Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no continuous , uninterrupted growth of scientific expertise or medical control over sex throughout the nineteenth century . |
| 2 | Melt the beeswax with the oil in the top of an enamel double boiler or heat-proof basin over a pan of simmering water . |
| 3 | Again and again , in the name of public accountability , but often with a barely concealed philistine agenda , the government has demonstrated its lack of faith in intellectual or artistic endeavour over and above the purely functional or business-related . |
| 4 | It is these highly-skilled experts who make up the 85-year-old association and exclusive club over which Mr Smythe now presides . |
| 5 | On May 8 Sami Abdul-Rahman , a member of the delegation [ see p. 38127 ] , said that " the talks [ were ] going on in a positive spirit " , although questions relating to international guarantees for an accord and Kurdish control over the oil-producing town of Kirkuk remained unresolved . |
| 6 | The Paris museum was a centre of both research and passionate debate over the principles upon which the new science should be built . |
| 7 | Since opening the gates to the Magic Kingdom a little more than a year ago , Euro Disney has been beset by a series of much-publicised problems : poor attendance , labour disputes , French snobbery and pan-European discontent over high prices and long queues . |
| 8 | Bridhe lifted the baby , slipped a magic coral and rowan-berry necklace over his head and walked sun-wise round the bed three times for good fortune , before taking the child down to the hall to present him to his father , to Eachuinn Odhar and the clansmen assembled . |
| 9 | The drums are independently suspended and are said to give a consistent cut and easy movement over undulating ground . |
| 10 | She has not only suffered the anguish of over a quarter of a century of separation from her husband , but has also experienced unending persecution at the hands of the regime , such as banishment , Imprisonment , torture and sustained harassment over a period of more than two decades . |
| 11 | Usually the syndrome is associated with frequent coughing and slight tachypnoea over a period of a few days ; less frequently there is marked tachypnoea , hyperpnoea and in dairy cows a reduction in milk yield . |
| 12 | 281 is regarded as extending the protected class , there was in Shah 's case no relationship of influence or likely influence over the sureties by those connected with the debtor company of which the bank had any knowledge . |
| 13 | A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment . |
| 14 | According to Kuhn , the latter is characterized by total disagreement and constant debate over fundamentals , so much so that it is impossible to get down to detailed , esoteric work . |
| 15 | You travel south and then west over slow , winding roads to the westernmost tip of Mull , to Fionnphort , a weatherbeaten hamlet perched on the edge of the world , defaced by litter , plastic bottles and dirty nappies , discarded as tourists get on and off the ferries . |
| 16 | If your fabric is very stiff , make one 4 cm turning and zig-zag stitch over the raw edge or glue in place . |
| 17 | Reports suggested that the latest round of talks , attended by the head of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan ( DPK ) , Masoud Barzani , and the leader of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan ( PUK ) , Jalal Talabani , reflected a hardening of Kurdish demands including the incorporation of 80 per cent of historically Kurdish areas into an autonomous Kurdish zone and Kurdish control over security forces in these areas . |
| 18 | Politically the 1950s saw a Cold War between the superpowers — each battling for supremacy in the world economic markets ; each striving to gain the upper hand in military might and ideological influence over the developing countries . |
| 19 | IX Building a brick and concrete arch over wood centering |
| 20 | Please thank parishioners for their generosity and please accept SCIAF 's thanks for your cooperation in expressing the Gospel preferential option for the poor , through prayer and practical support over many years . |
| 21 | In ‘ Beyond the Micro : Laxton , The Computer and Social Change Over Time ’ , published in The Local Historian , volume 16 , no. 8 ( 1985 ) , pp. 451–6 , they remark on the contrast between a high turnover of individuals in the village and an underlying stability of households . |
| 22 | Residents of Grangetown , near Middlesborough in Cleveland , are preparing to sue ICI and British Steel over suspected pollution from nearby plants . |
| 23 | Llewelyn was close in his chamber with his chaplain-secretary and Ednyfed Fychan over the dictation of letters , and his seal was already on the credentials of the envoys who were to represent him in Shrewsbury ; but David , when he heard what the messenger had to report , on his own authority brought him in to the conference and shattered it . |
| 24 | By looking at the links between sea level rise and volcanic activity over the last million years , he hopes to be able to predict whether our heating of the atmosphere today could earn us a fierce and violent reprimand from the planet in years to come . |
| 25 | Fortunately , as well as complaints , we have received plenty of praise and awards for our distinctive photography and excellent writing over the past five years . |
| 26 | Someone had fainted and a woman was loosening his shirt and running water over his head . |
| 27 | If we recall what was said earlier regarding the trend in primate evolution which promoted the visual sense over that of smell and prehensile agility over terrestrial quadrupedalism , we can readily see that the definitive adoption of a fully upright posture in man is only the culmination of this much more general evolutionary tendency . |
| 28 | Between four thousand and five thousand people took part and the demands of the rally were for a crash housing programme , a fair points system for the allocation of houses and legal control over the letting of furnished accommodation . |
| 29 | He went to Alton Towers and any ride over a certain height he could n't go on . |
| 30 | Billy Ray is the culmination of the Garth Brooks trend , the triumph of marketing and conservative panty-waist over the music . |