Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] of [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the dominant social characteristics of Britain over the past fifty years has been the degree of upward social mobility of those whose parents held traditional working-class jobs . |
| 2 | KABUL — Fifteen mujahedin rockets slammed into residential areas of Kabul over the weekend , killing 10 people and wounding 27 , writes Ahmed Rashid . |
| 3 | The presence of incomers was presented as the most immediate and tangible aspect of the general threat to the Shetland ‘ Way of Life ’ Although Shetland is reputed to be something of a melting pot , given the many different influxes of people over the centuries ( one native council official saw the typical Shetlanders as a bit of a ‘ mongrel ’ ) , these incomers were presumed to be somewhat different : most of them are here because their jobs brought them here ( those who are not here because of their jobs are eccentric ! ) , their stay will be temporary , there are more of them , they represent mainstream and hence dominant ways of life , they regard Shetlanders as peasants or country hicks . |
| 4 | It is through the implementation of this agreed machinery that disciplinary tribunals and the Inns themselves , with the consent of the Lord Chief Justice , are now able to exercise extended powers of control over the professional conduct of barristers , with a wider range of penalties , but subject always , in the case of decisions by tribunals , to a right of appeal to the visitors : see Disciplinary Tribunal Regulations 1990 , regulations 22 and 30 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | High levels of uranium over the geochemically evolved granites such as Cairngorm and Mount Battock argue against using the granites as building stone for internal cladding on account of the potential risk of radon gas emanation . |
| 7 | that different actors have different degrees of power over the creation of media content . |
| 8 | In spite of the millions of words they contain , and some noticeable shifts of emphasis over the years , the volumes of the Church Dogmatics are marked by an immense overall coherence and harmony . |
| 9 | Spread a few tiny knobs of butter over the surface , heat in a moderate oven , gas no. 4 , 350°F. , for about 20 minutes , until the sauce is just faintly golden and bubbling . |
| 10 | Average rates of return over the whole period were : ICI — HC 15% , CPP 1 ½%; GEC — HC 19% , CPP 10 ½%.; e |
| 11 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown , if annual rates of inflation over the period are as shown . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Deaf education has been associated with a great deal of dogma which has had varying degrees of influence over the years . |
| 14 | There have been numerous examples of varying degrees of seriousness over the years . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | " Our objective is to test the law on the system of consents , by which companies are allowed to discharge limited amounts of pollutants over the course of a year " , explained a Greenpeace spokeswoman , Debbie Adams . |
| 17 | This involved an attempt to accurately define the organisational and administrative needs of business over the next decade and , within this context , to draw up a taxonomy of secretarial skills suitable for this environment . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Unable to break them free , waves thrashed the jagged tubes of aluminium over the foredeck . |
| 20 | So extensive became the control of the catholic sector , both primary and secondary , that priests had extensive powers of dismissal over the teachers until the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 21 | People also experience radically unequal patterns of earnings over the span of their working lives as employees . |
| 22 | Despite this minimal preparation , and regular changes of personnel over the past fortnight , they achieved a wholly implausible blend of skill , aggression and indomitable spirit . |
| 23 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 24 | Whereas statements in the autonomous scientific field are descriptive statements , legal utterances are performatives in their very effects of power over the social . |
| 25 | Although the United Kingdom has no written constitution , it is a constitutional convention of the highest importance that the legislature and the judicature are separate and independent of one another , subject to certain ultimate rights of Parliament over the judicature which are immaterial for present purposes . |
| 26 | Similarly , ultimate rights of control over the company are legally vested in the shareholders , giving them , at least in theory , the ability to shape the company 's purposes for their own ends . |
| 27 | The terms under which children could be received into care were considerably widened , the methods of care were made more sensitive to the needs of children and the unified administrative structure ensured more uniform standards of care over the country . |
| 28 | Right-wing rumblings of rebellion over the reshuffle have raised the prospect of them mounting a challenger to Mr Major 's leadership . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | With advance in other areas of chemistry over the years , the zeolite based exchange material was able to be replaced by manufactured , synthetic ion exchange resin beads , with a highter capacity for ion exchange , coupled with physical and chemical stability . |