Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He either under acts or over acts does n't he ? |
| 2 | Christopher jerked back and kicked , and the bowl of water spilt into the chair , over his legs and over Alan . |
| 3 | There is conflict between departments , between hierarchies and over decisions that are made . |
| 4 | ‘ On the negative side , over involvement from parents or over protection causes a player to suffer in his game . |
| 5 | Data such as unemployment rates have been shown to perform as well as other , more complex indices and are likely to have a more stable social meaning across areas and over time . |
| 6 | Concern about rabies may seem a somewhat trivial issue in a discussion of the huge topic of preventing infection , but it serves as a reminder that prevention is a subject which will always be fundamental to maintaining a safe environment , though the precise nature of the concern will vary among countries and over time . |
| 7 | While in the long run the requirements of capitalism determine the actions and the role of the state , the form of the state has varied across countries and over time . |
| 8 | The international economic dimensions of defence spending — evidence among countries and over time |
| 9 | She is particularly concerned over the potentially-harmful ‘ particles ’ of sewage blown into gardens and over houses in very windy weather . |
| 10 | The two men clashed , however , notably over constitutional matters and over Moshoeshoe 's wish to enter into dialogue with South African liberation movements on issues affecting Lesotho . |
| 11 | He bounced uncontrollably around shelves , desks and over piles of books , screaming as he went . |
| 12 | Our perception of what should be censored , therefore , changes with the times and over time . |
| 13 | Comparisons will be made between organisations and over time , analysing the different structures , procedures and techniques for performance management . |
| 14 | And still the faint red light up ahead came and went by fits and starts , leading them on across gale-swept open moorland , through massively still pine forests , up exposed dirt tracks and over passes whose names had vanished with the inhabitants of the farms where until a few decades earlier generation after generation of human beings had eked out lives of almost unimaginable deprivation . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to see the correspondence between the European Commission and the Government over subsidies and over guarantees about the future of Rover 's activities and jobs , ’ Mr Brown said . |
| 16 | But that loyalty was mediated by a common critique of their own , shared in kitchens and over doorsteps , of the authoritarianism endured by the women . |
| 17 | Aimed at children of 10 years and over Ecomaster aims to teach a little about which environments best suit a kind of animal . |
| 18 | Against this , the number of paupers aged 70 years and over rose from 54,539 to 80,404 . |
| 19 | On behalf of the 400 men from Sherwood who work at Gedling , I thank my hon. Friend for his endless time and effort , not only during the past few weeks but over years , to keep that colliery open . |
| 20 | In United States law , for example , it is unclear whether a bank that relies solely on the CKR as its collateral can perfect a security interest in the goods , or whether having perfected its interest in the CKR it has priority over bona fide purchasers of the goods or over holders of purchase money security interests in the customer-buyer 's inventory . |
| 21 | Comparisons of the same host-parasite system when transmission is likely to vary , either between populations or over time , may also prove profitable . |
| 22 | During the trip the tiny biplane swoops under storms and over mountains , across swamps , deserts , forests and the large expanse of the Great Plains , with the Author painting a vivid panorama of landscapes beneath him , from San Francisco 's Golden Gate Bridge to the Presidential Heads on Mount Rushmore . |
| 23 | The system will allow as much devolved responsibility as is compatible with the maintenance of consistent standards across centres and over time . |
| 24 | Centres are free to deliver modules in ways and over periods of time that best suit the needs and interests of students . |
| 25 | In pensive mood , I explored the Liffeyside Bohemia , stepping carefully around puddles and over cobbles , past closed bookshops and open recording studios . |
| 26 | And , as elsewhere in Eastern Europe , the end of repression is accompanied by a surfeit of sleaze : strip-shows , nude pin-ups and over Easter a Miss Topless competition . |
| 27 | Once a school has a delegated budget governors have discretion over the award of incentive allowances to teachers and over acceleration up the main scale . |
| 28 | This process takes place in thousands of situations with different behaviours and over time the child learns the standards for our society . |
| 29 | In these conditions controversy over student fees or over interference by the authorities — be it with the freedom of speech of progressive professors , the content of the curriculum , or the right of students to form their own organizations — sparked lively protest . |
| 30 | Old-fashioned notions that a woman 's anatomy , through her capacity to bear children , determined the shape of her entire life have been replaced by complex debates as to how different social structures have interacted to produce the variety of patterns of gender relations which are to be found across different societies and over time . |