Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] of [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But acceptance of this argument involves acceptance of the superiority of the higher , impersonal level of truth over the lower personal level of truth and the acknowledgment of two levels of knowledge . |
| 2 | It is important that the purpose of this criticism should not be misunderstood ; the theoretical and experimental contributions that the Aplysia group have made to the cellular study of memory over the past two decades have been substantial , but the very intellectual certainty of the group and the charisma of its leader have tended to suppress some of its problems and sideline those who have articulated them . |
| 3 | This gave a k value of 0.72 , which shows a very high level of agreement over the six categories . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | KABUL — Fifteen mujahedin rockets slammed into residential areas of Kabul over the weekend , killing 10 people and wounding 27 , writes Ahmed Rashid . |
| 6 | This has the advantage of establishing a high degree of control over the target utterance and , if the child is co-operating , it is possible to make a direct comparison between the utterance the child was attempting to produce and what the child actually said . |
| 7 | This diffuseness was paralleled by a marked degree of confusion over the appropriate research methods to use in empirical studies . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As a rounded account of the rise of Saddam it has one serious failing in that it pays far too little attention to the economic and social development of Iraq over the past 20 years . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Although the shareholders no longer exercised the direct control of principals over the directors as their agents , the model nevertheless asserts that any danger that the directors might use their considerable discretionary powers to manage the business in their own interest is precluded . |
| 14 | Oil is the most versatile , flexible and valuable of the primary fuels and part of the process of improved use of energy over the past decade has been for users to switch to other fuels to generate heat , thus saving oil for the transportation and speciality uses for which there are no cost effective substitutes . |
| 15 | Each judge will submit a completed list of nominations over the next couple of weeks and the eventual winners will be presented with their awards at a special ceremony early in the new year . |
| 16 | that different actors have different degrees of power over the creation of media content . |
| 17 | With the Government facing a fresh possibility of defeat over the controversial social chapter , tensions erupted as loyal heavyweights turned on the rebels during a heated half-hour clash . |
| 18 | Detailed observation of Willis over the years , however , and his general ‘ out to lunch ’ demeanour , suggested Dylan to be more a tribute to that rather vacant rabbit of Magic Roundabout fame . |
| 19 | Frightened off by such high figures , many collectors renounce the attempt to assemble a complete range of bindings over the centuries and , sensibly , turn to more limited fields ; for example , to books stamped with the coats of arms or crests of early owners in gilt or ‘ blind ’ ( without gold or colour ) . |
| 20 | It was intended as a device to enable states with major accumulations of crude oil to exercise the fullest possible degree of control over the industry concerned with its extraction . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The software configuration must therefore include an additional level of operation over the current systems . |
| 23 | One distinct advantage of metformin over the sulphonylureas in obese Type 2 patients is that it does tend to suppress appetite and certainly therapy is usually associated with weight loss ( Taylor et al , 1982 ) . |
| 24 | There has been a vast impoverishment of people over the past decades . |
| 25 | Thus we require participatory democracy to give the individual a real measure of control over the life and structure of his/her environment . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ Laura … ! ’ he groaned , a deep , compulsive inner hunger shaking his tall figure as her hands trailed gently downwards , following the dark arrow of hair over the taut muscles of his stomach , which clenched violently at her soft touch . |
| 28 | According to John Rogers , who knew Miller , a serious difference of opinion over the publication of some of the Society 's proceedings caused the break-up and , he says , ‘ the opponents of the publication demanded their papers from Miller , who immediately gave them up , having , however , with his usual foresight , taken a copy of each , otherwise their valuable contents would most likely have been lost to the world . ’ |
| 29 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown if the annual rate of inflation over the period is as shown : |
| 30 | By way of illustration the following table shows what £1,000 will be worth in today 's money at the end of the periods shown , if the annual rate of inflation over the period is as shown . |