Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [noun pl] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he said , it makes some criticism of the European dimension , but in paragraph 8 headed ’ Europe ’ it also says : ’ While local government structure in the UK can not be determined by the nature of European structural funds and the case for regional authorities with power over service delivery has not been made out , the European dimension must nonetheless be considered in the longer term . ’ |
| 2 | In the USA , for example , a large number of days may be lost in an industry while new productivity deals are being negotiated ; the immediate loss of production is just part of the price paid for high levels of output over the longer run . |
| 3 | The Blinky Bill case ( International News , 6th November 1992 ) has been settled after six months of wrangling over the interpretation of Australia 's trademark and copyright legislation . |
| 4 | Gloucester thereupon went off to capture Berwick-upon-Tweed and , after thirteen changes of ownership over the centuries , made it once and for all English . |
| 5 | After several days of confusion over Labour 's plans over future privatisation , Mr Smith confirmed that an incoming Labour government will not have the benefit of an extra £9.5 billion which the Conservatives had planned to raise through the disposal of the Government 's remaining holdings in former public utilities . |
| 6 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 7 | SIR , — Of a total of 3715,762 infants delivered in Japan after 23 weeks of gestation over the three years 1989 to 1991 , 22,531 were stillborn . |
| 8 | The Central Bank 's first director , Wonter Bernard ( a Dutch official whose appointment was financed by the IMF resigned after reported disagreements with Herrigel over the bank 's independence from government control . |
| 9 | As Table 4 indicates , substantial changes took place in the structure of residential services in Nottinghamshire over the period of the study . |
| 10 | There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years . |
| 11 | has said about most cases being unfounded though Mr McPhee does say that they ( the travellers ) do not stay on permanent sites whereas there has been a constant settlement of varying numbers of caravans over the past two years . |
| 12 | And therefore , to attempt to uncover the said hierarchy as a grotesque sham , guilty of appalling crimes against humanity over the centuries is a valid political and social comment . |
| 13 | Graham ( 1982 ) supports such efforts and explores , through PIMS , the relationship between the excess of actual returns on equity over required yields and the excess of market value over book value . |
| 14 | The balance between the two varied according to economic circumstances , and it is very difficult for us to reconstruct the nature of these services in detail over a wide area before the thirteenth century . |
| 15 | The outcome was none the less a climbdown for the government , which was obliged to drop its original plan to outlaw strikes in all sectors of industry for 15 months , amid deep divisions among parliamentarians over the extent of the powers to be granted . |
| 16 | The shock statistics reveal a sharp rise in drug abuse of all kinds among teenagers over the past two years . |
| 17 | ‘ Oh , incidentally Mark , I understand they want to use your office and mine for a couple of visiting Americans on assignment over here for a couple of months . |
| 18 | In summary , this study shows that ingestion of small amounts of gliadin over a lengthy period causes dose dependent damage to the small intestinal mucosa in children affected with coeliac disease . |
| 19 | It is understood Cork is in dispute with a number of American firms of lawyers over unpaid fees , which the lawyers claim run into many millions of dollars . |
| 20 | Typology is the study of the development of particular types of artefact over a period of time . |
| 21 | There were reports of anti-government demonstrations in Armenia over the defeat . |
| 22 | Whether this has serious implications for the efficiency of large companies depends on the effectiveness of other forms of control over management , and on the prior question of the intensity of non-profit motivations . |
| 23 | But then again , a penetrating light : a group of young men with carbines over their shoulders marching through the foothills of Mount Lebanon . |
| 24 | What is certain , however , is that these structural and geographical changes in the population have , in combination , produced a profound transformation in the population size and composition of most places in Britain over the past two decades . |
| 25 | The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years . |
| 26 | The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years . |
| 27 | Prospects : A strategy which will secure the backing of the younger , more creative and more frustrated members of ( or aspirants to ) the élite , as well as the Armed forces and KGB ; a strategy with greatest prospects of survival over an extended period , although its potential will depend on how quickly the regime recognises the ‘ second economy ’ to be a ‘ necessary ’ and ‘ non-antagonistic ’ contradiction in a Socialist society . |
| 28 | KABUL — Fifteen mujahedin rockets slammed into residential areas of Kabul over the weekend , killing 10 people and wounding 27 , writes Ahmed Rashid . |
| 29 | More generally , the issue became involved with widespread feelings of disquiet over the increase in the ‘ visibility ’ of local government in Orkney as the Orkney Islands Council , under the impetus of new staff , new problems , new government legislation and new powers began to make itself felt throughout the islands . |
| 30 | Melt the plain chocolate with three tablespoons of water over a pan of hot water . |