Example sentences of "[n mass] of [noun] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have had the immense privilege of serving the people of Worcester over the past 30 years . |
| 2 | Now er I have to warn him there are that sort of conduct has been indulged in to the detriment of the people of Highfields over a significant period by the Labour party . |
| 3 | Hence planning was not a uniquely left- or right-wing cause between the wars , it was a response from progressive capitalists , professional people , academics , centrist politicians and socialists who found in it a means of advance over a wide range of social and economic problems . |
| 4 | 95% of drivers/riders over the legal limit are male . |
| 5 | And it has suffered an extraordinary series of mishaps over the past decade . |
| 6 | There has been a series of decisions over the past 50 years which , although they are said to be cases of estoppel are not really such . |
| 7 | In a remarkable series of investigations over the past four years , the MMC has examined the practices in beer , petroleum , and motor vehicle supply . |
| 8 | Having cut his teeth at Disney Studios , Lasseter has developed a reputation with a series of shorts over the past five years which have brought together the very best aspects of hand and computer animation , creating something quite special in the process . |
| 9 | This is the latest in a series of conflicts over the Baltic environment , including an escape of effluent from the chemicals complex on the river Dvina which poisoned large numbers of fish . |
| 10 | Long experience suggests that magnetic disks have seen off a long series of challenges over the past 15 years — but a review of the survival and thriving of the technology gives a very partial and inadequate view . |
| 11 | This weekend 's meeting is the latest in a series of conferences over the past two weeks during which ministers , their advisers , vice-chancellors , polytechnic directors and senior officials have been thrashing out strategies for expanding the higher education system . |
| 12 | Though they admitted a whole series of assaults over the previous three years , they disputed their frequency , he said in his closing speech . |