Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | How 're you doing ? ’ — this to Maxim over Agnes 's shoulder stretching out a big hand ’ you must be Major Harry Maxim . |
| 2 | Rachaela 's mother had said this to Rachaela over more trivial offences . |
| 3 | AST now earns 7% of its revenue from open systems business , but is hoping to expand this to 30% over the next three years . |
| 4 | The former American ambassador to Yugoslavia , Warren Zimmerman , confirmed the US had made its position clear to Serbia over broadening the war from Bosnia . |
| 5 | There is also the great puzzle , which is central to arguments over media power and accountability , about the direction of influence . |
| 6 | Fatigue fractures , by their very nature , are more prevalent in structures that have been subject to stress over a long period of time . |
| 7 | An important function of assessment is that it can help determine the extent to which a child 's language is subject to changes over time . |
| 8 | We can then see that any person 's inclination to acknowledge obligations and responsibilities to specific relatives is subject to change over time in ways which are patterned and predictable , at least in part . |
| 9 | Finally , it is emphasised that conditions in the eurobond market are subject to change over time , secularly as well as cyclically . |
| 10 | Some values , attitudes and emotions have been subject to modification over time , but the essential orientations outlined above have not been discarded . |
| 11 | Got Ohm 's Law , current is equal to voltage over resistance , well we have n't changed voltage , we 've kept that fixed . |
| 12 | The suggestion made there is that it is only equitable that the jurisdiction can not be exercised against a creditor unless the same conditions are applicable to him at the time he receives the payment as are applicable to jurisdiction over the debtor . |
| 13 | I 'm married to Moira over there . |
| 14 | Alfred ( Finney ) and Michael ( Stephen Moore ) have n't spoken since the former took the latter to court over a play called Family Matters which exposed the skeletons in the Manx cupboard . |
| 15 | All right , let us talk about yesterday if the hon. Gentleman wants — let us talk about giving more than £1 billion to industry over the next two years to ensure that there is no increase in business rates . |
| 16 | Diplomatic relations between the two nations were resumed in 1955 , but a peace treaty has yet to be signed , largely due to disagreements over possession of certain of the Kurile Islands taken by the Soviet Union at the end of the war . |
| 17 | However , Reichel himself claimed that he did not know the true reason for his dismissal , saying that he thought it might be due to disagreements over scientific policy . |
| 18 | The year 1988 was another difficult one for OPEC , not only due to problems over quotas but also because of signs of a possible sequel to 1986 . |
| 19 | In fact the Champenois are now moving away from the use of boues in favour of cendres-noires , but apparently this is not due to concern over the cadmium problem , it is because the boues is now more expensive than mining lignite deposits , due to the high price being paid by refuse-fuelled energy plants . |
| 20 | Tessa , eight , was due to hand over the flowers when Di arrived at the Freshfield drug counselling service in Truro , Cornwall . |
| 21 | The landmark was closed more than ten years ago due to worries over its safety . |
| 22 | Because the ability of breastfeeding to sustain the period of infecundity due to amenorrhoea over long periods depends , inter alia , upon the frequency and intensity of suckling , and in the light of the generalized view that lengthy spacing is essential to child survival , in most African and some other societies , breastfeeding is reinforced by abstinence . |
| 23 | The Lancashire ‘ cotton famine ’ , due to the cessation of cotton supplies during the American civil war of 1863–66 which caused severe unemployment and poverty , demonstrated most clearly that unemployment could be due to causes over which workers had no control ; it also demonstrated the peaceful fashion in which the labouring poor could behave in such circumstances . |
| 24 | Since females in these species become available to males over a period of weeks or months , the possibility exists for some males to mate with several females during the course of a breeding season . |
| 25 | The government is making £40 million available to councils over the next three years for the funding of recycling schemes . |
| 26 | In contrast to fifteen years ago , mortgages are commonly available to people over retirement age . |
| 27 | Last summer , he and fellow Teesside Polytechnic student Paul Kuiken , 19 , were prevented by police from becoming the first to canoe over the 72-ft High Force waterfall in Teesdale because of fears they would be killed . |
| 28 | Having just bought Seamus Heaney 's latest book for Christmas , I can at least deny that I myself have been mean to Heaney over the festive season . |
| 29 | I 've been worried to death over you ’ , I says , ‘ wondering where you was ’ . |
| 30 | The world 's equity markets came under renewed pressure at the beginning of 1990 due to in particular to concerns over inflation and higher interest rates . |