Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.

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1 A study was carried out in a Bedfordshire village , i.e. a semi-rural environment , of predation by domestic cats over a one-year period and the results were published in a zoological journal in 1987 .
2 The vertical axis is headed by elected Deans of Faculties and appointed Heads of Department with immediate control over the distribution of resources .
3 A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period .
4 These two questions represent the focus of a considerable amount of research by developmental psychologists over the last 30 years .
5 Their exchange illustrated a major bone of contention in early debates over sex teaching :
6 With indirect fuel injection , the well-proven power unit has been a driving force in the growing popularity of diesel amongst British drivers over recent years .
7 In 1859 he went to the brink of war with American troops over San Juan Island , despite his council 's urging restraint .
8 Early in 1929 Humphrys supervised the safe aerial evacuation of several hundred Europeans from the city ( a pioneering feat of aviation in sub-zero temperatures over high mountain ranges ) ; both he and his wife were commended for their ‘ courage and fortitude ’ in the House of Commons on 4 February .
9 The Child Poverty Action Group was allowed to challenge the Secretary of State for Social Services over delay in paying social security benefits .
10 They would pass into the hands of number of different owners over the years , but Charles Titford was to remain the occupier until his death in 1802 .
11 There has been a certain degree of controversy in recent years over the practice of self-investment by pension funds .
12 Your body may have become out of shape through general neglect over a period of years , yet you can transform it incredibly in a matter of days with my unique dieting methods and special exercises .
13 They are more interested in the search process than in the goal of the search , and record the rise and fall of activity in competing units over a number of processing cycles .
14 A Mr Shawcross , chairman of the examination board of the NUT , offered a similar contribution : he spoke of the " revolutionary change " in the teaching of English in elementary schools over the previous ten years , and he went on ( in the words of the bulletin report ) to give " his experience of Manchester children under the old system " :
15 Its success , Clohossey speculates , was due to the resurgence of interest in Eastern Europe over the last couple of years .
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