Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [prep] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it appears to me that the whole trend of authority for over a century is clearly against permitting any such investigation . |
| 2 | It may well pass an act against it soon , it may well be that a lot of people from over there will get elected and you 'll get your bill , but then again it may not . |
| 3 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |
| 4 | Mr Baker said the main area of concern for over the next few years was ‘ serious downturn ’ in the economies of export markets in Europe and Japan . |
| 5 | The Board have upped the fines in the Nat West Trophy and the B&H Cup from the previously meaningless level of £100 per over not bowled by curfew time to an escalating scale ranging from £220 in the first two rounds to £330 in the quarter-finals , £660 in the semi-finals and … wait for it , £1320 per unbowled over in the final . |
| 6 | However , there were a few outliers with values of over 0.4% , and so marking to the market occasionally had an important effect on arbitrage profits . |
| 7 | Trade with Russia might survive if the Muscovy Company went out of business , but it was not easy to imagine that trade with Hudson Bay ( with all that it did for London furriers and re-exporters ) could continue if the Company lost its trading rights , and the Royal African Company was believed to be necessary for the slave trade until the 1690s , and the East India Company kept its position in trade with India for over a century after that . |
| 8 | ‘ You are , after all , in charge of over a thousand men . |
| 9 | Madeleine had been in Paris for over a month , and was still ignorant of the fate of Jeanne . |
| 10 | When the acceptance condition ( ie acceptance in respect of over 50 per cent of the voting rights in the target ) attached to an offer is satisfied , the offer is described as being unconditional as to acceptances . |
| 11 | A cyclist who 's been in prison in Nepal for over a month could be freed later this week . |
| 12 | Manufacturing employment fell in Britain by over one third from 1971 to 1990 , to barely 23 per cent of all employees , with a corresponding one-third increase in the service sector . |
| 13 | Problems begin to occur in journeys of over one hour . |
| 14 | The telescope covers energies from 20MeV to over 20GeV with more than an order of magnitude greater sensitivity than the SAS-2 or COS-B instruments , as well as improved resolution in energy , angle and timing measurements . |
| 15 | In a separate report , due for release in December , the UNDP estimated that income lost from death due to AIDS ranged from US$10,000 per case in India to over US$240,000 per case in South Korea . |
| 16 | Medical care costs ranged from US$1,100 per case in India to over US$4,000 per case in South Korea [ for US estimates of medical costs see p . |
| 17 | At the end of December 1980 , the returns to the Committee on Jail Reform indicated that almost 7,000 ( 8 per cent ) of the 92,000 undertrials had been in gaol for over one year , and 2,500 of these had been held for more than two years . |
| 18 | To begin with , her assertion that the U.K. undergoes ‘ extreme political shifts ’ sounds most peculiar when one considers that the same party has been in power for over a decade . |
| 19 | In front of over 22,000 fans Town got off to a great start , taking the lead after 34 minutes , Duncan Sheerer the scorer . |
| 20 | The measure was primarily designed to raise an additional US$500,000,000 to finance pay increases for 260,000 teachers ( on strike for over a month for an 800 per cent pay rise ) and 85,000 health workers ( on strike for three months for a minimum wage increase of 200 per cent ) . |
| 21 | My next step is to decide what I am going to use to pre-bait with over the next three weeks . |
| 22 | Creoles have been a focus of interest for linguists for over a century , because of their distinctive history . |
| 23 | Cells fitted with diamond windows have been operated at pressures of over one million atmospheres at the Carnegie Institute in Washington . |
| 24 | His best bet of the day , impressive Lingfield winner Carlowitz ( 5-1 ) , coupled with next best El Volador ( 11-8 ) rewarded followers at odds of over 13-1 . |