Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | An immediate Exchequer grant was provided to tide the hospitals over the emergency . |
| 2 | The first loan was often sought to escape a pauper funeral , to keep the children off the school meals list , to pay for boots , or to tide the family over the illness of the breadwinner . |
| 3 | At an academic and policy level the debate over the pros and cons of insider dealing has run its course ; those in favour of regulation have won . |
| 4 | At one extreme of the southern oscillation the pressure over Australia is low and that over the Pacific is high ; at the other extreme , as in 1982 , the situation is reversed . |
| 5 | He told ITV 's Walden programme the clash over proposals to give the colony greater democracy were ‘ quite interesting ’ . |
| 6 | But Bugatti was an innovator and it was his work at suspension development that gave his cars the edge over his rivals . |
| 7 | He still owed Bert a fish over the bike deal . |
| 8 | It will be cut by another 10% every quarter over the coming year ’ . |
| 9 | He had acquired in effect a veto over all grants or sales of land to the church , but it was against his political and financial interests to enforce this ban . |
| 10 | At least you wo n't have to cram a printer in your briefcase as well as lug a portable over your shoulder . |
| 11 | The sun is a chalky milk white , the light a film over pink and yellow and pale creamy stone . |
| 12 | According to estimates prepared in advance of the Assembly [ see also p. 38891 ] , the global average for life expectancy was expected to rise by four months a year over the next five years . |
| 13 | And the eventual cause of the impasse a row over French intransigence on its oilseed production is only the tip of a terrifying iceberg of disputes which centre on such other products as steel , coal and even financial services . |
| 14 | Does holding a handkerchief over the mouthpiece really disguise your voice ? ’ |
| 15 | In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV . |
| 16 | Had the investor paid £10 a month over the past five years into the best performing fund ethical/green fund — Framlington Health — the investment would now be worth £1,312.88 . |
| 17 | It is the Deutsche Bank which confidently asserts that the industry will grow by 4% a year over this decade and its conclusions are encouraging , seen from a European standpoint . |
| 18 | Inevitably there is considerable friction between the two agencies but in the past defence needs in Russia had sufficient priority to give the GRU a lead over the KGB . |
| 19 | Had the national insurance pensions been increased by an additional £5 a week over and above the inflation rate , and supplementary benefit uprated by the rate of inflation only , then virtually all of the 1.4 million claimants would no longer be entitled to supplementary benefit . |
| 20 | As part of its expansion , Barratt will open two new subsidiaries a year over the three years of the growth plan , starting in July with one for south London , to be followed by one for the northern part of the capital later . |
| 21 | In July , Lord Mackay published a white paper which abandoned the proposal of a single accreditation for advocates , gave the judges a veto over the rules for accreditation of solicitors , and did not continue to propose multi-disciplinary partnerships . |
| 22 | The bill gives four senior judges and the Lord Chancellor a veto over rules for solicitor advocates . |
| 23 | The Constitution allowed the Governor-General no discretion over this , but Eri announced that he was reinstating Diro in his ministerial and parliamentary posts , claiming that to dismiss him would provoke immense social and political upheaval . |
| 24 | In any event , it was clear , when the Education ( Corporal Punishment ) Bill 1985 was being considered by Parliament following the ruling in Campbell and Cosans , that to give parents a choice over whether or not their children should receive corporal punishment was justifiable in principle but practically unworkable . |
| 25 | They did , however , give England an advantage over Flanders , where windmills were more common than water-mills . |
| 26 | Embarrassed , Izzie busied herself with the bedmaking , putting up her hand repeatedly to keep in place the headscarf over her shaved head . |
| 27 | In most places the track over these ridges was impassable for loaded camels until we had widened and levelled it . |
| 28 | At this point the debate over the civil rights bill merged into a wider national debate concerning the legitimacy of reverse discrimination . |
| 29 | Club Europe Drive is fast and flexible , ensuring you arrive refreshed and relaxed , ready to give your business the edge over your competition . |
| 30 | ‘ Typically , when lending money to a company , a bank will take as security a charge over all or most of the assets of the company , present and future , the charge being a fixed charge on land and certain other assets , and a floating charge over the remaining assets . |