Example sentences of "the [noun pl] of [adj] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The research project will investigate these evolving patterns in a life course context to describe the experiences of different groups over time , and to attempt to explain the factors which have been responsible for these changes . |
| 2 | Bracknell , UK-based Recital ( which has a US subsidiary in Boston ) , which started off back in 1988 with the aim of helping dBase , FoxBase and Clipper users to migrate to Unix and VAX/VMS platforms , welcomes Xbase , as it removes the possibilities of legal threats over dBase . |
| 3 | It was important for this connection that the model of biological evolution used should be one that saw change as the cumulative product of the actions of individual organisms over many generations . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Tory governments that have said they are the champions of the individual , but have eroded the rights of individual workers over the last fourteen years . |
| 6 | In the longer term we would support a review of the B1 Business Use Class to extend the powers of local authorities over this form of development . |
| 7 | The four quarterly effects ( which we are assuming to be invariant during the time span of the data ) can now be estimated from the averages of corresponding quarters over these seven years . |
| 8 | Similarly , the objectives of judicial controls over the terms of contracts in the name of fairness and reasonableness have received illuminating philosophical examination . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | US military analysts noted that although the Soviet Union still maintained a considerable military presence at Cam Ranh Bay , with up to 20 warships and support vessels based there , the ultimate significance of its proposed reduction would depend on the results of forthcoming negotiations over US bases in the Philippines [ see p. 36428 ] . |
| 11 | The mill passed through the hands of many millers over the centuries , finally ceasing operations in the mid-1950s . |