Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is well nigh impossible to compare the rate of crime over extended periods of time ( as Reading 10 , Chapter 5 , taken from Pearson 's study , indicates ) . |
| 2 | Er w which in turn is is intended to minimize the loss of staff over the next two years . |
| 3 | The modern way is to meet a group of patients over a party-type meal and discuss how to cope with the problems that may arise . |
| 4 | Southend United .... 3 Tottenham Hotspur .. 2 ( aet ; score at 90 min 3-2 ; agg 3-3 ; Tottenham win on away goals ) TOTTENHAM ended last night playing party tricks to waste time at Roots Hall , but it had taken them nearly two hours to establish a semblance of control over Southend in a throbbing , snarling , extraordinarily eventful Littlewoods Cup second round , second leg . |
| 5 | Some experiments will be conducted where video sequences of voice and face do not match ; and , in order to evaluate the primacy of face over voice , the onset of each will be varied . |
| 6 | ‘ Three of us carried you , and I was one of the three , and I had to tip a jug of water over you next morning to wake you . ’ |
| 7 | A retired couple have won the right to challenge the Department of Transport over the impact a new bypass could have on their home . |
| 8 | The new pope did not share the general goodwill towards Frederick , and wanted to assert the superiority of pope over emperor . |
| 9 | Even the French language seems to exercise a kind of ownership over the terminology of experiment . |
| 10 | It was clear that she saw the drift of his question but her answer was simple : ‘ Granny seemed to exercise a sort of spell over her sons , her husband too , I think . |
| 11 | The best we can do is to grow a covering of skin over the stump where the amputation occurred . |
| 12 | Although he did not specify the powers he had in mind , they were reported to include a right of veto over parliamentary decisions . |
| 13 | If they were both to preserve a measure of control over the wage structure in a capitalist economy and to win adequate state pensions for their members , then a retirement condition was inevitable . |
| 14 | The Party leader , Mr Jacques Chirac , said he regretted that reaction in France to events in East Germany were often cool because of the fear of difficult consequences for France , but the priority should be to support a victory of democracy over communism . |
| 15 | The final step is to use the results of these models to predict the distribution of population over other arbitrary areal units for which pixel land-cover counts can be obtained . |
| 16 | Jean de Grilly , seneschal of Gascony , told Edward I in 1282 that he was quite unable to predict the upshot of negotiations over Bigorre ‘ not least because of the changeability and inconsistency of the count ’ . |
| 17 | At the centre of political power , Johnson depended on his ability to retain the confidence of Congress over Vietnam ; and here also the overwhelming support , revealed in 1964 over the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution , began to break up . |
| 18 | erm usually if it 's just one or two things people are offered the opportunity to submit a piece of work over the summer |
| 19 | I think we ought to put a bit of sellotape over that one . |
| 20 | I du n no mate , someone Nick 's house cos I wanted to put a lot of stuff over my shed cos that garage is getting a bit congested |
| 21 | Performance requirements have commonly increased , indicating countries ' determination to retain a degree of control over firms ; liberalisation does not mean laissez-faire . |
| 22 | Cutaways are a great help when you are trying to build a sequence of events over which you have little or no control . |
| 23 | Contributions to the group 's defined benefit pension scheme are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees ' working lives with the group . |
| 24 | Contributions to the schemes are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over the employees ' working lives within the Group . |
| 25 | Contributions are charged to the profit and loss account in accordance with actuarial recommendations so as to spread the cost of pensions over the employees ' remaining working lives with the Group . |
| 26 | The children carrying out the work about evaporation were given the opportunity to watch the tank of water over several weeks , noting their thoughts and observations in a class log book . |
| 27 | To prevent this happening , it is useful to spread a layer of sand over the floor of the pool and along the marginal shelves to act as a cushion . |
| 28 | An announcement by the council , dissociating itself from the comments and stressing its anti-racist policy , failed to quell a storm of protest over Mr McNeill 's remarks . |
| 29 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
| 30 | Eisenhower , who was in the midst of his re-election campaign and was presenting himself to the American electorate as ‘ a man of peace ’ , failed to make clear to his British and French colleagues in the Atlantic Alliance the depth of his reluctance to countenance the use of force over an issue that was only important and not vital to US interests . |