Example sentences of "[noun sg] to [adj] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The privatised company has agreed to reduce its share from 95 p.c. to 40 p.c. over the next three years . |
| 2 | As part of the technology initiative announced during a stop in California 's Silicon Valley , President Clinton also pledged billions of dollars in additional help to high-tech enterprises over the next four years to encourage new business initiatives . |
| 3 | His reply to the expected criticism is that ideals must be striven for particularly now since ‘ in a position in which old peoples and old cultures are likely to be supplanted by new — we are in a common danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe ’ . |
| 4 | The first public meeting to draw attention to local concern over the proposed mining for andalusite on Tomduff Mountain , near Borris , Co . |
| 5 | Nicholson 's fine form since his move to new stables over the summer adds to confidence . |
| 6 | As China 's reaction to Western sanctions over the events in Tiananmen has shown , further international pressure on the Dalai Lama 's behalf may only reinforce Peking 's siege mentality and strengthen its conviction that the West is conspiring to undermine socialism in China . |
| 7 | The NILP pledged an extension of the city boundary and the extension of the local government franchise to all citizens over the age of twenty-one , the abolition of the company vote , the realignment of electoral boundaries and the allocation of houses ‘ solely on the basis of need ’ . |
| 8 | Free speech and free political association were to be backed by an extension of the franchise to all adults over the age of 20 , a formal extension of the power of the elected legislature ( the Diet ) and guarantees of judicial independence from both the executive and the Diet . |
| 9 | Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door . |
| 10 | There were several contemporary examples of similar patriarchal claims by the archbishops of Hamburg , Lyons , and Milan ; Lanfranc may have been inspired by these examples when he vigorously supported the Canterbury claim to patriarchal authority over the whole of the British Isles . |
| 11 | There is no need to say more here about Anselm 's primatial activity : he certainly thought that the evidence was sufficiently strong for him to make a most uncompromising claim to primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , and it is quite clear that he did not think that the Canterbury claim to this position rested on a series of specific grants by popes after Gregory the Great . |
| 12 | He was abroad from 11 1 5 to 1120 , always with Eadmer as his constant companion , bitterly upholding , but with ever-diminishing hope of success , his claim to primatial authority over the archbishopric of York . |
| 13 | Iranian leaders in early June reacted adversely to a resolution passed at the summit on May 29 , which supported Iraq 's long-standing claim to full sovereignty over the Shatt-al Arab waterway . |
| 14 | The particular relationship between the state and the family embodied in the system of public welfare gives rise to considerable concern over the extent to which such provisions boost or erode family autonomy . |
| 15 | A pilot-induced phugoid — shoving the stick to 10 kts over the cruise speed and seeing how long it takes to stabilise in pitch — resulted in one swoop and a small dive before VS returned to level flight . |
| 16 | ‘ Any businesses or land owners with interests in the City Challenge Initiative bid should give urgent consideration to this matter over the next few days to make sure they do not miss out on this important opportunity , ’ said Mr Checkley . |
| 17 | In short , tariffs by themselves would have been unlikely to have provided little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries over the period under review . |
| 18 | Councillor Bob Middleton , the Labour convener of Grampian Region , paid tribute to Mr Sim 's tremendous contribution to local government over the past four decades . |
| 19 | Councillor Bob Middleton , the Labour convener of Grampian Region , paid tribute to Mr Sim 's tremendous contribution to local government over the past four decades . |
| 20 | Smith , 28 , was chosen for his contribution to English cricket over the last 12 months , his batting and ‘ outstanding fielding ’ , both close to the wicket and in the deep , and his performance in last summer 's West Indies Test series , which included two centuries . |
| 21 | Hampshire batsman Robin Smith received some consolation for missing the World Cup final , in the shape of a £500 cheque from Test sponsors Cornhill as England 's Player of the Year for his ‘ major contribution to English cricket over the last 12 months ’ . |