Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am keen for the Bill to cover estuaries , in view of my experience with private Bills over the years . |
| 2 | But they were not in Great Britain in 1984 , and adjacent areas with similar relatively isolated mining communities ( notably Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire ) differed very substantially not only in their support for the strike call but also in their level of industrial militancy over a substantial period of time . |
| 3 | The panel members then receive regular questionnaires asking for their opinions of selected programmes over the past week . |
| 4 | However the Lyceum , unlike the King 's , depends on subsidy from the Scottish Arts Council which is planning to cut its funding in real terms over the next four years . |
| 5 | Approximately 150 people make up the population of Tibthorpe ; their homes with beautiful views over the surrounding countryside . |
| 6 | The Bank has quadrupled its investment in environmental projects over the past year , from US$404 million to US$1,600 million , but critics charge that the money is being used to make projects look green rather than cancelling bad projects , which Bank officials are said to be reluctant to do . |
| 7 | An Agence France-Presse ( AFP ) news agency report of Dec. 8 said that ICO Foreign Ministers who met for a preparatory session in Dakar on Dec. 5-9 , had adopted a draft resolution expressing " full solidarity " with Libya in its confrontation with Western states over the Lockerbie affair [ see p. 38599 ] and underlined their " concern over … the possible use of force " . |
| 8 | Two of the women turn Mangan into a blubbering infant , and a third polishes her nails with vigorous glee over the wallowing body of her sentimental admirer . |
| 9 | The idea that children belong to their parents like other possessions over which [ the parents ] may experience exclusive rights has no factual foundation and should be rejected ; children are only on temporary loan to their parents . |
| 10 | it is an artists ' book of the first order , the making of which has been managed from beginning to end by the artist herself , thereby satisfying her desire for creative control over every aspect of its production . |
| 11 | Most of the cost will at first be picked up at the federal level , but the BMFT will gradually reduce its share of financial support over the eight years . |
| 12 | The Thames has seen its share of odd events over the years , but a Dragon Boat Race must rank alongside waterskiing commuters . |
| 13 | Barclays Bank would not divulge its figures despite repeated requests over a period of three weeks . |
| 14 | This quasi-evolutionary conception of painstaking scientific progress , with its stress on technical control over human life , proved a powerful input into the work of Simon 's new department . |
| 15 | Their rates of economic activity over recent years have followed the male pattern of rapid decline in the 60–4 age group ( from a third in 1973 to less than a fifth in 1988 ) with a similar decline in , the 55–9 age group ( 60 per cent to 48 per cent ) . |
| 16 | The second feature of bureaucracy which has enlarged its area of political influence over the choices to be made among values , priorities and objectives , rather than merely the technical means to be employed , is the discretionary power of officials . |
| 17 | The answer is never in doubt , and neatly topical in a week when American voters showed their preference for small-town boys over city slickers . |
| 18 | Another central element in Braverman 's thesis is that management , in order to achieve their objective of tight control over labour , not only fragment jobs horizontally — in the sense that different physical elements of the same task are split off from each other to be done by separate individuals — but fragment jobs vertically , as well . |
| 19 | The early success of adult education arrangements in Norfolk , together with the almost contemporaneous Kettering scheme , had unquestionably buttressed the District 's early and somewhat insecure position vis a vis some other LEAs in fostering co-operation and in establishing its credibility with philanthropic trusts over grant-aid for subsequent enterprises . |
| 20 | His dark eyes picked their way with humiliating slowness over every visible inch of her , from the top of her head to the tips of her toes . |
| 21 | The ministers reached their agreement despite lingering differences over the toughness of the text . |
| 22 | The Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has suffered his most serious defeat yet in his battle with local authorities over poll tax levels . |
| 23 | He prides himself on delivering on the optimum date to balance the welfare of mother and baby , and his percentage of vaginal deliveries over Caesarean is amazingly high — which is great , these days . |
| 24 | Nicholson 's fine form since his move to new stables over the summer adds to confidence . |
| 25 | I studied his arguments at great length over the weekend and I have come to the conclusion that much of the hon. Gentleman 's argument is extremely valid and needs a great deal of further consideration . |
| 26 | He was abroad from 11 1 5 to 1120 , always with Eadmer as his constant companion , bitterly upholding , but with ever-diminishing hope of success , his claim to primatial authority over the archbishopric of York . |
| 27 | Me Phi ( for short ) swings his strands of dreaded hair over his face and grins sheepishly . |
| 28 | Smith , 28 , was chosen for his contribution to English cricket over the last 12 months , his batting and ‘ outstanding fielding ’ , both close to the wicket and in the deep , and his performance in last summer 's West Indies Test series , which included two centuries . |
| 29 | A threat to his position of total supremacy over the whole of the Hochhauser Season ? |
| 30 | The following questions relate to your consumption of sugar-containing foods over the last seven days . |