Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | One cause of friction was the discontent of BIA officers over the failure to implement promises of independence made publicly by General Iida of the Japanese army when the BIA first entered Tavoy in the south . |
| 2 | The Johnston and McClelland model therefore predicts that the advantage of word targets over letter targets will be the same with a backward mask which is a word , as with as backward mask consisting of a random sequence of letters . |
| 3 | Shamir made his call in the light of Cabinet disagreements over a Police Ministry proposal to prevent all unmarried Palestinian men under the age of 30 from entering Israel . |
| 4 | However , the talks were reported to have centred on the issue of water rights over the Jordan and Yarmouk rivers . |
| 5 | The second aspect is the relative stability in the proportion of transport workers over the two decades , despite , as we know from Figure 3.1 , the job losses that have occurred in the transport service industries since the 1960s . |
| 6 | This type of generalization requires the comparison of maps showing the two spatial patterns of elevation of the terrain above sea-level and the distribution of pine trees over that same terrain . |
| 7 | Monitoring is necessary in order to limit the tendency of team members to ‘ shirk ’ , that is , to increase leisure and reduce effort ‘ on the job ’ ( they explain the existence of the firm by reference to the superiority of internal monitoring through observation of the behaviour of team members over monitoring of teams by market competition ) . |
| 8 | In the UK at present , the public sector is in substantial budget surplus , ( ie the excess of tax receipts over government spending ) . |
| 9 | Yellowfin became elusive after the El Nino current change affected the availability of food supplies over the last two decades . |
| 10 | I should tell you that er , the budget really represents er , an increase in the availability of police resources over the previous years . |
| 11 | The Human Development Report 1992 released by the UN Development Programme ( UNDP ) on April 23 showed that the doubling of income disparities over the last 30 years had enabled " the richest 20 per cent of the world 's people [ to become ] … at least 150 times more than the poorest 20 per cent " . |
| 12 | In a report to the schools subcommittee , director of education Keith Mitchell says more than £1m is available for the development of nursery units over the next two years . |
| 13 | In a report to the schools subcommittee , director of education Keith Mitchell said more than £1m was available for the development of nursery schools over the next two years . |
| 14 | And the tally of crown successes over its opponents far outnumbers its few failures ; Douglases , Crichtons , Livingstones , Erskines , Gordons , Hamiltons and many other members of aristocratic families who lost out to the crown over a huge range of disputes , from the heights of violent conflict to the crown 's ability to beat off rival claimants to lands , would have been astonished by the belief of later historians that they were more powerful than the monarchy . |
| 15 | They arise from a consciousness of the development of a stable ( but variable ) vernacular norm in London , knowledge that its norms differ from those of other varieties , and a belief in the superiority of London norms over those of other regions . |
| 16 | ( 1983 ) have argued that maps based on the European Air Chemistry Network may be misleading in several respects , such as in failing adequately to show the pattern of time variations over the years or the large degree of uncertainty attaching to individual contours , and assuming a geographical homogeneity which is not borne out by detailed calculations with data taken from adjacent sites . |
| 17 | While the reforms of 1988/89 do go some way towards creating a more effective regional policy in that the dispersion of funds has shifted towards the poorer regions , given the gulf between the rhetoric of the commitment to balanced development and the extent of subsequent policy action , it is difficult to escape the conclusion that the issue of space and the impact of EC policies over space are but a minimal consideration in the design of a greater vision . |
| 18 | In deciding whether an applicant passes the general fitness tests , the LA will take account of any convictions concerning the operation of goods vehicles over the previous five years . |
| 19 | The programme tests the stability of school effects over time , and considers to what extent they are related to measured differences in processes within schools or resource inputs to schools . |
| 20 | Experimental evidence for the consistency of bond enthalpies over a number of compounds is provided by the standard molar enthalpies of combustion of alkanes in their homologous series ( see section 17.1 ) . |
| 21 | The decree specified the precedence of government bodies over the parallel system of CPSU administrative bodies . |
| 22 | the resolution of family conflicts over channel choice , etc . |
| 23 | That said , any which are operating subsidiaries in the US might care to note that , for all the strictness of securities laws over there , a survey in 1990 found that more than 60 per cent of claims come from sources other than shareholders . |
| 24 | The monopoly of Osaka merchants over the rice market , and Osaka 's role as a supply source for the demands of Edo and elsewhere , brought substantial prosperity . |
| 25 | Given the halving of living standards over the past year , this was an even more remarkable result . |
| 26 | Given the close relationship between three month interbank rates and base rates , this provides a good guide to the money market 's expectation of the path of base rates over the next twelve months . |
| 27 | The time resolution is excellent - the growth of maize seedlings over a period of a few minutes can be detected . |
| 28 | THE vast majority of workers continue to receive pay rises above the inflation rate , despite a doubling in the number of pay freezes over the past year , according to a study published today , writes Keith Aitken . |
| 29 | This social creation of significant labels can be demonstrated by noting how the salience of labels changes over time . |
| 30 | But his group also faces the threat of liquidation proceedings over a A$150million disputed indemnity agreement . |