Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The estimated cost of its building maintenance over the coming decade is £10 million . |
| 2 | ICI says that three out of 10 of its graduate intake over the past three years ( a total of about 300 ) have been female . |
| 3 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 4 | His lips parted a little , and she rubbed the pad of her index finger over the edge of his bottom teeth . |
| 5 | Mrs Bridget Prentice 's victory followed that of her husband Gordon over the Tories in Pendle . |
| 6 | He hung to the rail and let the top part of his body curl over the banister and his dangling head could catch the full undistracted view of the dark , clear mass , seething below . |
| 7 | Monitoring the telephone conversations of the Kremlin hierarchy had become one of his pet projects over the last few years . |
| 8 | One of the major features of the growth of our education system over the last thirty-five years has been the enormous increase in provision of higher education . |
| 9 | The H pylori antibody positivity rate of 39% of young adults in 1969 is somewhat higher than that reported by other surveys and the consistency of our antibody results over the 21 year period that the testing is valid . |
| 10 | ‘ This is the model our analysts have come up with for the development of our leisure interests over the next few years . |