Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although the educational services were supplied to only a few inmates , several of these were undertaking advanced work : three had completed BAs over the past few years , another an MA , and nine were embarking upon university degrees by correspondence . |
| 2 | Mr Prior , Mr Walker , and Sir Ian Gilmour opposed many of Mrs Thatcher 's and the Chancellor 's economic policies , and all three at some time seriously considered resignation over the 1981 budget . |
| 3 | The one change in the overseas holdings was the reluctant sale of Berlitz given the uncertainties that followed the Maxwell collapse : these included doubts over the ownership of the Maxwell holdings . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly , 68% of owner-directors said that their financial or material rewards had not increased over the past 12 months ; 65% now work over 50 hours a week , 38% have considered disposal over the past year , and over half have injected extra funds . |
| 5 | Chelsea were fined £75,000 over the deal which brought Graham Roberts to Stamford Bridge in 1988 . |
| 6 | If Eliza 's mother had suffered anxieties over the birth of her fifth grandchild so far from home , her fears were allayed by a string of reassuring letters sent back to London . |
| 7 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 8 | Travel plans have been curtailed so people can focus on the imminent launch later this month and people who have visited Redmond over the last 11 years say they 've never seen the intensity level so high . |
| 9 | The leaders also made peace over the Gatt talks , Britain 's delay in ratifying Maastricht and the row surrounding the pound 's withdrawal from the ERM . |
| 10 | Previous minorities had seen squabbles over the distribution of power , but no young king had ever been deposed . |
| 11 | Previous minorities had seen squabbles over the distribution of power , but no young king had ever been deposed . |
| 12 | He said Walters — a former RAF pilot who became an intellectual high-flyer — had suffered anguish over the affair . |
| 13 | ‘ He is the best goalscorer I 've ever seen in my time in professional football , and anyone who has seen Liverpool over the years will agree he 's a very special player . ’ |
| 14 | The first written record of golf at St Andrews dates back to 1552 : golfers ' rights were protected when the Archbishop of St Andrews was granted rights over the rabbit warren . |
| 15 | LIKE Nigel Starmer-Smith , in his comments in February 's edition of RW&P , I too have felt concern over the continual use of the up-and-under and , indeed , the kick generally . |
| 16 | I mean , we 've got this , it 's been on , Mrs , I know , she has the same as I do , but but er the the these people who need such help , I mean , I 'm not being it it it just it just they 've just not included in the programme really , and er , we 've written I think from this committee over the years er made submissions over the years , and message still does n't seem to have got through , that that that that er this , and I think very valuable work , that can contribute to the quality of life for all of us , if we can improve the lot for these people . |
| 17 | I understand that that support has averaged £250,000 over the past three years . |
| 18 | Sotheby 's sale of books about the Orient from the Blackmer library have made £2.2m over the last two days with less than one per cent unsold . |
| 19 | Mankind is charged with responsibility for the care of creation as a steward is given charge over the property of another . |
| 20 | No one who contemplates the brutal war that has racked Croatia over the last few months can do so without a deep feeling of sorrow and shame : sorrow that such devastation and misery should disfigure our continent in 1991 , and shame that we have been unable to do anything to halt the carnage and destruction . |
| 21 | The seed corn left to accompany the dead could sprout again — as a boy , he had heard reports of successful experiments on damp rags in the dark — the coins for the ferryman , fallen among the collapsed lips and tongueless jawbones of the discovered dead , could be buffed and brightened until the curls in the hair of Demeter , caught up in rich ropes under a garland of corn floating with ribbons , gleamed glossily again , and the Cupid on Riba 's emblematic ship , facing out to sea with his drawn bow over the whorl of the prow , stood out in silver against the duller ground . |
| 22 | This faith could be said to rely , at least to some extent , on that part of the teachings of the Old Testament which claims that a ‘ god ’ had promised sovereignty over the Promised Land , or what is now Palestine , to the descendants of Abraham . |
| 23 | But France 's centre-right opposition has cried foul over the reinforcement of the stakes held by state firms in a company controlled by the Socialist government 's urban affairs minister . |
| 24 | Er , certainly in , in the first paragraph we would say that we have drawn attention over the years to the nuisance of illegal parking erm , by travellers particularly in Stewards erm while travellers have the right to live their own lifestyle we also believe that other residents have the right to live free from that kind of nuisance and problem and that it does need to be addressed somehow . |
| 25 | The courts have had powers over the years to deal with those offences . |
| 26 | Evelyn had watched Kate over the years putting her own life on hold for Lizzy , and for what ? |
| 27 | Some archivists/records managers have shown concern over the loss of correspondence between historically important people ; others that e-mail encourages ‘ garbage ’ or that its tenor discourages sufficient development of ideas between contributors . |
| 28 | While some people have had pay freezes , others have had increases over the inflation rate . |
| 29 | The economic disaster that has befallen Mongolia over the past two years ( see chart ) has emboldened diehards in the Mongolian People 's Revolutionary Party ( the old communist party ) , which holds 70 of the 76 seats in parliament , to try rolling back reform . |
| 30 | The scientists estimate that nearly two-thirds of the African continent has become drier over the past 60 years . |