Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An immediate Exchequer grant was provided to tide the hospitals over the emergency . |
| 2 | The first loan was often sought to escape a pauper funeral , to keep the children off the school meals list , to pay for boots , or to tide the family over the illness of the breadwinner . |
| 3 | At an academic and policy level the debate over the pros and cons of insider dealing has run its course ; those in favour of regulation have won . |
| 4 | He still owed Bert a fish over the bike deal . |
| 5 | It will be cut by another 10% every quarter over the coming year ’ . |
| 6 | According to estimates prepared in advance of the Assembly [ see also p. 38891 ] , the global average for life expectancy was expected to rise by four months a year over the next five years . |
| 7 | Does holding a handkerchief over the mouthpiece really disguise your voice ? ’ |
| 8 | In Spain the struggle over the succession in 1702–13 had seen a prolonged effort by Catalonia and much of Aragon to throw off Castilian rule , an effort which drove them to support the Habsburg Archduke Charles against the eventually victorious Bourbon claimant to the throne , Philip V , grandson of Louis XIV . |
| 9 | Had the investor paid £10 a month over the past five years into the best performing fund ethical/green fund — Framlington Health — the investment would now be worth £1,312.88 . |
| 10 | Inevitably there is considerable friction between the two agencies but in the past defence needs in Russia had sufficient priority to give the GRU a lead over the KGB . |
| 11 | As part of its expansion , Barratt will open two new subsidiaries a year over the three years of the growth plan , starting in July with one for south London , to be followed by one for the northern part of the capital later . |
| 12 | In July , Lord Mackay published a white paper which abandoned the proposal of a single accreditation for advocates , gave the judges a veto over the rules for accreditation of solicitors , and did not continue to propose multi-disciplinary partnerships . |
| 13 | At this point the debate over the civil rights bill merged into a wider national debate concerning the legitimacy of reverse discrimination . |
| 14 | In contrast , the synergy of four individuals working on a problem should give the group an advantage over the individuals working on their own . |
| 15 | The bank says it expects its new purchase to break even in the first year and to be operating at a profit of $150m-200m a year over the following three years . |
| 16 | In the Yorkshire Radio area , where the company 's broadcasts are aimed at the under-35s , listening figures rose 32 per cent to 13.85 hours a week over the year . |
| 17 | Apart from his own studies , Tetsu teaches English and mathematics to children ; he had taught eight hours a week over the past year to finance this , his first trip outside his homeland . |
| 18 | Milk yields of up to 35kg a day in June were common , with an average of 25kg a day over the summer months , but the milk was not very creamy . |
| 19 | Borrowers of £100,000 can pay up to £1,000 a year over the odds if they chose the wrong lender five years ago . |
| 20 | But I need n't have worried , she came to me just as smoothly as before , and I flew her half a dozen times a session over the next four days . |
| 21 | If you 're the one who 's stayed at home all day , tackling the house and looking after the kids , you 'll want to celebrate the homecoming of everyone else and the chance the talk over the day 's happenings . |
| 22 | Hailed by Sir David Wilson , the Governor of Hong Kong , as " a good agreement for Hong Kong " , the memorandum was widely seen as the UK acceding to China 's demands for a greater say in Hong Kong 's affairs , although Sir David claimed that it would not give China a veto over the Hong Kong government . |
| 23 | However , the degree also has a taught component , as students must attend at least one postgraduate seminar every term over the two-year period of the degree , and are examined on their work in these courses . |
| 24 | ‘ Regular payments of fifty pounds a week over the past six weeks . ’ |
| 25 | In the Eurobond example the spread over the gilt can be judged from the trading level of bond issues of similarly rated companies with similar documentation and covenants . |
| 26 | When I went to bed , I had a few ‘ sort of ’ pains , but I did n't think anything of them as I 'd had these kind of niggly pains a lot over the last week or so . |
| 27 | The entire herd has now been bought for epidemiological research at about £200 a head over the normal abattoir price . |
| 28 | While it intends to press ahead with its policy of getting rid of 15,000 staff a year over the next two years , finance director Barry Romeril said redundancy costs would be cut by half . |
| 29 | The only firm suggestion to emerge from the meeting was a commitment by the Malaysian state of Sarawak to cut logging by 1.5 million cubic metres a year over the next two years . |
| 30 | So on current plans the reprocessing plants will separate an average of 21 tonnes of plutonium a year over the next 20 years . |