Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | April does n't have to be a month of trials and tribulations or agonising over career or professional matters , if you are prepared to make some snap decisions and take what transpires towards the very end of March as a signal to go even further out on a limb . |
| 2 | Thus , while the principal economic function of state enterprises is usually quite well-defined and stable over time , they also perform many other economic functions which may place complex and often contradictory demands on them . |
| 3 | They ‘ did not remain static but became more extensive and complex over time ’ . |
| 4 | Is there an in-built tendency for continuous , unbroken cultures to become more compressed , assumptive , allusive and tacit over time ? |
| 5 | Unemployment , matrimonial disruption and financial over commitment have each been suggested as likely contributors to the development of arrears , but little certainty exists as to the relative significance of these factors . |
| 6 | Even after 1974 with the establishment of the Metropolitan County of Tyne and Wear , not only was the separate Wear side area incorporated into the County , but significant over spill locales ( notably Ponteland , which is a very affluent Newcastle suburb , and Cramlington ) remained in Northumberland . |