Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun pl] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Law consulted Lansdowne on all matters of importance , kept him informed of the progress of negotiations over Ulster , but found him difficult to convince of the merits of compromise . |
| 2 | Prima facie the rules against perpetuities applies to the grant of easements over things not in existence at the date of the lease . |
| 3 | First , under an approved share option scheme overseas participants are restricted to shares under option up to a maximum of £100 000 value ( UK resident participants are not restricted to £100 000 value and are eligible for the grant of options over shares up to an aggregate value of four times annual remuneration ) . |
| 4 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 5 | In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings . |
| 6 | It recommends a full evaluation study of the problem , and urges an end to the disagreement in the Council of Ministers over regulations governing finance for pollution research . |
| 7 | Nothing could be further from costume drama or the spreading of cloaks over puddles . |
| 8 | Jean de Grilly , seneschal of Gascony , told Edward I in 1282 that he was quite unable to predict the upshot of negotiations over Bigorre ‘ not least because of the changeability and inconsistency of the count ’ . |
| 9 | The adverse consequences of such loose rein appointment procedures were not lost on one White House aide who served both Nixon and Reagan During the transition the Reagan forces took a number of steps designed to deal with the sort of problems over appointments that Nixon had encountered . |
| 10 | As the war of words over November the seventh heats up , is changing the names of forty streets and metro stations back to their pre-revolutionary titles , just hours before the tanks rolled through Red Square for the traditional Revolution Day parade . |
| 11 | This argument starts from a different point on the balance of payments circle , with the excess of imports over exports . |
| 12 | For i = 1 , … , m , we will write for the excess of requirements over stocks held at site i of some commodity . |
| 13 | In the theoretical sections of this Lecture , we have described how taxation may affect the development of endowments over generations , taking account of the transmission of earning capacity and the inheritance of wealth . |
| 14 | The definition of Rights over shares ( see below ) includes irrevocable undertakings ; therefore , such agreements are caught by Rule 5 of the City Code and the SARs . |
| 15 | The principal focus of long-wave theories is historical , offering a framework for conceiving the movement of economies over time so that , if they help us understand the modern UK economy , they do so by locating the present in a pattern that covers the past and the future . |
| 16 | In the absence of controls over referrals by non-budget holding GPs , the provision that under such contracts ‘ payment would be on a case by case basis , without any prior commitment by either party to the volume of cases which might be so dealt with ’ , would appear very similar to a prospective payment system . |
| 17 | The claim that science starts with problems is perfectly compatible with the priority of theories over observation and observation statements . |
| 18 | Times were changing ; the popes had abolished the use of chrism in the imperial anointing , had denied the authority of kings over priests ; the time would shortly come when the popes themselves claimed to be vicars of Christ , and interpreted the phrase to mean that in the last analysis all earthly authority was mediated through them , not through kings . |
| 19 | We require to clarify any inherent pattern that might be present in the variation of imports over time . |
| 20 | Because its essential expression was money , which merely expresses the relationship of exchange , other forms of expression which demonstrated the domination of persons over persons had to supplement it . |
| 21 | The ending of the monopoly of solicitors over house sales conveyancing and of opticians over the sale of spectacles has already been noted . |
| 22 | This was partly to save money ( since an ambassador had to live in a style and with an expense which was not expected of lesser mortals ) and partly to minimise the risk of quarrels over precedence . |
| 23 | A new national organisation will be launched this weekend to campaign to protect small historic towns and villages and among the founder members is Kirsty Thomas , secretary of the Save Our City group , which has been at the forefront of battles over development schemes in Durham City . |
| 24 | This refers to the conditions which work to maintain the cohesion of classes over time , from one generation to the next . |
| 25 | Several factors have encouraged the fertility of women over age 30 . |
| 26 | The analysis of trends over time offers another indirect method of considering age and cohort related effects upon health . |
| 27 | Even amongst those organisms with well-coordinated nervous systems , a good case can be made for the dominance of beetles over mammals . |
| 28 | From 1888 he served on the new Cumberland county council , opposing the construction of roads over Lakeland passes , reducing mining pollution , and organizing the proper signposting of footpaths . |
| 29 | Contributions to the group 's defined benefit pension scheme are charged to the profit and loss account so as to spread the cost of pensions over employees ' working lives with the group . |
| 30 | Much of the bread and butter of anthropology , the description of elaborate group organization , rites of initiation , networks of marriage exchanges , the hierarchy of groups , and the ranking of men over women are all mechanisms for stressing the ‘ otherness ’ among people who daily interact , and , as such , they mark the boundaries within which , and outside of which , daily aggression and domination are played out . |