Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
| 2 | The official peace negotiations in Rome had been blocked by a succession of differences over a wide range of political and constitutional issues . |
| 3 | They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory . |
| 4 | Their performance against Rangers was inexplicable and one can not believe that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders , which lasted eight hours on the day before the match , with bickerings between cabals of directors over the club 's future , had no effect on the players . |
| 5 | Study in Midlothian had shown a 33% loss , East Lothian a 23% loss and Bedfordshire in England had shown a remarkable 82% loss of ponds over the last century . |
| 6 | A new political force emerged in late 1990 as a result of disagreements over policy and coalition alliances in Sicily . |
| 7 | It was generally accepted , however , that the organization was in some disarray as a result of splits over revolutionary doctrine and personal leadership . |
| 8 | Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] . |
| 9 | Other accusations were the result of disputes over the ownership of animals . |
| 10 | In addition most clubs organise a full programme of races over the season which , once you 've mastered the basics of sailing , can improve your skills very quickly by matching them up with other boats in the fleet . |
| 11 | Configured like the reticulated rib-cage of some enormous alien creature , long dead and looming over them , the vault appeared not to have been carved but rather rubbed into shape painstakingly , no doubt by the labour of slaves over many decades , millennia earlier . |
| 12 | Extrahepatic disorders unrelated to cirrhosis in portal hypertension occur with greater frequency in the elderly : in our experience more than 10% of patients over the age of 65 years with variceal haemorrhage have glucose intolerance requiring treatment with either insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents . |
| 13 | A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect . |
| 14 | The proliferation of disputes over scarce water resources , particularly between states bordering the Nile , Euphrates and Jordan rivers , attests to the impact of resource depletion , as does the relationship between deforestation and desertification . |
| 15 | Sir Bryan told the insurance industry yesterday that commissions should be related to the long-term maintenance of policies over their full lifetime , rather than paid out as a lump sum immediately a policy was sold . |
| 16 | This change of outlook was the result of a fusing of perceptions over some years about the character and behaviour of the West Indians as partners in the project of amelioration and gradual emancipation . |
| 17 | Its basis is systematic monitoring of the full complement of courses over this period , and its direct evaluation of some twenty-five of them . |
| 18 | Its organization was similar in that it was controlled by persons of relatively high social status , that ransoming was a major source of profit , and that the transporting of animals over long distances was usual when a payment was not forthcoming . |
| 19 | In oral as well as in literate culture , it would appear that there are techniques whereby the directness and immediacy of everyday experience are contrasted with the holding of traditions over time , and with the ‘ fixing ’ and ratifying of definitions and meanings . |
| 20 | Disappointingly there was little evidence of any change in the condition of attenders over the course of two years from the interviewing of the original sample . |
| 21 | Prima facie the rules against perpetuities applies to the grant of easements over things not in existence at the date of the lease . |
| 22 | Notices may be entered on the Register of Title to protect a wide variety of interests — for example , an estate contract , a grant of easements over registered land , a lease or agreement for a lease which is not an overriding interest , and many other matters that it is desired shall come to the notice of all persons dealing with the land . |
| 23 | First , under an approved share option scheme overseas participants are restricted to shares under option up to a maximum of £100 000 value ( UK resident participants are not restricted to £100 000 value and are eligible for the grant of options over shares up to an aggregate value of four times annual remuneration ) . |
| 24 | The plants here have a dense but high canopy of leaves over them during the summer ; so , apart from the odd shaft of sunlight , the conditions are overcast but not dark . |
| 25 | The US Exxon Corporation on March 13 agreed to pay a record sum in settlement of claims over the Exxon Valdez oil spillage off the coast of Alaska in March 1989 [ see pp. 36541 ; 36606 ] . |
| 26 | TV payment is a vital part of negotiations over boxers ' fees . |
| 27 | Another major advantage of bananas over other sweet foods is that they come in their own hermetically sealed biodegradable packaging — the ideal food for when you are on the move . |
| 28 | The reasons why cereal based ORS have been so successful has not been examined but a number of possible mechanisms have been proposed including increased substrate availability without increased osmolality , kinetic advantage of oligosaccharides over glucose monomers , and low osmolality . |
| 29 | If the pond-building books fail to acknowledge Murphy 's Law , it is nowhere more evident than at the point where neat diagrams demonstrate the laying of slabs over flap of liner . |
| 30 | Progress of talks over US bases |