Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] 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 | A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period . |
| 3 | These two questions represent the focus of a considerable amount of research by developmental psychologists over the last 30 years . |
| 4 | Their exchange illustrated a major bone of contention in early debates over sex teaching : |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In 1859 he went to the brink of war with American troops over San Juan Island , despite his council 's urging restraint . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The Child Poverty Action Group was allowed to challenge the Secretary of State for Social Services over delay in paying social security benefits . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | There has been a certain degree of controversy in recent years over the practice of self-investment by pension funds . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 " : |