Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The major bloc-based classification reflects the economic , political and cultural-ideological struggle between capitalism and communism for control over the global system . |
| 2 | The guard was removed on the following day , but the incident exemplified the renewed struggle for control over the influential liberal daily newspaper . |
| 3 | The struggle for control over the Baltic republics is rapidly being overtaken by a bigger struggle for power in the Soviet Union . |
| 4 | Although promotion slipped from our grasp early on , our fight for survival over the last seven months has been real nail-biting stuff . |
| 5 | Proceeding with due caution therefore , we can ask : what do we know about patterns of support between kin over the past two centuries ? |
| 6 | CCG HAS started a new contract to provide school meals for the London Borough of Wandesworth over the next four years . |
| 7 | Black Holes are fascinating , and have caused a great deal of excitement over the past 20 years . |
| 8 | To someone accustomed by the existing advanced accounting courses , with no involvement in the National Certificate , the proposals seemed somewhat revolutionary and the document generated a good deal of discussion over the following few weeks on the relative merits of the B1 and B2 models etc . |
| 9 | Interim reporting has been attracting a great deal of attention over the past year . |
| 10 | Other polls have been published in the newspapers , however , and the issue has gained a good deal of attention over the past few weeks . |
| 11 | Constanze was to spend a good deal of time over the next two years at Baden , where her husband often visited her . |
| 12 | The Bank of England has a great deal of power over the financial markets because of its role as lender of last resort . |
| 13 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
| 14 | Study in Midlothian had shown a 33% loss , East Lothian a 23% loss and Bedfordshire in England had shown a remarkable 82% loss of ponds over the last century . |
| 15 | Er w which in turn is is intended to minimize the loss of staff over the next two years . |
| 16 | Scientist Tom Clarkson said that there was a 50-60 percent loss of ozone over the Antarctic during the southern spring ( from September to November ) . |
| 17 | This has come about partly as a result of research over the last 10 years or so into various forms of involvement in the teaching of reading . |
| 18 | The French and British governments are following exactly the opposite policies on production in the public sector ; the French have nationalised an additional 12% of industrial output while the British have begun to sell public assets to the private sector and to plan a vigorous programme of privatisation over the next few years . |
| 19 | This year 's profits will be used to help fund a record £1.5billion programme of investment over the next five years to cope with what is described as ‘ a phenomenal ’ growth in mail . |
| 20 | It is important that the purpose of this criticism should not be misunderstood ; the theoretical and experimental contributions that the Aplysia group have made to the cellular study of memory over the past two decades have been substantial , but the very intellectual certainty of the group and the charisma of its leader have tended to suppress some of its problems and sideline those who have articulated them . |
| 21 | He will be discussing the future of Leeds over the next 5 years or so . |
| 22 | The relation between the theory and practice of perspective over the next four centuries is examined in detail . |
| 23 | One big piece of deregulation over the past ten years will be hard to reverse : the freeing of interest rates . |
| 24 | It was with his father Paul 's encouragement that Pascal eventually set to work on the project , which has been ‘ something of a labour of love over the last few years ’ . |
| 25 | Party leaders will work on identifying the priorities for Labour 's first term of office over the next year . |
| 26 | It shocked my manager a lot too and he 's going to be concentrating on a big relaunch of Suzanne over the next while so I think it 's a good opportunity for me to take my career more into my own hands . ’ |
| 27 | A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect . |
| 28 | Why , then , may interactive media yet become a major force in training over the next few years ? |
| 29 | Of total foreign investment in Czechoslovakia over the previous 2 years only 11 per cent had gone to Slovakia , and the common perception was that the industries of the Czech Lands were in general better placed to benefit from the programme of rapid privatization emphasised by Klaus . |
| 30 | The latest Confederation of British Industry survey of manufacturing companies shows that more than six times as many companies expect to maintain or increase their investment in training over the next year than expect to reduce it . |