Example sentences of "an [noun] [prep] [noun] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 2 | The experiment has resulted from the steady progression towards each other of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and the azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyana , culminating in an overlap in ranges over the past 20 years . |
| 3 | However , when demand is slack and there is an excess of supply over the demand for units , the bid price may equal the cancellation price . |
| 4 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
| 5 | Bill Clinton 's defeat of George Bush in the US presidential elections cast an air of uncertainty over the talks . |
| 6 | Charles led an army of Neustrians over the western Pyrenees , while a further force levied from Austrasia , Lombardy and Burgundy , crossed the eastern Pyrenees . |
| 7 | Where the landlord is able to choose how to divide ownership and responsibility for a party structure it is suggested that the structure be divided between adjoining owners and that each owner have an easement of support over the other 's half . |
| 8 | The hourly rate for doctors called on occasionally was set at £93 , an increase of 12% over the old fee . |
| 9 | As an alternative to the cash dividend the Board is proposing that an enhanced scrip dividend is offered to shareholders whereby they may elect to receive new ordinary shares with a value of 10.65 pence per share , an increase of 50% over the proposed final cash dividend . |
| 10 | The Wallace Collection attracted a record 198,225 visitors in 1992 , an increase of 41% over the previous year |
| 11 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 12 | ‘ One trader has already indicated he has had an increase in takings over the last week . |
| 13 | Commentary : The common size statements merely confirm what we have already suggested above from our initial analysis , i.e. the gross profit has declined with a marked decline in 1988 and this has been accompanied by an increase in interest over the last years . |
| 14 | While experience may show that certain tasks were not as good discriminators as others there is likely to be an abundance of evidence over the three-year period for teachers to use . |
| 15 | It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle . |
| 16 | He proposed that barrackers should be thrown out of the ground if they did not respond to an appeal for fairness over the loudspeaker . |
| 17 | Great British Airline Classics Vol Two ( PenTan Video/British Airways Archive Collection , 51 mins , colour/b&w £14.95 ) is a must for those with an interest in airliners over the years . |
| 18 | But as he tapped it , expertly , for he had suffered an onslaught of boils over a suppurating , pus-stinking twelvemonth , he knew that the hardness meat it was not quite ripe . |