Example sentences of "[noun] a [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | He still owed Bert a fish over the bike deal . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | At least you wo n't have to cram a printer in your briefcase as well as lug a portable over your shoulder . |
| 4 | The sun is a chalky milk white , the light a film over pink and yellow and pale creamy stone . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Does holding a handkerchief over the mouthpiece really disguise your voice ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The bill gives four senior judges and the Lord Chancellor a veto over rules for solicitor advocates . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | The half million popunds a year keeps it flying five days a week over an area from the outlying villages of Herefordshire to Northamptonshire and the city streets of the West Midlands . |
| 18 | In London , volunteer training programmes will now take place every September and February and will require an individual 's time for one evening a week over a six-week programme . |
| 19 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 20 | The effects of this are most extreme at the poles , which are bathed in light for up to 24 hours a day over a short summer , and then plunged into twilight darkening to permanent night during the long polar winter . |
| 21 | This figure assumes two craft in use , each running for 2000–3000 hours a year over an average 19 km route at 55 km/h . |
| 22 | Longer-term effects were studied in four young couples , three who normally slept about 8 hours every night , and one who slept 6.5 hours a night , who volunteered to attempt to reduce their sleep progressively to 4.5 hours a night over a period of between six and eight months . |
| 23 | In the Yorkshire Radio area , where the company 's broadcasts are aimed at the under-35s , listening figures rose 32 per cent to 13.85 hours a week over the year . |
| 24 | Apart from his own studies , Tetsu teaches English and mathematics to children ; he had taught eight hours a week over the past year to finance this , his first trip outside his homeland . |
| 25 | Milk yields of up to 35kg a day in June were common , with an average of 25kg a day over the summer months , but the milk was not very creamy . |
| 26 | Borrowers of £100,000 can pay up to £1,000 a year over the odds if they chose the wrong lender five years ago . |
| 27 | But I need n't have worried , she came to me just as smoothly as before , and I flew her half a dozen times a session over the next four days . |
| 28 | She pestered the appropriate officer , several times a day over a period of three weeks . |
| 29 | But I found a pretty deep hole where an extremely thick weedbed forms a roof over part of it . |
| 30 | By contrast the academic use of ‘ liberal corporatism ’ denotes a pattern of interest group representation , where a liberal democratic state does not outlaw rival interest groups but rather accords certain corporate groups a monopoly over representing given social interests , a de facto arrangement which exists side-by-side with a system of representative government . |