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

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1 Through reorganizing my course material over the last five years I have come to the conclusion that there is no one definitive structure for the study of electronic publishing .
2 We gave my home address over the air so that volunteers could send me a stamped , self-addressed envelope so that I could forward them a diet sheet .
3 I began with some general considerations on the division of labour and social collectivities , then offered an account of the development of political forces and their support blocs over the post-war years .
4 The estimated cost of its building maintenance over the coming decade is £10 million .
5 She smiled thinly and ran her index finger over the Biro scribble .
6 His lips parted a little , and she rubbed the pad of her index finger over the edge of his bottom teeth .
7 I met the management of Trent Buses , which operates in a very competitive , deregulated environment , and I am glad to say that its investment programme over the past five years has been impressive .
8 It seems that , although some substantial and long-standing export industries declined , others expanded their export sales over the post-war period ( although the rise slowed down in the early 1980s ) .
9 ‘ Even sceptics have to admit that the French have something to show for their research efforts over the past two years ’ concedes one scientific counsellor at a foreign embassy in Paris .
10 The Natural Environment Research Council , which co-ordinates much of Britain 's research into global warming , faces a 10 per cent cut in real terms in its research budget over the next five years — despite the fact that the government stresses the importance of its work .
11 The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud .
12 It plans to invest $6 billion-7 billion in its telephone network over the next ten years .
13 ‘ The Government has placed these companies on a sound financial basis to develop their core businesses over the years to come . ’
14 So if people are going into their Community Centre over the next week , they can expect to , to see part of this campaign ?
15 The Government plans to phase in its tax proposals over the next few years .
16 She hurriedly did as she was instructed , stretching her body right over the wooden top of the desk to grip the far edge .
17 Mrs Bridget Prentice 's victory followed that of her husband Gordon over the Tories in Pendle .
18 In the main cash market , dealers who have progressively flattened their trading books over the past two weeks were caught on the hop by the sudden decision of several large institutions to buy stock while voting was still going on .
19 Note that GEC actually reduced its share capital over the period .
20 S 212 gives a public company the power to investigate the ownership of its shares by sending a written notice to any person or company which it believes has had an interest in its share capital over the previous three years .
21 Learn and remember about the bloodshed at Grunwick , the abuse of power by union barons with their iron control over the last Labour government , the continual disruption of industry by strikes , flying and mass pickets , the uncollected rubbish and unburied dead , inflation at 27 per cent .
22 In addition , an anti-static spray will be for sale to allow the customer to pull his or her fleecy top over the head without first removing the beard , in complete safety .
23 THE University of Southampton announced plans yesterday to more than double its student numbers over the next 35 years by building an additional campus .
24 Melanie covered the counter with toys for her and she ran her suede gloves over the painted surfaces of wood and tin , crying out at intervals : ‘ Golly !
25 So most of the 750 or so who have emerged victorious from their motel weekend over the last decade are condemned , like the Ancient Mariner , to spend their lives trailing around the country , telling their tale to uninterested local Conservative worthies in the hope they 'll be offered the honour of fighting the seat .
26 Claiming it is ‘ going into implementation mode , ’ OSF believes it can double its licence revenues over the course of this year with Distributed Computing Environment technologies now coming to market and a string of new business partnerships it will establish — see page five .
27 In 1892 the exhibition of painting by Edvard Munch created a scandal after which state control over the Salon was reinforced .
28 THE COUNTY now known simply as Lothian is an amalgamation of what used to be East Lothian , Midlothian , and West Lothian , with a few bits chipped off the edges here and there : for example , the little settlement of Stow with its packhorse bridge over the Gala Water was once in East Lothian but has now been lured into the Borders region .
29 Despite endorsing DCC on their world tour over the last year , Straits manager Ed Bicknell instructed record company Polygram to withdraw all Mark Knopfler 's projected releases .
30 But it also appears to depend upon the extent to which employer control over the workplace is enhanced by multi-employer bargaining rather than by independent , single-firm action .
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