Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun pl] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is proposed to focus on insider dealing within financial conglomerates because of the probable extent of such trading , that is , the degree to which insider dealing probably occurs ; the damage it causes , both economically ( through the disruption of the efficient allocation of scarce economic resources ) , and socially ( through losses in public confidence in the operation of the financial markets ) ; and finally , the problem of detection ( self-evident from the low levels of prosecutions over recent years ) . |
| 2 | New survey data often record personal biographies and provide a continuous record of the economic activities of people over several years . |
| 3 | During the early stages of mastery over language , children interpret and act upon verbal messages despite their ignorance of the meaning of many of the units and structures of the language used . |
| 4 | The protracted and divisive negotiations between Bush and the Democratic leaders of Congress over the budget for the fiscal year 1991 ( beginning on Oct. 1 , 1990 ) was an important domestic issue in 1990 . |
| 5 | But this is surely nitpicking , in what can be viewed as a significant contribution to our knowledge of so many aspects relating to the ordinary citizens of Florence over a period of more than 200 years . |
| 6 | Unable to break them free , waves thrashed the jagged tubes of aluminium over the foredeck . |
| 7 | THE National Science Foundation in the US funded a two-to three-year study ‘ to examine the many areas of controversy over the scientific use , development , and application of gene-transplantation research ’ . |
| 8 | Lay one of the long strips of cardboard over this join and staple through card and fabric on to the batten . |
| 9 | One of the major advantages of letters over telephone conversations is that they provide a permanent record . |
| 10 | ONE of the great advantages of villages over cities for chronic insomniacs , such as I am , is that late at night there is nothing to do in a village except read . |
| 11 | A survey late last year by Mori Building , a big development company , calculated that 85m square feet ( 7.9m square metres ) of office space is scheduled to be built — in large blocks alone — in the 23 wards of Tokyo over the next five years , 87% more than was completed in the past five . |
| 12 | CHAIRMAN Sir Peter Parker was doing his best , but the 1980s opened with much the same worries of insecurity over government policy , lack of investment , and working practices which harked back to the old company rules . |
| 13 | The indemnity was described simply as a payment ‘ for making peace ’ , but it has been pointed out that the sum of £20,000 is close to the amount thought to have been extorted by the Scots from the northern counties of England over the years since Bannockburn , and the payment may have been seen as compensation for the destruction wrought in the north . |
| 14 | The project will examine the religious activities of women over an area of Northern Greece . |
| 15 | Even if the other district had its own system , it was unlikely that there was much communication between the two sets of officials over such matters . |
| 16 | Figurative arts , even more than poetry , expressed the mixed feelings of elation over past victories and fear of future incursions which the Celts inspired . |
| 17 | There are abundant examples of good new uses for churches and many of these have only emerged in the final stages of battles over individual churches . |
| 18 | The final stages of negotiation over the sale of Cummins ' 185,000 sq ft engine factory on Yarm Road are believed to be imminent . |
| 19 | But most areas did avoid the rain apart from a few spots of rain over the islands . |
| 20 | By 1910 the inhabitants of Britain consumed a million tons of meat over and above home produce . |
| 21 | And here I am , Kate thinks , sitting opposite you and thinking there 's more distance between us in terms of class and sex awareness than a million years of chat over drinks at six dollars a go on the Oriental Hotel terrace could ever hope to bridge . |