Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [art] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Steel on Thursday appeared to add a faint glimmer of hope into the controversy over a plan to switch thousands of tonnes of limestone dust from rail to road . |
| 2 | These cases highlight the need for vigilance in patients at risk and suggest that the epidemic of parvovirus in the UK over the latter part of 1992 is still continuing . |
| 3 | The Hawaiian Islands provide a classic example of a volcanic line , and the generally accepted explanation of this type of feature involves the passage of part of a plate over a sub-lithospheric thermal anomaly which , through the periodic generation of magma in the overlying crust sequence of volcanic activity at the surface ( Fig |
| 4 | Latest costings showed his cows giving 9,595 litres of milk with a margin over purchased feed of £1,545 and a gross margin per hectare at a ‘ staggering ’ £4,611 . |
| 5 | Admiralty Pacific would like to send 25 million tonnes of garbage to the islands over the next five years . |
| 6 | Similarly , in a major study of investment in the EC over the period 1961–90 , the relation between net investment and the rate of profitability per unit of capital stock was found to be highly significant . |
| 7 | Cos of uncertainty about the arrangement over long period , decided to opt for one-year-only subscription . |
| 8 | Police in Chelmsford believe that a robbery in a park toilet may be linked to other crimes of violence in the area over the last few months . |
| 9 | Badr al-Din Mahmud ( Kadizade : kadi of Aleppo from 963/1555–6 to 967/1560 ) , also later to become Mufti of Istanbul , and in one specific case , quoted by Ata'i , was overruled by him ; while Molla Muslih al-Din Mustafa ( Circinzade Mustafa ) , appointed muderris/mufti in Bosnasarayi in 965/1557–8 , fought the kadi of Bosnasarayi to a standstill over certain matters , both then making representations to Istanbul and both being removed from office for their pains . " |
| 10 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and reliance of a wife on her husband to make business decisions justified the ‘ tenderness ’ extended by equity toward married women who acted as sureties for their husbands . |
| 11 | The likelihood of influence by a husband over his wife and of reliance by a wife on her husband to make the business decisions for the family was the justification in the first place for the tenderness of equity towards married women who gave their property as security for their husband 's debts . |
| 12 | On Nov. 12 the government announced that it had accepted the resignation of the three most senior commanders of the armed forces , while insisting that the reshuffle was part of routine annual promotions and that there was no question of disagreement with the military over the handling of the anti-guerrilla crackdown . |
| 13 | There was a sudden , yawning silence broken only by the slight hiss of oxygen to the mask over Mrs Thompson 's face . |
| 14 | Quality Circles have received a lot of attention in the media over the last three years but , in general , studies of Circles have so far been limited to subjective analysis by interested parties . |
| 15 | THE MISSING link reappears at Goodwood this afternoon in the shape of Ile De Nisky ( 2.45 ) , the horse who represents the prime piece of evidence in the argument over the comparative merits of Nashwan and Old Vic , writes John Karter . |
| 16 | Melt remainder with the coffee and one tablespoon of water in a bowl over hot water . |
| 17 | This impression of the object of have being represented as completely submissive to the will of the person referred to by the subject explains moreover the use of the bare infinitive with this verb : this exercise of control by the causer over the causee can be seen as persisting throughout the realization of the infinitive event . |
| 18 | There 's a bottle of vodka in the cupboard over the desk in there . |
| 19 | It was intended to see if the total programme of instruction-orientation , introduction and advanced courses in information retrieval affected the pattern of use of the library over a period of five years . |
| 20 | If so , they would be prepared to supply further evidence of use of the path over a number of years . |
| 21 | THE HISTORY of belief in the supernormal over the past hundred years is studded with the names of famous illusionists who have sought to prove that much-vaunted miracles were nothing more than conjuring tricks . |
| 22 | On July 10 the Országgyülés ( National Assembly ) passed by 194 to 95 votes , with 23 abstentions , a law for the return of property to the churches over a period of 10 years . |
| 23 | In fact , there seems to be some feeling here that China has fallen right behind the rest of the world in matters of language study and language teaching methodology , so I found myself , on one day , giving a résumé of Linguistics in the west over the past 50 years ! |
| 24 | I have found that a build up of infusoria in the tank over this period can reduce the number of fry that reach the free swimming stage . |
| 25 | Although the USSR has hinted at the possibility of cooperation with the GCC over issues of Gulf security , its attitude to this body , especially over GCC plans for coordinated security arrangements , remained negative in the early 1980s . |
| 26 | Her room was so grubby too , with nothing but a bed in it and that bidet and that bit of rag for a curtain over the small old propped-up suitcase and some clothes . |
| 27 | The meeting dragged into the early hours of yesterday morning as the Honduran President , Mr Jose Azcona , stormed out of the session after Nicaragua 's President Daniel Ortega refused to withdraw his suit to the International Court of Justice in The Hague over the continuing presence of contras in Honduras . |
| 28 | For Comte the fundamental law of human evolution consists in the ‘ growing ascendancy of our humanity over our animality , brought about by a double process , namely the increase of power of the intellect over the instincts and of the other-regarding instincts over the self-regarding ’ . |