Example sentences of "to [adj] [noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when she was finally outside , in the morning sunshine , she had to fight the urge to turn round and rush straight back to that flat over the stables — back to Julius . |
| 2 | ‘ After all that we 've been to each other over the years , Dane , darling … ’ |
| 3 | So instead of ringing each other up on the telephone we spoke to each other over the C.B. as you do n't have to pay each time you speak as when you speak on a C.B. your words travel with Radio waves and when you speak on a telephone your words travel down wires . |
| 4 | And while they were up there in the wide , blue yonder , they jabbered non-stop to each other over the radio . |
| 5 | Other girls at Group included ‘ Jolly Molly ’ — plump and good-natured ; Harriet , who was trying to improve her mind and always listened to the afternoon plays on BBC radio ( relayed to each hut over the Tannoy system ) ; Veronique , who was stage-mad and had a friend in the current London production of Lady Windermere 's Fan , and dough-faced Olive ( more about her a bit further on ) . |
| 6 | Between November 1981 and November 1983 , encouragement was given to unemployed men over the age of 60 to withdraw from the labour force by offering to pay them the long-term rate of supplementary benefit if they agreed not to register as unemployed . |
| 7 | I can not resist the feeling that the Government 's extraordinary surrender yesterday to German bullying over the recognition of Croatia had something to do with the need to appease German public opinion , which is turning nasty on the whole process — or perhaps it was just sucking up to the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. |
| 8 | The total amount of Government grant that has been made available to British Coal over the past five financial years is £8.5 billion . |
| 9 | Helen had gone to some lengths over the picnic ; the recipe book included a relevant section , she discovered . |
| 10 | Moneylenders were registered ; subject to some conditions over the way they did business ; they were able to advertise in only a very restricted way ( for example , they were not allowed to mention interest rates or repayment schedules ) ; and courts could re-open their loans , setting new terms , if they charged excessive interest and the original terms were ‘ harsh and unconscionable ’ . |
| 11 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , the platform sediments prograded to some extent over the top of already deposited slope carbonates and , consequently , a lower unit of slope and upper unit of platform sediments is commonly encountered in the Z3 Carbonate ( Fig. 28 ) . |
| 12 | Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems . |
| 13 | An inveterate reader of newspapers , his understanding of what constitutes ‘ a good story ’ had been put to some use over the years in the cause of promoting his own artists , not least the Sex Pistols . |
| 14 | Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door . |
| 15 | The first part of this investigation will assess the statistical evidence relating to this market over the period 1960-1989 concentrating on the aggregate relationship between teacher 's relative earnings , teacher supply and the demand for teachers . |
| 16 | The death of William , Duke of Gloucester ( 1689–1700 ) , the last surviving child of Queen Anne , led to fresh concern over the succession in Britain . |
| 17 | A pilot-induced phugoid — shoving the stick to 10 kts over the cruise speed and seeing how long it takes to stabilise in pitch — resulted in one swoop and a small dive before VS returned to level flight . |
| 18 | The victory stretched their Group III lead to three points over the Republic of Ireland . |
| 19 | Similar to Bills of Exchange , it is possible to either roll over the debt by replacing a Note with another of longer tenor , or by asking for the payee 's consent to the extension of the maturity date . |
| 20 | The shallows lashed themselves to white foam over the limestone boulders of the valley floor . |
| 21 | It could be due to natural selection over the generations ; or it could be learnt . |
| 22 | They claimed the Goths who had settled along the Vistula and in the Ukraine as the founders of the Polish state , saying that rule and order had been brought to these lands over the heads of the drunken , idolatrous and stupid Polish peasantry . |
| 23 | We have gone to great effort over the years to make the festival truly regional . |
| 24 | First , dispersal of shareholdings has led to effective control over the company being ceded to management . |
| 25 | If there is a good general historical museum within the region , offering wide ranging collections , then this is a resource that pupils should return to many times over the years , to pursue different enquiries . |
| 26 | Free speech and free political association were to be backed by an extension of the franchise to all adults over the age of 20 , a formal extension of the power of the elected legislature ( the Diet ) and guarantees of judicial independence from both the executive and the Diet . |
| 27 | The NILP pledged an extension of the city boundary and the extension of the local government franchise to all citizens over the age of twenty-one , the abolition of the company vote , the realignment of electoral boundaries and the allocation of houses ‘ solely on the basis of need ’ . |
| 28 | Charles made his subjects swear a new form of allegiance to him as emperor , the vow being administered to all people over the age of twelve : |
| 29 | The competition is open to all readers over the age of 18 in Great Britain , Northern Ireland , Jersey , Guernsey and the Isle of Man , but not Eire . |
| 30 | Attention should also be given to Anglo-American discussions over the importance of the Near and Middle East in the context of a Soviet threat which was believed to extend from Western Europe to Asia Minor . |