Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.

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1 If one simply looks at the level of unemployment amongst architects over time , it is difficult to identify a clear pattern linked to any of the regulatory reforms .
2 The Campaign for the Protection of Rural Wales has told the Welsh Office that its plan to meet a near doubling of demand for aggregates over the next 20 years , will cause irrevocable harm to many areas of Wales ( 1 ) .
3 We have the feeling of participation in events over which , for the most part , we have in fact very little , if any , control .
4 As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed .
5 Drape the triangle of fabric in folds over the curtains and pole .
6 One consequence of this has been a distrust of geometric intuition and the downgrading of geometry by educationalists over the past 50 years or so .
7 The Sun at odds with Saturn in Aquarius on the 8th should give you fair warning of conflict with others over home , family or professional matters .
8 There has been a 30–40 per cent reduction in the amount of fat on pigs over the last 10 years , ’ says Professor James .
9 More importantly , recent research reveals a major lack of consensus among politicians over the basic role of government in the economy [ Harris , 1981 ] .
10 Imported raw cotton was the basis for the emergence of the most dynamic of the " new " manufactures , but as late as 1776 Adam Smith omitted cotton goods from his argument for a sustained expansion and downward spread of consumption of non-essentials over the " course of the present century " , and still found examples enough for his purpose .
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