Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] of [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decline of pre-marital pregnancy during the late nineteenth century was probably therefore less the product of adoption of middle-class values than the consequence of the felt loss of control over the consequence of heterosexual relations . |
| 2 | The multi-million pound trail of destruction over the past 12 months includes the following outrages : |
| 3 | This year 's profits will be used to help fund a record £1.5billion programme of investment over the next five years to cope with what is described as ‘ a phenomenal ’ growth in mail . |
| 4 | Contrary to Unix-on-the-desktop sceptics , the fastest growing sector will be the Unix PC marketplace with a revenue CAGR of 28% over the period . |
| 5 | Karimov claims to have discovered a direct correlation between nuclear tests conducted at the Soviet testing site of Semipalatinsk over the years and earthquakes throughout the former Soviet Union . |
| 6 | THE springtime reduction of ozone over Antarctica is now well established observationally and the processes involved are quantitatively understood theoretically . |
| 7 | Scientist Tom Clarkson said that there was a 50-60 percent loss of ozone over the Antarctic during the southern spring ( from September to November ) . |
| 8 | Sale et al. ( 1975 ) interviewed a random general population sample of females over the age of 15 in Hobart , Tasmania , and found that overdoses and self-injuries were regarded as potentially lethal in most cases . |
| 9 | A brute wall of sound over which the 'Nigs have scrawled their own , bug-eyed 'n' ugly messages . |
| 10 | A large dollop of thick porridge was placed before her , and a nun came round and poured a minute amount of milk over it . |
| 11 | Study in Midlothian had shown a 33% loss , East Lothian a 23% loss and Bedfordshire in England had shown a remarkable 82% loss of ponds over the last century . |
| 12 | His assistant dangled a 250′ length of wire over the edge of the cliff and heard a message sent by Marconi from a house near Bournemouth Pier . |
| 13 | According to new figures from the Central Statistical Office , consumers increased their debts by £13m in February having paid off £505m worth of debt over the previous six months . |
| 14 | ‘ We could find people who wanted £3m worth of business over a few years , but failed to get any quick profit deals . |
| 15 | Eastman Kodak Co has filed a patent infringement suit against Sony Corp and Sony Corp of America over use of a magnetic recording system that was patented by Kodak which uses a record head with a reduced magnetic gap length : Kodak said it has tried to negotiate a licence agreement with Sony over its use of the patent since the late 1980s . |
| 16 | The latter was even more distressing in view of the relatively higher mortality rate of male over female infants . |
| 17 | Inserts to b and c show the changes expected in the Pb isotopic composition of a model array of data over a period of 130Myr with μ ( 238 U/ 204 Pb ) values comparable to those found in the erupted basalts . |
| 18 | For the past four years , Nottingham has led the field in police harassment of motorists over the Christmas period , and come bottom of the league in the proportion of compulsory breath tests which proved justified . |
| 19 | It expects to get venture funding of $2m–$4m over the summer when it will start shipping . |
| 20 | CCG HAS started a new contract to provide school meals for the London Borough of Wandesworth over the next four years . |
| 21 | Even the London Docklands Development Corporation ( arguably the least local of the boards ) has been involved in negotiations with the London Borough of Newham over low-cost housing and has resisted proposals from developers to utilize land allocated for such housing for other purposes . |
| 22 | In addition , I have as a consultant — and on behalf of the National Children 's Bureau — been working with a team from the University of London Institute of Education over the past two years or so , to distil the lessons from this research for local and health authorities . |
| 23 | If you have only a 25mm or 50mm thickness in your loft , it is well worth adding a new 100mm layer of insulation over the top . |
| 24 | In the event , members settled for a subscription levy of £11 over each of seven years ( commuted to give ) or £55 single payment . |
| 25 | In March food supplies purchased by the Commissariat of War for the Red Army were given priority in evacuation at the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk over ARA famine stocks . |
| 26 | The chamber refused to give magistrates power of arrest over the five , however . |
| 27 | Facing a gathering wave of criticism over his frequent crew swaps , and predilection to take the wheel ahead of his professional helmsmen , Buddy Melges and Kimo Worthington , Koch announced a ‘ final ’ crew . |
| 28 | In addition to their port duties , Lerwick staff had to cover controls at Sumburgh Airport which was thirty miles south of Lerwick over a bumpy switchback road . |
| 29 | West Mercia 's Chief Constable is to ask Malvern Hills District Council to make an order excluding processions or convoys of travellers within a 4-mile radius of Castlemorton over the May Bank Holiday . |