Example sentences of "in [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forest Goblins wear warpaint in broad bands of colour over their bodies . |
| 2 | It shows the decline in economic activity by men over school leaving age from 88% in 1951 to 77% in 1981 . |
| 3 | More than 130 people , mostly Egyptian militants and police , have died in political violence in Egypt over the last 14 months . |
| 4 | In our clinic we have managed 262 pregnancies in 203 women with diabetes over the past five years , 143 of whom had non-insulin dependent diabetes . |
| 5 | To understand the significance of these most recent changes , it is first necessary to review the main trends in social mobility in Britain over the past fifty years , before considering those developments that have become more marked since the mid-1970s . |
| 6 | He also became embroiled in another conflict with Britain over Syria and Lebanon . |
| 7 | The producer must provide a description , checking that it is accurate ( no identifiable solvent residues ) , prepare a transfer note , ensure that the skip is secure , check that the waste transfer site is appropriately licensed to accept all the wastes in the skip , transfer the waste to the site suitably contained ( in this case by sheeting over the skip ) — and finally retain the transfer document for two years . |
| 8 | She delights particularly in this dominance of architecture over furnishing , ‘ a piece of space enclosed simply for the sake of beautiful outline ’ , so that the small dining-table appears as ‘ an odd and insignificant accident ’ . |
| 9 | Although there has probably been a long-term decline in serious violence in Europe over the past several centuries , the relationship of this trend to patterns of theft and other property crime , or to broad forces of social change , remains obscure . |
| 10 | Machismo is an exaggerated cult of virility which expresses itself in male assertions of superiority over females , and competition between men . |
| 11 | Some 10,000 demonstrators , including members of Taiwan 's fledgling opposition parties , attacked government targets in central Taipei in protest over Hau 's appointment , which they characterized as a step backwards from the recent trend of democratization towards a remilitarization of the political process . |
| 12 | NHS dentists ’ incomes have dropped in real terms by 40pc over the past ten years and the most recent savage cuts proposed , leave many practitioners worried about possible bankruptcy . ’ |
| 13 | Have you put in additional hours at work over the last few days ? |
| 14 | It lives in large groups alongside rivers over much of South America . |
| 15 | This argument was to be repeated in succeeding years during discussions over reform of the international monetary system , in which the United States consistently held that balance of payments targets should be defined in terms of current and capital account combined . |
| 16 | They were then smuggled out of the building in a police decoy operation , being driven away in unmarked cars with blankets over their heads . |
| 17 | Since I mention native speakers ' feelings in this connection , and since I am elsewhere rather sceptical about appeals to native speakers ' feelings , I had better explain that in this case my evidence comes from the native speakers of English I have taught in practical classes on transcription over many years . |
| 18 | In the same pan , dissolve the sugar in one tablespoon of water over a low heat , then cook until just beginning to turn golden . |
| 19 | A tastefully extended and refurbished Victorian building set in own grounds with views over open countryside and yet within easy driving distance of Birmingham and the NEC . |
| 20 | With advance in other areas of chemistry over the years , the zeolite based exchange material was able to be replaced by manufactured , synthetic ion exchange resin beads , with a highter capacity for ion exchange , coupled with physical and chemical stability . |