Example sentences of "[noun sg] over the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Hope you managed to get some sort of break over the weekend and that you 're not too behind on schedule — it 'll probably pick up later on in the shoot !
2 just lay the trace over the top of the pin it does n't come out .
3 the basis of the defence is the absence of any control by the defendant over the acts of a stranger on his land and therefore the nature of the stranger 's conduct is irrelevant .
4 This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption .
5 Pour the custard over the top and bake for about 30–40 minutes until the custard is golden brown .
6 3 Stir in the vanilla essence , then strain the custard over the raspberries and almonds and leave to cool .
7 Indecent material may only be displayed in licensed sex shops which have no window display and can not be seen into from the street , do not admit people under 18 years of age and which carry a warning sign to this effect over the door .
8 Resorting to personal ties to survive or advance is a mechanism which has been used to some effect over the generations , but which prevents people turning to organisations or political activity which might , in the long run , prove more effective in solving their problems .
9 This ends just before the large A4031 bridge from which the canal emerges to cross over an aqueduct over a minor road with a public house below on the left and then crosses over another aqueduct over the railway main line through Birmingham .
10 The jewel in the crown , however , is the arched aqueduct over the River Calder .
11 On Oct. 3 the EC Commission announced , in response to US demands for radical cuts in subsidies paid out to farmers , that it had proposed a 30 per cent cut in its farm-support programme over the period 1986 to 1996 .
12 In spite of a long-established programme , with the best technical expertise in the world , the programme over the years has achieved a very mixed success .
13 Commented development director Ian Coull : ‘ The clerks of works have provided a very valuable role to the JS development programme over the years , and within the team there was a number of very long serving JS staff , whose knowledge and wise counsel will be hard to replace . ’
14 When east-west tension was at its height , RAF pilots were called on daily to intercept the Bear over the North Sea .
15 Showing no more emotion over the death of the man than that of the beast , she turned her attention once more to tickling Edward 's toes .
16 They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’
17 Her mother had once remarked that it was her opinion that Harry had actually caused Nathan 's idiocy in a fit of temper soon after he was born , and through whispered gossip over the years she had guessed that Tristram had become the focus of conflict between his parents and that he had found it increasingly necessary to defend both Nathan and his mother against his father 's violent outbursts of temper .
18 Wynne-Jones constructed a fire and pushed cut fragments of the wild pig over the flames .
19 With the party buoyant in the opinion polls , and taking full benefit from government discomfiture over the poll tax , Labour increased its share of the vote to almost 55% .
20 The meeting of the Great Hural came after a period of tension between the government and the opposition over the pace of reform .
21 Gombojavyn Ochirbat , the MPRP chair , announced on July 31 that the party would be willing to enter into discussions with the opposition over the possibility of forming a coalition government .
22 MR Ladislav Adamec , the Czechoslovak Prime Minister , threatened to quit last night , as hard bargaining continued for a second day with the opposition over the shape of the new government .
23 At the close of hostilities that evening A.H.Q. Malta issued a communique stating that since the beginning of the fighting over the island , Malta 's defences had been credited with 132 destroyed , 44 probably destroyed and 58 damaged for the loss of 29 fighters , ten of the pilots having been saved .
24 At the same time a fairly substantial Luftwaffe attack was launched against Malta by the units briefly based in Sicily , and this led to some severe fighting over the island on 6 May .
25 And if you were to try to extend that very demanding conception over the dandelions and the tapeworms as well , you would be in trouble .
26 If you 're the one who 's stayed at home all day , tackling the house and looking after the kids , you 'll want to celebrate the homecoming of everyone else and the chance the talk over the day 's happenings .
27 Then use concealer over the foundation and set with powder .
28 The struggles over the Contagious Diseases Acts need to be read both as a feminist challenge to male power and as a battle within the power bloc over the disciplining of the working-class .
29 I apply stronger colours with a sponge over the top of the background to provide the smaller branches of the main tree .
30 it 's like an archway over the trees yeah
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