Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travel agents say they 've sold out of foreign holidays as thousands head for the sun over the Easter Bank holiday . |
| 2 | After the ‘ O Group ’ I 'm in the picture for the tasking over the next twenty-four hours . |
| 3 | But they have to pay for the schooling over there , you know . |
| 4 | The plan provides for the construction over the next three years of municipal effluent treatment plants in all towns along the river with a population of over 20,000 , the beginning of construction of such plants for cities of more than 50,000 , and the elimination of industrial sources of pollution . |
| 5 | On Nov. 14 Amato submitted to parliament an ambitious programme of privatization to raise L 27,000,000 million for the Treasury over the next three years , leaving the state with only " significant " minority holdings in many sectors . |
| 6 | I fear that I may not be able to take part in the debate as I intend to cause trouble for the Government over Oxleas wood , which is in my constituency and that of the hon. Member for Woolwich ( Mr. Cartwright ) , but I hope that my hon. Friend will regard my support as being with him throughout the debate . |
| 7 | Lord Tebbit refused to be daunted by the new legal ruling that a defeat for the Government over Labour 's amendment on the social chapter — which sets out rules on conditions and hours of work which apply throughout the rest of Europe — would not affect ratification . |
| 8 | More important for the present discussion , however , was the spatial variability in both support for the strike over the full period and the rate of the drift back to work . |
| 9 | Mr Tabiner , 40 , sees the unitary issue as one of the major issues for the council over the next few years . |
| 10 | First , there is the possibility that restrictive recruitment policies provide the context for the development over time of a separate bureaucratic ‘ view ’ . |
| 11 | Brian Roycroft , President of the Association of Directors of Social Services in 1988 , in answer to the question ‘ What is the incidence of child abuse and child sexual abuse ? ’ in his evidence to the Cleveland Inquiry , reported that : He went on to say , however , that his association undertook a survey in July 1987 of 100 local authorities and found an increase in child abuse registrations of 22 per cent for the country over the previous year , with the most significant increases in child sexual abuse . |
| 12 | Last I have a very pleasant task to perform , namely to ask Angela to kindly present to His Lordship a token of our loving esteem for all he has done for the Guild over the years and hopefully when he wears the vestment he will say a prayer for us all — AD MULTOS ANNOS . |
| 13 | The material erupted during episodes of volcanic activity can be dated by radiometric techniques and can therefore provide a minimum age for the landsurface over which it lies . |
| 14 | His average speed of 157.62 kph ( 97.96 mph ) was to remain an all-time record for the race over the full course . |
| 15 | Addressing an emergency parliamentary debate in Kiev , President Leonid Kravchuk declared : ‘ Only one state is responsible for the conflict over the Black Sea Fleet ; and it is called Russia . ’ |
| 16 | Birth parents may relinquish their child for adoption at the time of birth or at a subsequent date , possibly having cared for the child over a period of months or years . |
| 17 | By closing time the place was like an alcoholic Turkish bath , and leaving it for the trip over Stonesdale Moor in the lashing rain was a sore wrench indeed . |
| 18 | If I ca n't get promotion on the basis of all the hard work I 've done for the organisation over the last five years then I do n't know how I can get it . |
| 19 | The longest cycle starts with the market analysis aimed at defining customer needs , and ends with the manufacture of a product to meet those needs in a manner calculated to make a profit for the company over the life of the product . |
| 20 | And his librettist , Alessandro Striggio , son of the composer , provided him with many more opportunities than Rinuccini to break up the recitative with musically attractive relief : extended madrigalian choruses and strophic solos such as Orfeo 's lilting ‘ Vi ricordo ’ in Act II ( accompanied only by continuo instruments , but with ritornelli played by five viole da braccio , a contrabass , two harpsichords , and three chitarroni ) , his display piece ‘ Possente spirto ’ in Act III ( accompanied by organo di legno and a chitarrone , but in the four stanzas competing with brilliant concertante parts for two violini , then two cornetti , a double-harp , and finally a string trio ) , and his swinging ‘ Qual honor ’ in Act IV ( varied strophes for the voice over an ostinato bass ) . |
| 21 | Heights for wall cabinets range from 300 mm ( 12 in ) -good for the space over a refrigerator — to 1000mm ( 39in ) . |
| 22 | Taxes and public spending to be set to reach a ‘ savings target ’ for the nation over a period of years . |
| 23 | This had important implications for the debate over access to birth control information and abortion — rarely were demands for freer access to birth control information devoid of maternalist rhetoric . |
| 24 | Punters ' money might well have drifted towards Pakistan but for the uncertainty over Javed Miandad 's fitness . |
| 25 | He stood , at least , for honesty in sexual dealings : hence his preference for the prostitute over the grisette . |
| 26 | and all this , just for the sake over a bit of retaliation ? |
| 27 | They have softened the room with cushions and tartan throws , to make it a cosy base for the family over Christmas . |
| 28 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 29 | It stands on a terrace the top step of which bears an inscription recording a dedication for the victory over the Persians at Marathon in 490 . |
| 30 | I shall want a met forecast for the weather over the whole of Western Europe . |