale buildings like castles and tenement blocks and also at small cottages and council houses . |
| 18 | An inspector said he believed 150 tubs of the cream were sold in Fermanagh and Tyrone without prescription over a five-month period ending April 1992 . |
| 19 | From the perspective of the NHS , considerable health gains and reductions in expenditure over the longer term could be achieved by expanding health promotion work with older people , a previously neglected group . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , do n't be ridiculous , Giles , calm down , calm down , come and have a nice Perrier water , ’ said Liz , taking his other arm , and , with Kate , attempting to lead him away from the fracas , as one would a child in a playground from its tormentor ( for Giles 's antagonist Paul Hargreaves , pale faced , dark suited , silver-grey tied , was smiling calmly with a horrible amusement at this distressing scene ) : but the desperate Giles was beyond leading , and fell back heavily as he attempted to disengage himself from his two intercessors , crashing into a large fern and some pots of bulbs and sending earth and splashes of champagne over the carpet . |
| 21 | On the whole his face gave little away , unlike Mr Kinnock 's , where emotion raced like the shadows of cloud and splashes of sunshine over a landscape . |
| 22 | For sex , argues Foucault , is the pivot of two axes along which the whole technology of life developed : it was the point of entry to the body , to the harnessing , identification and distribution of forces over the body ; and it was the entry to control and regulation of populations . |
| 23 | Casually trailing something black and sort of flimsy over the chairback . |
| 24 | To understand this we need to look at the history of cultural theory and criticism in Britain over the last twenty to thirty years . |
| 25 | With about half the housing provided by associations and co-operatives for tenants over the age of 60 , its activities are rightly concentrated within central areas . |
| 26 | Even some in new houses now want to move out because of the construction works , traffic congestion , and a general decline in the image and attractiveness of Docklands over the past three years . |
| 27 | Rowing was transformed in the breadth and depth of participation over the 30 years of his term . |
| 28 | There was also , he admitted , a feeling of depression and frustration among breeders over the ban on exports through BSE restrictions . |
| 29 | While a cannon ball may plough through a line of troops and kill two or three victims , a mortar shell explodes with a tremendous bang , scattering mud , dirt , and bits of shell over a wide area . |
| 30 | The HP4 requirement refers to the additional land to be allocated to ensure an adequate supply and choice of land over the Structure Plan period 1984–96 . |