Example sentences of "[noun] in [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Collector had sat a good deal in this chair over the past few days and it had come to affect his habits of thought . |
| 2 | The brief rejected the relevance of United States in personam jurisdiction over the person required to produce evidence , and asserted the cooperative attitude of German courts and authorities to requests made under the Convention . |
| 3 | But this implies that a single random increase in aggregate demand in the current period can set up a serially correlated movement or boom in real output over a number of subsequent periods . |
| 4 | Primakov was a chief advisor to Gorbachev on Middle Eastern affairs , had been a central figure in Soviet diplomacy over the Gulf crisis , and , together with former Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze , was seen by observers as one of the architects of the " new thinking " in Soviet foreign policy . |
| 5 | A representative of the mainly-Muslim Bosnian army , which seized the village in fierce fighting over the last five days , said they would not be harmed if they stayed . |
| 6 | The development of SVQs has formed a major part of our work in this sector over the last year . |
| 7 | An increase of 31% ( to £40.1m ) in fees for work in this area over the year — including the administration of the Maxwell Communication Corporation , and debt rescheduling for Heron Corporation and WPP — lifted PW 's total income to £395.1m , up 2% on last year 's . |
| 8 | He has played a significant though unsung part in the primary school revolution which has taken place in this country over the last ten to fifteen years . |
| 9 | In this chapter we shall look at corporate resource allocation from the point of view of corporate strategy and industrial economics , summarizing their major contributions in this area over recent years . |
| 10 | The upsurge in public concern over environmental quality issues during the latter half of 1969 led to the enactment of the National Environmental Policy Act , which was passed with limited debate or opposition despite it being so fundamental and innovative a measure . |
| 11 | The skyline is dominated by the two Sizewell nuclear power stations in this view over the reedbeds and pools of the Minsmere bird reserve |
| 12 | All in all , Anglo-Iranian was seen as a major tool in British control over Iran . |
| 13 | That autumn the German Airforce reached the summit of its achievement , downing 123 Allied planes in one month over the Somme , for a loss of only twenty-seven . |
| 14 | Greenock fishing boats in front line over dock closure |
| 15 | He points to American chemical giant , Du Pont , which has lost the equivalent of only one working day in industrial action over the past 30 years . |
| 16 | Crossed his eyes and exploded Old Buck 's head in some quarrel over a high yaller lady , then hit the trail in Buck 's G-Mek convertible . ’ |
| 17 | Meanwhile , heat the distilled water in another basin over a pan of simmering water until it has warmed . |
| 18 | Although it may be unfair to criticize the laudable and worthwhile efforts in this direction over many years , the focus has probably been rather narrow . |
| 19 | It should also be stated that changes in political thinking over the past three years have changed the complexion of the West German energy future . |
| 20 | The new 20th Century Gallery at the V&A is in many ways symptomatic of the changes in British culture over the last decade . |
| 21 | Head teacher of Bentley School , Philip Callaway , told the Herald that during the week , the children 's topic work would also be looking at changes in everyday life over the 150 years . |
| 22 | The intra-Christian fighting of the first half of 1990 did not result in any tangible changes in territorial control over the enclave ; the LF maintained control of Jounieh and Jubail areas to the north of Beirut as well as the East Beirut quarters of Ashrafieh and Karantina , while Aoun held on to the area around the Baabda Presidential palace , where he himself was based , and around Ras al Metn and the southern entrances to East Beirut . |
| 23 | ( iii ) From their reading of pre-20th century literature , pupils should be encouraged to identify some of the major changes in English grammar over the centuries , eg the loss — except in some dialects and in religious uses — of thee and thou ; the simplification of the verb system eg from have , hast , hath , to have and has ; the change in the structure of negatives eg from I know not to I do n't know . |
| 24 | But delegates ran into difficulties in informal haggling over how to share the cuts . |
| 25 | Talking Rugby : Hong Kong in hot water over sevens fiasco |
| 26 | It is sickening that the Government would never dare to treat taxpayers in that way over their entitlements to past reliefs or past allowances . |
| 27 | Most commentators agree that there was a change in ethos in economic policy over the 1960s which resulted in a more interventionist approach [ Beckerman , 1972 ] , and European practice was certainly an influence in bringing it about [ Estrin and Holmes , 1983 ; Hayward and Narkiewicz , 1978 ; Shonfield , 1965 ] . |
| 28 | The rise in local politics over recent years is not just the passive outcome of national forces working themselves out at the local level . |
| 29 | The larger departments , with their larger seminar groups , may have an inherent advantage in this respect over the smaller units . |
| 30 | THE stock market received a lift today on news of a cut in German interest rates which raised hopes of a similar reduction in this country over the next few weeks by Chancellor Kenneth Clarke . |