Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] [det] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | This provided for the election by all landowners over the age of twenty-five of representatives to local and provincial assemblies . |
| 2 | It should he pointed out , however , that high quality preparations of M1 human eggs in which reliable chiasma counts could be made , have never really been obtained despite numerous attempts on the part of many workers over a number of years . |
| 3 | Pete 's cooking was obviously the result of many hours over a hot Trangia . |
| 4 | This is a most useful provision that has come to the assistance of many tenants over the years . |
| 5 | Free speech and free political association were to be backed by an extension of the franchise to all adults over the age of 20 , a formal extension of the power of the elected legislature ( the Diet ) and guarantees of judicial independence from both the executive and the Diet . |
| 6 | That , however , is to ignore the efforts of several bishops over many years to secure some lasting settlement between a wilful king and his resentful subjects ; the lateness of their conversion to deposition — under duress or in despair — is rather to their credit than otherwise ; as for the fiercest episcopal opponents of the king , their experience gave them good grounds for believing that the church 's liberties would be better protected under another king . |
| 7 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the Labour party has been closely associated with the development of those dogmas over many years . |
| 8 | It is easiest to understand the modern methods for measuring electrical activity from the brain by looking at the development of these methods over the past hundred years or so . |
| 9 | The driver , with the predictability of all motorists over the last few weeks , commented on the petrol crisis , overcharged grossly , and drove off into the night . |
| 10 | While depending on assumptions being built in about priorities and free periods they relieve the manager of any responsibilities over the final decision . |
| 11 | Sometimes there are two compatible authorities whose powers overlap , as is the case with the authority of both parents over their children . |
| 12 | ‘ Can you read the names on those packets over there ? ’ |
| 13 | The results of these labours over a period of fifty years were many papers and five influential books , the last two of which were completed by his son . |
| 14 | At Bucharest the Turks had promised an amnesty for the Serbian rebels , but before the sultan 's authority could be established , the Turkish , Albanian and Bosnian Muslims who formed the occupying army pillaged and looted in a reign of terror which included the killing of all males over the age of fifteen in some areas , the enslavement of women and children , and the brutal torture of any Serbian leaders who fell into their hands . |
| 15 | The mill passed through the hands of many millers over the centuries , finally ceasing operations in the mid-1950s . |
| 16 | Table 6.1 shows the distribution of PNP Scale l/MPG roles revealed by the survey of all schools over the period 1986–9 . |
| 17 | Eventually they brought him to admit that he had either collected the girl from or returned the girl to the spot on several occasions over the last two months . |