Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [noun] [adv] over " in BNC.

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1 more than the rise in prices generally over the relevant period .
2 Unbreakable Brens , trundled through the field by infantrymen all over the world .
3 Even then , among the debris with smuts all over his face , he still retained his poise .
4 Now four English teenagers are dead following a canoeing accident off the Dorset coast , intensifying the concerns of parents all over Britain as they watch their children set off with their mates , while wondering what the chances are that something might go horribly wrong .
5 In the sultry haze of late August , the only noises were the cicadas , the splash of the children in the pool and the rumble of thunder away over the Gorges du Verdon .
6 And with the help of breeders all over the world , they 've made a dramatic comeback .
7 the surface of light just over the border .
8 A The use of sand directly over a sub gravel filter is not recommended .
9 From the pattern of ocean floor magnetic anomalies it is possible to trace the movement of India northwards over the past 80 Ma or so ( Fig. 3.23 ) .
10 This Easter we have seen the groundswell of demand all over the world that the arms race be brought to a standstill .
11 I 'm interested in the role of women all over the world , particularly in terms of what effect development strategies have had on women 's position , not merely in India but in other parts of the world as well , because I feel that there are a lot of common experiences which impinge on the problem as it relates to India .
12 This was the pattern in wetlands all over the country until the Reformation .
13 This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child .
14 LEADING Tory John Gummer quit the Church of England yesterday over its move to bring in women priests .
15 Much of the syllabus has become part of the training of dancers all over the world .
16 Paul took this message about life and the mystery of humanity all over the Mediterranean world .
17 This simple account of cattle-raiding followed by an expedition to punish the thieves explains the situation on frontiers all over the world , and of course these punitive expeditions ( which sometimes took the form of pre-emptive strikes by people who wanted to get their retaliation in first ) were carried out without consulting any central government .
18 Questions similar to this one seem to occupy an inordinate amount of the energies of scientists all over the world , not to mention grouses about the shortsightedness/injustice/lack of imagination of a straight thumbs down to a researcher 's pet proposal .
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