Example sentences of "[to-vb] the [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese State Circus is on its first National Tour … and around 18000 people are expected to see the show in Cheltenham over the next two weeks : |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | In the light of these beliefs , he concluded ( 1970 p 117 ) that Bentham 's Panopticon far from being progressive could justly be characterised as regressive " since he used its design to vaunt the merits of security over those of liberty . |
| 4 | Er w which in turn is is intended to minimize the loss of staff over the next two years . |
| 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 | A retired couple have won the right to challenge the Department of Transport over the impact a new bypass could have on their home . |
| 7 | The new pope did not share the general goodwill towards Frederick , and wanted to assert the superiority of pope over emperor . |
| 8 | The defeat of the motions brought to a close a crisis within the ruling coalition provoked by the ultra-orthodox Shas faction 's threat to leave the government in protest over statements issued by Shulamit Aloni , the Minister for Education . |
| 9 | One solution to the difficulty of what the Cockcroft Report refers to as " recording positive achievement " which attempts to avoid laying too much stress on what pupils have not achieved is to record the growth in attainment over a period of time . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is important to consider the incomes of people over pension age . |
| 14 | In addition , the larger cost in foreign exchange worked to increase balance of payments constraints and hence to reduce the room for manoeuvre over domestic economic policies . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The team at Oxford 's cancer fund are now planning longer term research with other organisations world-wide to assess the effects of tamoxifen over a longer period of time to see if it can continue saving lives . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Auctioneers would have to face the problem of liability over CIDs and have to engage extra staff to check cattle ear tags with CIDs . |
| 22 | The two companies claim the agreement will mean that customers switching from leased line services to local network interconnect systems will be able to maintain the level of control over their internetworks to which they have become accustomed . |
| 23 | The two companies claim the agreement will mean that customers switching from leased line services to local network interconnect systems will be able to maintain the level of control over their internetworks to which they have become accustomed . |
| 24 | This refers to the conditions which work to maintain the cohesion of classes over time , from one generation to the next . |
| 25 | Friends of the Earth is to take the government to court over its alleged failure to ensure that pesticide levels in drinking water meet legal requirements across much of the Thames Basin area . |
| 26 | The European Commission has , however , threatened to take the UK to court over its failure to observe community rules on drinking water quality . |
| 27 | ‘ You look fabulous , you know , ’ said Miranda , deciding to take the part of generosity over envy . |
| 28 | This was partly to save money ( since an ambassador had to live in a style and with an expense which was not expected of lesser mortals ) and partly to minimise the risk of quarrels over precedence . |
| 29 | A device which aims to make the flow of water over the daggerboard slot as smoothly as possible . |
| 30 | Mr Lamont tried to blame the crisis on uncertainty over the outcome of the French referendum and the ‘ extraordinary flow of speculative funds in the German mark . ’ |