Example sentences of "the [noun] of [pron] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Just as it is now difficult to conceive of marketing without measurement , a PR agency seeking to change the perception of its clients … will begin by quantifying the scale of the problem … and the effect of its activities over time . ’ |
| 2 | Alright , well then er , with that expression , of what I hope to be confidence , , in erm , the management of our affairs over this last year , erm , let me put the resolution at , as on the paper before you , I wo n't read it again . |
| 3 | In answer to the question ‘ How about the attitude of your employers over the years ? |
| 4 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 5 | " I do n't want you to do anything that might attract the least sort of suspicion to yourself , but could you , in the normal course of your work , make out a list of the voyages of your ships over the past year — just name of ship and masters , ports of call , and dates ? " |
| 6 | In this illustration the personal sector channelled its surplus of £500 million to the financial sector ( banks , insurance companies , building societies , etc. ) and the remaining funds originated from the foreign sector which lent its £1,000 million surplus derived from the excess of its exports over imports . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . |
| 8 | It was n't just the sustained rumbling growls rising to a frenzy as two dogs threatened each other then lunged together in a bitter embrace , each asserting its place in the hierarchy , the priority of its rights over the red bitch . |
| 9 | Geoffrey Martel and Raymond of St Gilles both had some — though temporary — success in asserting the superiority of their courts over all others within their principalities . |
| 10 | It was a measure of Cecilia 's character that , unlike most people , she experienced no schadenfreude about this , felt no secret pleasure in the superiority of her circumstances over her friend 's , but sincerely regretted Daphne 's inferior home and reduced income . |
| 11 | Many grown-up people feel obliged by such considerations to continue to acknowledge the authority of their parents over them . |
| 12 | I have reason to support the authority of my neighbours over their children , etc . |
| 13 | His chest was sleekly well muscled , with few dark hairs to ruffle its warm , silky perfection , and she enjoyed running the palms of her hands over it , teasing his own nipples into hardness . |
| 14 | They must be able to show measurable improvements in the quality of their services over the past two years , and customer satisfaction , and they must have in hand or plan to introduce at least one innovative enhancement to their services which entails no additional cost to the taxpayer or consumer . |
| 15 | ‘ Various people have given me the names of its chauffeurs over the years — , and , but I would be glad of any further information anyone may have of this wonderful carriage ’ he said . |
| 16 | Thrown into utter confusion by his volte-face , and the brush of his lips over her knuckles , she found herself agreeing , ‘ Very well . ’ |
| 17 | These forms of disability representation naturalise the exclusion of disabled people from societies which are organised on an ability to gain employment and these representations are the target of non-disabled people for the ridding of their fears over their own ‘ able-bodied ’ decline , mortality or loss of power . |
| 18 | How much additional pension you get depends on the amount of your earnings over and above the lower earnings limit for each complete tax year since April 1978 . |
| 19 | After a while the worst of her panic subsided , her sniffles died away , and she gulped and rubbed the tips of her fingers over her wet cheeks . |
| 20 | I run the tips of my fingers over this beard at difficult moments and am reassured by its fibrous smoothness as much as my son used to be , when he was a little younger , by the feel of his old piece of blanket . |