Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite a run of small harvests , the cellars in Reims and Épernay were brimming , and it was estimated that had sales maintained their 1932 level , the Champagne houses possessed sufficient stock in hand to tide over sales for the next thirty-three years . |
| 2 | Even when age of acquisition and age at time of test are controlled there is a consistent gap in favour of production over comprehension of BSL for groups of signers with average six , 12 and 20 years ' experience ( Kyle , Woll and Llewellyn-Jones , 1981 ) . |
| 3 | The talks were set up after Virgin won a High Court libel action in London against BA over alleged ‘ dirty tricks ’ damaging Virgin 's reputation . |
| 4 | Although DLOs have survived , Stoker ( 1988 , p. 186 ) notes that there was a 22.5 per cent fall in numbers employed between 1980 and 1985 and a 17.7 per cent fall in value of output over the same period . |
| 5 | Of the old forest cantons , Uri was always the leader in policies of expansion over the Gotthard into the Ticino . |
| 6 | The need to preserve experience for knowledge based systems , the need for verification in case of dispute over contract or other liabilities , legal requirements and citizens data access rights will ensure the preservation of wide ranges of data . |
| 7 | Univariate tests and multiple regression analysis were used to assess the influence of anatomic localisation of disease , sex , overall gastrointestinal symptom severity ( as defined in Table II ) , and surgical intervention on the change in SDS for height over the total period of follow up . |
| 8 | Knill said that there had been progress in collaboration with HEIs over responsive mode funding and with NERC 's institutes . |
| 9 | Another argument in favour of fees over commission is that there will be more incentive for stockbrokers to take a real interest in their clients ' portfolios , since any increase in their value will bear directly on the brokers ' remuneration . |
| 10 | BRITISH hopes of returning to normalcy in negotiations with China over the future of Hong Kong appeared to have been thwarted yesterday as the 14th round of Sino-British talks ended with only limited signs of progress . |
| 11 | My aims were to record the time distribution of night visits and to show the trend in claims in Berkshire over the past 10 years after adjusting for the change in claimable hours . |
| 12 | The US Exxon Corporation on March 13 agreed to pay a record sum in settlement of claims over the Exxon Valdez oil spillage off the coast of Alaska in March 1989 [ see pp. 36541 ; 36606 ] . |
| 13 | The country 's first ‘ instant ’ draught lager machine went on sale in June amid mystery over the brewer supplying the lager concentrate mix for use in the new machine . |
| 14 | Hank Holland president and chief executive officer said the firm would continue to support its E and M mainframe series software for another seven to ten years , but would start to reduce research and development expenditure in favour of client/server over the next three years . |
| 15 | Sam 's boat was one of the last to sail in between the old forts , and Harry , who was standing at the end of the stone quay in order to crow over the birth of his son and demand payment of his winnings , saw with a twinge of jealousy that Gristy 's ketch was well down in the water . |