Example sentences of "an [adj] [noun] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held an old piece of cloth over them both to keep the rain off . |
| 2 | By using the dichotomy between ‘ public ’ and ‘ private ’ , the Wolfenden Committee was able to propose an extended series of controls over prostitutes , particularly over those who were highly visible , although the law — the Street Offences Act 1959 — in practice has also been extended to other less visible sectors of prostitution . |
| 3 | Again these are fully supplemented by maps , photographs and charts and make an interesting source of reference over a large variety of subject matter . |
| 4 | For any type of policy to be successful both of these conditions need to be satisfied or else the policy instruments under consideration will fail to give an adequate degree of control over macroeconomic objectives . |
| 5 | To ensure that the Bank can maintain an acceptable degree of influence over short-term rates , the monetary control regulations introduced in 1981 required that banks maintain with the discount market funds equal to a daily minimum of 4 per cent and a monthly average of 6 per cent of their ‘ eligible ’ liabilities . |
| 6 | Following an enforced climb-down by Palmerston over a scheme by Hall for military bands in the Royal Parks on Sundays , the cordiality between the two men seems to have evaporated , and on 13th October , 1856 , Palmerston sent Hall a blunt admonition over the Government Offices . |
| 7 | The software configuration must therefore include an additional level of operation over the current systems . |
| 8 | Notice that this test is equivalent to testing whether the anticipated component of monetary growth has an additional effect on unemployment over and above the effect of the . |
| 9 | Black Orcs are the most reliable because they are not affected by animosity and they have an extra point of leadership over both Big'uns and ordinary Orcs . |
| 10 | Despite being confined to her bed in the hospital in New York , Liz had been an absolute tower of strength over Laura 's sudden departure from London . |
| 11 | Economic growth , at an annual average of 4% over the past five years , is not bad in the circumstances , though not as spectacular as the South-East Asian growth rates that Sri Lanka aspires to emulate . |
| 12 | I have often felt an uncomfortable sense of voyeurism over Oprah Winfrey 's machine-tooled confessionals . |
| 13 | On the question of representation , an unwelcome flurry of dissent over the proposed reduction in LEA representation came from Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire . |
| 14 | A few years earlier a friend and fellow member of Brooks 's , Cyril Salmon , a former Lord Justice of Appeal , had put my name down for election to the Seniors Golfing Society , an English-based club for golfers over the age of fifty-five who met from time to time at a variety of attractive courses . |
| 15 | Sure enough , due to prospects this year of a vintage declaration and an estimated shortfall of supply over demand ( although the latest estimated harvest figure has gone up from 250 to 274 million bottles ) , the price per kilo of grapes was fixed at 26.77 French francs , a 13.78 per cent increase over last year . |
| 16 | And it has suffered an extraordinary series of mishaps over the past decade . |
| 17 | the extent to which subordinates need to be controlled and supervised , and in particular the strength of the ‘ central faith ’ or culture of the organisation , which provides an alternative means of control over employees . |
| 18 | An important element in concern over environmental degradation in Africa is the effects of population growth , and in particular , high fertility . |
| 19 | The financial year ending 31 July 1956 showed an alarming excess of expenditure over income in the general account of £2,238 . |
| 20 | Manchester United 's Gary Pallister is teamed with Tony Adams in the centre of defence as mistake-plagued Walker pays the penalty for an alarming dip in form over the past year . |
| 21 | The federal government had proposed that enactment of its September 1991 constitutional reform proposals [ see p. 38429 ] should depend on approval by seven provinces representing at least 50 per cent of Canada 's population , and the NDP could thus have an unexpected degree of influence over their fate . |
| 22 | There have been an enormous series of changes over the last ten or fifteen years , and maybe some school teachers would be glad if it slowed down a little bit to make their life a little easier , I do n't know . |
| 23 | VANDALS who broke into an Orange hall outside Armagh over the weekend damaged a large drum , smashed three windows and ransacked the interior . |
| 24 | At least her show of independence may have avoided an intolerable sense of strain over lunch , in Sandringham 's pale green dining room . |
| 25 | The division between incomers and Shetlanders in Dunrossness seems to have been an immediate product of conflicts over land and housing , a consequence of some residential patterns in the area , an outcome of changes in the accepted rules in the ‘ status game ’ and , perhaps , an inevitable result of policy predictions . |
| 26 | Equally , the relative expansion of the non-industrial sector was uneven , with a net decline in transport and communications , with growth in the distributive trades tapering off from 1960 , and with both ‘ Insurance , banking and finance ’ and ‘ Professional and scientific services ’ showing an accelerating growth of employment over the period . |
| 27 | Some people may even prefer the option of suicide or euthanasia , as such changes simply represent an unacceptable degree of compromise over how they wish to live . |
| 28 | More interesting , in the context of this chapter , is the fact that these developments and the confusion in Marx 's own writings have generated an internal debate amongst Marxists over what he really meant and how his initial insights ought to be understood in modern times . |
| 29 | For even better bedding , prepare the site , then lay an even bed of mortar over an area which can be paved in about half an hour . |
| 30 | But there was still an underlying divergence of opinion over one major issue . |