Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Company Patrons have committed their organisations to give the association substantial , planned support over a number of years . |
| 2 | A child who is not feeling well will stop eating temporarily and rapidly lose weight over a short period but this will be regained equally quickly once the child has recovered . |
| 3 | If tax is owing and payment on the due date is impossible , the Inland Revenue will discuss payment over a period of time to meet the liability ; and any taxpayer who is in difficulty in paying his or her tax should contact the Inland Revenue at the earliest opportunity to discuss how the difficulty might be resolved . |
| 4 | The department has expertise over a wide range of philosophical subjects , ranging from aesthetics to philosophy of science , philosophy of language and logic to moral philosophy , philosophy of mind to legal and political philosophy , and modern continental philosophy to the philosophy of religion . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) The principal advantage of a cash underwritten alternative over a rights issue is that the new shares in the bidder are allotted to the target 's shareholders , in which case merger relief and , possibly , merger accounting may be available ( see para 23.1 below ) . |
| 6 | The main advantage of panels is that they provide feedback over a period of time , which increases the reliability of their responses compared with people who may have been stopped for a brief interview outside their local supermarket , for example . |
| 7 | From here head south-west over a stony plateau , descending slightly to a large cairn . |
| 8 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 9 | On January 3 , 1979 , road transport drivers stopped work over a 25 per cent claim , paralysing dock movements , starving industry of supplies , putting thousands on short time and causing panic buying of food and threats of rationing . |
| 10 | Op has actor over a barrel |
| 11 | By a two-to-one vote , a good teacher is seen as someone who has control over a class . |
| 12 | But this did little to consolidate control over a country claimed but not subdued and when Duke Philip of Burgundy broke from his alliance with the English to pledge support for Charles VII at Arras in 1435 , the days of English rule in France were numbered . |
| 13 | In the years following the Second World War the European colonial powers retained control over a large number of military and naval bases among their colonies . |
| 14 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |
| 15 | By adding the forcing resistance , with a proportional increase in supply voltage , the phase electrical time constant can be reduced , enabling operation over a wider speed range . |
| 16 | If whisking by hand , place bowl over a pan of hot water . |
| 17 | He had spilt wax over a reproduction of Fabre 's portrait of the Countess . |
| 18 | Between 1963 and 1965 the volcano Irazu in Costa Rica was more or less continuously active , with frequent explosions raining ash over a wide area and ruining the all-important coffee crop , but throughout this time no lavas were erupted and there was no significant change in the pattern of the eruption . |
| 19 | LIVERPOOL MP David Alton is spearheading a campaign urging action over a sickening report on child abuse . |
| 20 | A tangle of twisted metal is all that remains of the giant oil tank that fuelled the power station at the edge of the Bulmers factory site.It 's believed the man who died was welding a measuring gauge on top of the tank when it exploded , scattering debris over a wide area.The man died before he reached hospital.After the first explosion , there were further blasts creating a pall of smoke over Hereford.Bulmers Director Terry Watts was in an office nearby : |
| 21 | He wore the elegantly cut suit over a white shirt and an old Etonian tie . |
| 22 | Artegall keeps control and this allows victory over a savage force which appears much larger and more powerful than the knight . |
| 23 | Not only would the branch line locomotives be involved , but also The mainline workings , and it was envisaged that Chester ( Western ) shed would assume control over a new district and locomotives would carry copper-top chimneys wherever possible . |
| 24 | Difficulty may also be experienced in obtaining reliable accounting information and thus in establishing control over a company 's activities . |
| 25 | This was causing concern over a possible acceleration in deforestation in the region as a whole . |
| 26 | One of his mates took the dented tube away from him and opened it , splashing froth over a window . |
| 27 | He goes on to conclude that in large companies management frequently possesses power over a wide range of decisions , subject to constraints or partial control exercised by others in some decision areas . |
| 28 | A witness said : ‘ Two engines cut out and the plane started to eject fuel over a lake as it lost height . |
| 29 | There was n't much to it , just painted ply over a cardboard shell , and its lock went spinning across the room at the second kick . |
| 30 | The opportunity for the PLO to assert sovereignty over a specific territory arose through the Jordanian decision in July 1988 to sever administrative and legal links with the West Bank [ see p. 36120 ] . |