Example sentences of "[noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote . |
| 2 | Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot ! |
| 3 | just lay the trace over the top of the pin it does n't come out . |
| 4 | Sloth has been graded Hard Severe , VS and HVS over the years . |
| 5 | Changes in roles over the year and changes in emphasis in areas of responsibility are outlined at the meeting . |
| 6 | the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant . |
| 7 | This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption . |
| 8 | Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown . |
| 9 | 3 Stir in the vanilla essence , then strain the custard over the raspberries and almonds and leave to cool . |
| 10 | From somewhere out of the back ranks of the fighters , Samson rose up , towering head and shoulders over the rest of the mob . |
| 11 | She seemed to be straining her head and shoulders over the counter , and he repeated , slowly and emphatically , ‘ The proverbial washbasket ; you know . ’ |
| 12 | She looked up and saw Felipe lying at the top , head and shoulders over the drop , and Mitch joined him as she was still looking dazedly upwards . |
| 13 | Table 6.1 shows the distribution of PNP Scale l/MPG roles revealed by the survey of all schools over the period 1986–9 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 16 | This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham . |
| 17 | The jewel in the crown , however , is the arched aqueduct over the River Calder . |
| 18 | On Oct. 3 the EC Commission announced , in response to US demands for radical cuts in subsidies paid out to farmers , that it had proposed a 30 per cent cut in its farm-support programme over the period 1986 to 1996 . |
| 19 | In spite of a long-established programme , with the best technical expertise in the world , the programme over the years has achieved a very mixed success . |
| 20 | Commented development director Ian Coull : ‘ The clerks of works have provided a very valuable role to the JS development programme over the years , and within the team there was a number of very long serving JS staff , whose knowledge and wise counsel will be hard to replace . ’ |
| 21 | Toby continued : ‘ As for this Harley business , we now know that there has been a closer relationship between Martinez and Jefferson over the years than the normal one of agent and manufacturer . |
| 22 | When east-west tension was at its height , RAF pilots were called on daily to intercept the Bear over the North Sea . |
| 23 | You 've dragged me along to all your trade shows and staff socials over the years . |
| 24 | She felt his warm stickiness on her tongue , and rolled it around her mouth before placing her lips over the tip of his dying penis to suck up the last few drops . |
| 25 | Showing no more emotion over the death of the man than that of the beast , she turned her attention once more to tickling Edward 's toes . |
| 26 | The KGB had penetrated all these organizations over the years , but the purpose and the location of this summit was kept secret . |
| 27 | They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’ |
| 28 | Her mother had once remarked that it was her opinion that Harry had actually caused Nathan 's idiocy in a fit of temper soon after he was born , and through whispered gossip over the years she had guessed that Tristram had become the focus of conflict between his parents and that he had found it increasingly necessary to defend both Nathan and his mother against his father 's violent outbursts of temper . |
| 29 | Wynne-Jones constructed a fire and pushed cut fragments of the wild pig over the flames . |
| 30 | The one change in the overseas holdings was the reluctant sale of Berlitz given the uncertainties that followed the Maxwell collapse : these included doubts over the ownership of the Maxwell holdings . |