Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 12 three former Matrix Churchill executives had come to trial charged with breaching export regulations over a period of more than two years prior to Iraq 's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 , in particular by falsely describing the equipment as for civilian use . |
| 2 | The prize is intended to support research projects over a period of several years . |
| 3 | We stop to cover our faces with our balaclavas , haul in the drawstrings on our anoraks and clamp snow goggles over our eyes . |
| 4 | I had to write string quartets and little symphonies and I had to write jazz melodies over chords and , eventually , I had to write down my own music . |
| 5 | Shute will probably start the game tomorrow night , as he has work doubts over defender Dave Bowman and striker Mark Shield , while another midfielder , Micky George will have a fitness test . |
| 6 | Teesside Development Corporation , which has planning powers over the site , said it had considered doing something with the site but had been deterred from making a bid because of site access problems . |
| 7 | In June among the initial measures of Cresson 's government were bills providing for ( i ) hospital reform ( designed to tighten government regulations over private components of the national health system , approved by the National Assembly on its first reading on April 29 , by the Senate on June 7 and finally by the National Assembly on June 19 and prompting protests by 60,000-100,000 people on June 11 ) ; ( ii ) tougher penalties for desecrating graves ( approved on June 14 following the desecration of Jewish graves in Carpentras in May 1990 — see p. 37468 ; for earlier legislation against racism see p. 37683 ) ; and ( iii ) restrictions on telephone tapping ( the latter receiving the approval of the National Assembly on June 13 and of the Senate on June 25 ) . |
| 8 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 80486 — is n't quite there yet . |
| 9 | It all sounds as if the compiler technology — an essential element of the Pentium 's claimed performance benefits over the 486 — is n't quite there yet . |
| 10 | Can you buy marrowfat peas over here ? |
| 11 | Oh yeah I , I I , I really think that you can just go and buy driving licences over the counter just like that . |
| 12 | To reach Ariel and her mother , he had to cross the stream ; he did so , night after night , using stepping stones over unearthly flashes of phosphorescence in the water , and stepping up on to the further bank , still unwilling , still keeping his mind on Rebecca and the love he had sworn to her , until once more he found himself at the entrance of Ariel 's cabin , once more gave orders to the guard to leave him , and entered to speak to her , disturbing her rest , though she had come to expect his call ; then after their unsatisfactory exchanges , he would lift the fronds at the entrance and leave again , only to succumb once more , and toss himself off in rage and helplessness , before he skulked back to Belmont . |
| 13 | Increased personal mobility , principally through growth in private car ownership , has dramatically altered shopping patterns over recent years . |
| 14 | Differential inflation rates and current account disequilibria probably influence exchange rates over the medium-term , i.e. two-five years . |
| 15 | After a period supporting Coastal Command based at Predannock , Cornwall , in 1943 Braham was switched to the experimental task of escorting bomber streams over Europe . |
| 16 | During the early part of that day , orders were given to the army to arrest strike organisers over much of Ulster . |
| 17 | 3. he statutory obligations to consult trade unions over redundancies contained in employment protection law ( see IDS , 1982 ) remain in force , but they are reduced to a formality . |
| 18 | Clarke warns trade unions over pay fight |
| 19 | The Isle of Man Tourist Board is offering microlight gliding days round the island ; Lake Vrnwy Hotel in Mid-Wales is promoting helicopter safaris over magnificent scenery ; and clients can abseil down the walls of the Lake District 's Armathwaite Hall . |
| 20 | Queen Victoria appointed him Inspector of Fisheries , and he took his job seriously , persuading millers to install salmon ladders over their weirs . |
| 21 | Install porch lights over front and back doors . |
| 22 | In 1236 , following a long legal battle , he secured visitation rights over the monks of Coventry . |
| 23 | One solution is to allocate property rights over the resources , so that the cost of the individual 's use of them falls only on the individual . |
| 24 | The early experience of the polytechnics and colleges has not been encouraging , with complaints from the Directors of Polytechnics that fierce competition was leading to the under-funding of courses and falling standards ; they also claimed that the Polytechnic and Colleges Funding Council was favouring diploma courses over degree work . |
| 25 | Brooke urged to tackle TV chiefs over RUC broadcast |
| 26 | Not only were these the first privately owned diesels to regularly haul freight trains over BR main lines , but they were also remarkable in having originated at La Grange , Illinois . |
| 27 | Farmers are short of cash , and are likely to step up sales early in the season , lifting exports from the two countries to near record levels over the next six months . |
| 28 | Gretchen was up a ladder now , sticking Bethlehem stars over the bulletholes on the ceiling . |
| 29 | Two seven-year-old American boys face rape charges over an attack on a six-year-old classmate in a school in Indianapolis , Indiana . |
| 30 | BEAUTIFUL Mona Bauwens last night spoke of her ‘ disappointment ’ at her failure to win libel damages over the newspaper story about her Spanish holiday with David Mellor and his family . |