Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Buyers should be made to pay a sustainability premium for the products over and above the market prices , " said Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik at a meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organisation . |
| 2 | It can not therefore have failed to become an important centre in its own right after the administrative changes introduced in the fourth century and it may have been promoted to the rank of civitas capital , although there is no evidence for the civitas over which it would have ruled . |
| 3 | ‘ We are certainly bearing in mind Nathan Munson , who has been in excellent form for the Youths over the last couple of months , ’ explained McDonough . |
| 4 | He also said that the Prince and Princess of Wales would not make a planned visit to China in November ‘ so long as those responsible for the atrocities over the past weekend remain in control of the Chinese government ’ . |
| 5 | Further unrest was expected in the town last night , as evenings have been the peak periods for the protests over the past five days . |
| 6 | He was also ready , during the proceedings over Lady Chatterley 's Lover , to go into the witness box and publicly recant his previous attacks upon Lawrence . |
| 7 | As has been suggested earlier , the opportunity was open to Britain to bargain with the US for some reduction in her international responsibilities during the negotiations over the American loan in 1945 . |
| 8 | This is a time of austerity , of playing with ration books , of knowing we are " overcrowded " , of squabbles between the women over doing the stairs and cleaning the toilet that are handed down to us children in the form of sectarian rivalries . |
| 9 | But a valuation disagreement between the clubs over the Midlands-born defender could wreck the move . |
| 10 | The death of his father Edgar was followed by a dispute between the magnates over whether Æthelred , still a child , or his older half-brother Edward , should succeed . |
| 11 | In this case , the cursor can be moved between the fields over the page using the appropriate special function keys ( TAB , BACKSPACE etc ) . |
| 12 | There is intense rivalry between the yards over future Trident submarine overhauls and other work for the Royal Navy , amid fears that one of the sites may face eventual closure . |
| 13 | I mean we 've only got to have a look at the recent events in London went on about the insurances over the bombings over the weekend have n't we ? |
| 14 | What do you feel about the developments over the last er few days , are you rejoicing at them ? |
| 15 | I remembered reading about the protests over Club Row just north of Spitalfields ' market , where a street market in animals had been held since Victorian times . |
| 16 | These new men have made me see form , have made me more conscious of the sky where it juts down between houses , of the bright patterns of sunlight which the bath water throws up on the ceiling , of the great ‘ Vs ’ of light that dart through the chinks over the curtain rings , all these are new chords , new keys of design . |
| 17 | The occasional protests by staff through the years over pay and conditions had usually been dealt with quickly , abrasions salved and healed by the implicit belief that matters would eventually improve , if not tomorrow , then certainly by the day after — and that one was still having more fun than was to be had almost anywhere else anyway . |
| 18 | Further on , a hundred yards off-shore , as if he were walking on the water , his companion disturbed the glass-still lagoon as he strode through the shallows over a sand bar . |
| 19 | The Buccaneer strike aircraft , which was used as a fighter plane during the Gulf War , will dart through the skies over the Maiden City . |
| 20 | It was then Gedanken realized that all along she had been hearing the voices of the beetles over a loudspeaker . |
| 21 | What I 'd suddenly recalled was a picture hanging over the altar in the caravan ; this in turn had reminded me of one of the statues over the south porch of the Cathedral . |
| 22 | ‘ I could phone him with a problem and he had such insight that he could steer me through it , although he knew very little of the problems over here . ’ |
| 23 | It is not surprising that in many of the contests over the centuries , no archer has been able to ‘ ding doon ’ the papingo . |
| 24 | The deputation told the story of the harassment of the Blacks over the months and emphasised the various indications that the government 's undercover organisations were responsible . |
| 25 | It is this which establishes the control of the people over their political leaders or of the shareholders over their directors . |
| 26 | I could see the top of the house and one of the skylights over the loft . |
| 27 | The population of France was perhaps as high as 20 million , compared with England 's 4.5 million , and the extent of the lands over which the French king claimed suzerainty , together with the richness of their agricultural resources , made France potentially the wealthiest kingdom in western Europe . |
| 28 | Mrs McHugh said her work for reconciliation would continue : ‘ It 's good to see ordinary people come out today , especially in the wake of the bombings over the last few days . |
| 29 | But they had no doubt about the emotional hold of the miners over the Labour movement . |
| 30 | It covered the demobilization , repatriation or relocation of the contras over a 90-day period beginning on Sept. 8 ( i.e. by Dec. 5 ) . |