Example sentences of "[noun] in [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Middlesbrough cricket club is to join the town 's rugby club in talks over the possible sale of the Acklam Park ground they jointly own in Green Lane , Acklam , Middlesbrough . |
| 2 | However , in a few cases there were serious disputes in families over questions of inheritance , apparently always followed by very cool relationships between the parties , or ceasing contact altogether . |
| 3 | Drape the triangle of fabric in folds over the curtains and pole . |
| 4 | Millions of customers are still paying huge interest rates , despite Chancellor Norman Lamont 's three per cent cut in rates over the past seven weeks . |
| 5 | Impasse in discussions over Danube dam |
| 6 | Since political values have often been at stake in conflicts over social policy , the very character of the ideological issue has precluded a cool appraisal of all the policy options . |
| 7 | Restorative proctocolectony with end to end pouch-anal anastomosis in patients over the age of fifty |
| 8 | Some scientists predict a great increase in skin cancers in humans over the next decades , and the effects on other life forms can hardly be calculated . |
| 9 | During the ownership of the Pachta family of Rajov , the stucco busts of Maria Theresa and Franz of Lorraine in medallions over the first-floor windows were added . |
| 10 | Anyone involved with PCs can hardly have failed to notice the dramatic price reductions in PCs over the last year . |
| 11 | But according to several Washington commentators and analysts , in sending senior aides to China , Mr Bush may have signalled that the Administration gave priority to continuity in relations over moral outrage , and thus helped to shore up the repressive Beijing regime . |
| 12 | In the 1970s the Department of Education and Science pinned its hopes on the APU to provide a general measure of the achievement of children at schools and , implicitly , changes in standards over time . |
| 13 | For a fuller understanding of the factors affecting divorce , we have to consider not only changes in rates over time but also differences between social groups in rates of divorce . |
| 14 | Changes in roles over the year and changes in emphasis in areas of responsibility are outlined at the meeting . |
| 15 | The figures in Table 5.1 are from cross-sectional data , obtained in 1980 , and could therefore be misleading as indicators of changes in households over time . |
| 16 | The experiment has resulted from the steady progression towards each other of the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and the azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyana , culminating in an overlap in ranges over the past 20 years . |
| 17 | Despite an inflation-busting 37 per cent rise in allocations over the current three-year period , the council 's status inside a fiefdom that oversees the £1 billion-plus state culture industry will drop . |
| 18 | Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless . |
| 19 | Other points to note from the Grampian survey include the continued strong performance of the Mechanical engineering sector with a 13% rise in exports over the 1989 level . |
| 20 | Stan was an in-flight engineer on Halifax bombers , taking part in operations over Germany , Italy , and occupied France . |
| 21 | But when average shrinkage — the retailers ' word for shoplifted goods — is expressed as a percentage of net profit before tax , the position is much worse , reflecting the reduction in profits over the last two years . |
| 22 | The building society industry faces major changes — including a reduction in numbers over the next 10 years |
| 23 | He said there had been a remarkable change in attitudes over the last few years in which those people still in work were determined not to give up their annual break , although they were being forced to cut down on other spending . |
| 24 | The stock change in units over the three years : |
| 25 | ‘ This has been offset by improvements in areas over which we ourselves have control — partly by improving our cost base , and partly by increasing oil production , ’ he added . |
| 26 | There was an 8% increase in launches to merchant vessels and tankers , with more than half being at night and 21% in winds over Force 7 . |
| 27 | The offeror 's directors subsequently felt unable to continue to recommend the offer to its shareholders because of differences in expectations over the combined group 's financing , and the offer was withdrawn with the consent of the target and the Panel . |
| 28 | Differences in results over time may be due to errors which must be attached to judgements of mastery , whether test results or teachers ' judgements or both are used in making the judgement . |
| 29 | We have the feeling of participation in events over which , for the most part , we have in fact very little , if any , control . |
| 30 | As some of these private functions of unions have been taken over by welfare state agencies , unions have taken on other roles — especially representing their members in legal or industrial tribunals in claims over redundancy , discrimination , and negligence . |