Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson was quick to see how provocative such a development would be to the shipowners and refused to accept the post , though he confessed to have been " foolish enough to have allowed myself to be nominated and elected as honorary general manager , which meant that I was lending my name to an organization over which I had no control " . |
| 2 | Yet as soon as this activity began in Vicky , a storm of weeping — as I judged the sensation — accumulated in my breast like a storm over the Alps . |
| 3 | When working alone , I carry my stakes in a sack over my left shoulder . |
| 4 | Ada Nield Chew , a working class mother , feminist and labour movement activist , was scornful in her assessment of the debate over the link between women 's employment and infant mortality . |
| 5 | The first of these was midway through its battle with the Rocket over the North Yorkshire moors . |
| 6 | There were girls fixing their make-up at a mirror over the mantelpiece , or scanning notices on the board — items for sale , extra tuition offered , rooms to share , sodalities to join . |
| 7 | In September 1990 the IMF had declared Sudan ineligible for refusing to discharge its obligations to the Fund over arrears accumulated since 1984 . |
| 8 | Refusing to shut her eyes in case she succumbed again , Sarella fixed her gaze on a point over his shoulder on the scarlet wall opposite . |
| 9 | She jumped up and saw with dismay her reflection in the mirror over the fireplace . |
| 10 | When normal people would have been lying in their beds with the covers over their heads , these MPs bounced on to our television screens debating the minutiae of the leadership election system . |
| 11 | She has a career in legal reform related to children 's defence and legal aid , ‘ stood by ’ her husband in the controversy over his personal behaviour , and has been suggested by him as a possible member of his cabinet . |
| 12 | They are a very old family who have lived in that house for centuries , as you can see from their name on the stone over the front door . |
| 13 | Both men helped found the First International Working Men 's Association , and both contributed to its collapse after twelve years by their attacks on all other forms of socialist thought and their feud with the anarchists over maintaining full-scale industrialization . |
| 14 | The name Fleet was an Anglo-Saxon word meaning ‘ tidal inlet ’ and the principle sources of the water flowing into the River Fleet , were the heights of Hampstead Heath , also the grounds of Kenwood House at Highgate , all joining just north of Camden Town , and flowing south to join the River Thames , close to the Blackfriars monastery which gave its name to the bridge over the Thames at that point . |
| 15 | FRUSTRATED Leeds have been wounded by two more injury blows as they bid to kick-start their season with a win over Hull KR tomorrow . |
| 16 | The evening turned out to be a spectacular climax to a year of consolidated growth for Embassy tennis , a tribute to its commitment to the game over a three year period . |
| 17 | In Division Two , Harwich and Dovercourt 's chances of going up would be strengthened with a win over Old Palmerians and likewise Clacton , in Division Three , could help their cause with a win over Ilford Wanderers . |
| 18 | Fortunately for the incumbents , some powerful Socialists might appreciate the support of the centre-right to buttress their position in the debate over the role of the government in the economy . |
| 19 | Nevertheless she found herself giving the details of her history to a woman over the telephone who fortunately spoke English , along , she was told , with five other languages . |
| 20 | In Lapland the cavalcade of snow buggies bumped and rocked their way through the night over rough terrain . |
| 21 | Soon , the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water . |
| 22 | This particular issue of Women 's Art is the last to be produced under the editorship of Genevieve Fox and we would like to thank her for her contribution to the magazine over the last year . |
| 23 | Despite an increase of 8.5% in the public subsidy for national museums in 1991–92 , most are still struggling to come to terms with the squeeze imposed on their budgets by the Treasury over the past few years . |
| 24 | By notice of motion dated 12 April 1991 the plaintiff made application to the county court for committal to prison of the defendants , alleging breach of the injunction by their execution of a charge over the property . |
| 25 | In a speech delivered on Nov. 16 Zhu indicated that China was fully prepared to link its dispute with the UK over Hong Kong with the two countries ' future economic relations . |
| 26 | ARAB foreign ministers agreed yesterday to relay to the United Nations new proposals from Libya to break its deadlock with the West over the Lockerbie bombing . |
| 27 | There were attacks on Heseltine 's temperament and suitability for office , instancing the occasion on which he had waved the mace in the House of Commons and also the manner of his resignation from the Cabinet over the Westland affair . |
| 28 | In his confrontation with the West over Suez and his arousing of Arab nationalism to confront the intrusive Western position in the Middle East , he was spoken of as a modern-day Salah al-Din . |
| 29 | Henry VIII , in the 1530s , had begun to encourage Renaissance work by importing Italian craftsmen , but his break with the Pope over his religious and marital problems postponed the arrival of the Renaissance in England for nearly a century . |
| 30 | Her husband 's smile , which she had long since discovered to be a deceitful thing , wavered on his lips like a breeze over a cornfield , and he was slow to answer . |