Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its big rival , ILFC , basedin Beverly Hills , Calafornia , already has 10% of those due for delivery over the next four years . |
| 2 | They were guilty as hell over the East German business and made me look a fool . |
| 3 | I am by nature a messy person , unimpressed with orderliness and free of guilt over squalor . |
| 4 | He did n't approve of Celtic influence on what he called " the pure springs of Anglo-Saxon democracy " , holding that most of what had gone wrong with Britain over the past thousand years or so was the fault of " Celtic individualism " . |
| 5 | He explained : ‘ We are dealing direct with merchants over there and as far as we are aware they are very keen to import fish , such as small whiting , which they ca n't get from their own fishermen . |
| 6 | Beyond , the computer personnel were looking around in horror , some with hands over their ears as the screaming went on and on . |
| 7 | They found that cockroaches infected with Herpomyces and kept in close confinement inoculated one another with spores over the entire surface of their bodies , but only the spores adhering to the upper three-fourths of the antennae were able to germinate and grow . |
| 8 | Recession has hit some towns harder than others , and Bookland branches reflected this in sales over the Christmas period ranging from 20% up to declines of 15%l ‘ Overall takings will be up by a few points , but volume will be very slightly down . ’ |
| 9 | Diplomats in Tokyo see the British in retreat over computers and electronics as well as cars . |
| 10 | The Piaroa daily express to one another their right to private choice and their right to be free from domination over a wide range of matters , such as residence , work , self development , and even marriage . |
| 11 | The same situation was prevalent in England over a decade ago , and while the new breed of English walls has blossomed to state of the art types such as Newcastle 's Berghaus Wall , Scotland 's walls remain poor relatives . |
| 12 | Below : Dan Keller 's NA-64 Yale N3406 leads another in formation over the New York State greensward . |
| 13 | How 're you doing ? ’ — this to Maxim over Agnes 's shoulder stretching out a big hand ’ you must be Major Harry Maxim . |
| 14 | Rachaela 's mother had said this to Rachaela over more trivial offences . |
| 15 | AST now earns 7% of its revenue from open systems business , but is hoping to expand this to 30% over the next three years . |
| 16 | The former American ambassador to Yugoslavia , Warren Zimmerman , confirmed the US had made its position clear to Serbia over broadening the war from Bosnia . |
| 17 | The Cheetahs lost 47 to 43 at Bellevue over the weekend , but despite that defeat hundreds of supporters turned up to see world cup er world champion Hans Nielsen in training last night relieved and smiling that their hero was staying in Oxford . |
| 18 | But if we begin from situations in which the community does not find it necessary to impose standards , we find , in the very simplest cases , full confidence and agreement in evaluating , untroubled by worries over differences of taste . |
| 19 | In Spain are three famous bridges ; one is at Alcántara , built in A.D. 105 by Hadrian over the River Tagus . |
| 20 | The three central heating pump chambers are equally well-disguised by building over each a raised plinth , topped by a removable slab . |
| 21 | The problem position , of course , is fly-half — the berth that has given Ireland the greatest of difficulties over the past few seasons . |
| 22 | NORWICH are setting themselves the toughest of targets over the last nine games of the season as they bid to become champions . |
| 23 | Sea Waybill Rule 6 restates another essential CKR feature , the consignor 's right of control over the cargo , and sets the limits of this right . |
| 24 | THE tension that has gripped Miami began to ease yesterday as a policeman , William Lozano , was found guilty of manslaughter over the killing of two young black men on a motorcycle in January . |
| 25 | THE tension that has gripped Miami began to ease yesterday as a policeman , William Lozano , was found guilty of manslaughter over the killing of two young black men on a motorcycle in January . |
| 26 | Pour two-thirds of sauce over mussels , sprinkle with chives and serve rest of sauce separately . |
| 27 | But in fact , they 're as much about power over yourself and self-belief as they are about domination of others . |
| 28 | They also underlay the scepticism of other states such as Japan over such neutralisation . |
| 29 | MasPar sees the combination being used to take care of the problems created by the need for economical storage , low-speed transmission and bandwidth multiplication for applications such as video-on-demand over telephone networks , direct broadcast satellite and cable television services , optical disk and Compact Disk Karaoke . |
| 30 | Pollution from car exhausts may explain the rise in allergic conditions such as hayfever over the last 20 years , according to Professor Robert Davies of Bartholemew 's Hospital , London . |