Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] over the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the field patterns over the land area in the upper left of the image are blurred by the smoothing operation . |
| 2 | Now it 's really gone a bit bit over the top I think . |
| 3 | A press conference on the subject , which was scheduled for Monday , was cancelled due to the suicide of former Prime Minister Pierre Beregovoy over the weekend . |
| 4 | Indeed , the huge capital exports by US business provided a ‘ justification ’ for the United States running a current account surplus and were used as such during the Smithsonian discussions over the size of adjustment of the exchange rate . |
| 5 | He ignored my emendation , but just continued to toss the cartridge cases over the gunwale . |
| 6 | The government has been obsessed with secrecy as is indicated by the prosecution of Clive Ponting and Sarah Tisdall over the disclosure of material covered by the Official Secrets Act and by their efforts to prevent the publication of Spycatcher by Peter Wright . |
| 7 | The Investigation Committee also has a general monitoring function over the handling of complaints by the SCB . |
| 8 | A better memorial to him is the statue of Cardinal Wolsey over the gate to Christ Church College , Oxford , which he caused to be erected and underneath which he is named in a Latin inscription . |
| 9 | A ROW has broken out between two Darlington General Election candidates over the number of under-fives in nurseries . |
| 10 | Wielding the gavel in front of 1,500 people in sweltering heat under a tent on a village football pitch , Paris auctioneer Jacques Tajan sold off the entire contents of the château of antique dealer Bernard Steinitz over the weekend of 29-31 May for FFr 20,049,290 ( £2,045,845 ; $3,682,522 ) . |
| 11 | Install one of these and you can send computer data over the line without a modem ; voice traffic will have to be converted to digital form by special phone or exchange equipment . |
| 12 | Instead , distract your child 's attention from the buckles by fitting a play tray over the top . |
| 13 | The monopoly of Osaka merchants over the rice market , and Osaka 's role as a supply source for the demands of Edo and elsewhere , brought substantial prosperity . |
| 14 | She turned to the end of the document and saw a signature S. KETTERING over the address of the villa , LA FELICITÀ , MONDANO-IN-CHIANTI , SIENA , ITALY . |
| 15 | Rosa , who is poorest of all , lives in the gypsy camp over the slope at the far end of the valley . |
| 16 | Many punk bands extended this antagonism to all established rock musicians over the age of twenty-five . |
| 17 | The car park over the bridge has been provided to accommodate the cars of those aspiring to climb Beinn Alligin , the track starting directly opposite . |
| 18 | Christopher Boyle and Darren Mills had struck a deal with David Hawthorne over the sale of t-shirts . |
| 19 | TEN people were injured in accidents on North-East roads over the weekend . |
| 20 | THREE people were rescued from a yacht which got into difficulties in heavy seas off Bardsey Island over the weekend . |
| 21 | SDLP leader John Hume has clashed with Unionist MP David Trimble over the impact of his continuing talks with Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . |
| 22 | The most dramatic thing about the recent dietary fibre research is that it has , to a degree , altered the basis on which experts have been calculating potential weight loss over the past half century or so … the period during which overweight people have been begging diet doctors and dieticians to help them shed that surplus fat . |
| 23 | The £2.5 million England striker , speaking for the first time since being charged with misconduct by the Football Association over the incident , said the furore surrounding his disciplinary problems was ‘ getting beyond a joke ’ . |
| 24 | A plaintiff once brought a defamation action over the allegation that he was a highwaym . |
| 25 | Place aluminium tape over the ridge ( top ) ends of the sheets , and aluminium antidust breather tape over the eaves ( bottom ) ends . |
| 26 | It worked as well as the others , the 9,600bps Fax Receive mode offering a useful speed boost over the Pocket Gem . |
| 27 | ‘ That 's right , love , ’ shouted Mrs. Hennessy over the noise , as she switched on the vacuum-cleaner . |
| 28 | She watched his tall figure stride over the marble floor . |
| 29 | The growth of retirement and , more recently , early retirement has ensured that an increasing proportion of older people have been excluded from the labour force over the course of this century . |
| 30 | The Imperial Dry Dock measured 167.6 metres by 21.3 metres with 7.7 metres at ordinary Spring Tides over the sill . |