Example sentences of "[noun] on [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In total , the group has spent £5.1m on acquisitions over the past six months , although it has retained £3m net cash . |
| 2 | I refer the Prime Minister to the barrage of criticism from the Select Committee on Defence over the Government 's handling of Army cuts , and its implied call for a defence review . |
| 3 | The MoD plans to spend £700m on simulators over the next 10 years , but the report urged them to study the effectiveness of simulator training , and said some are old and outdated . |
| 4 | Paper has been smuggled from Croatia on horseback over the mountains which is very dodgy , and for two days Oslobodjenje was printed on blue and yellow paper as the white had run out . |
| 5 | Mr Lamont tried to blame the crisis on uncertainty over the outcome of the French referendum and the ‘ extraordinary flow of speculative funds in the German mark . ’ |
| 6 | If anything is demonstrated by the USSR 's record on energy over the past decade it is that the resources , the equipment , manpower and the money do exist broadly to achieve whatever the mighty planning and executive mechanism dictates . |
| 7 | The first report to investigate the projected effects of global warming on Britain over the next 40 years has been released by the Department of the Environment . |
| 8 | To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have taken place with the United Nations High Commission on Refugees over the last month . |
| 9 | I put it in the barn in a seed tray with a piece of glass on top over the winter and the whole lot came up . |
| 10 | A 20-a-day man or woman has spent from £360 to £713 a year on fags over the past 10 years . |
| 11 | Cynon Valley ) in a written reply yesterday that she has received 6,900 letters on Cambodia over the last month . |
| 12 | The exhibition also looks at the making and selling of instruments on Merseyside over the past 200 years . |
| 13 | There has been a 30–40 per cent reduction in the amount of fat on pigs over the last 10 years , ’ says Professor James . |
| 14 | These restrictions on funding over the decade have begun to put pressure on the relatively well-developed education system . |
| 15 | The diehard Smiths fans who 've been turning their backs on Morrissey over the last couple of years would be wise to give this a spin and do jerky , twisty , dancing type things in their front room . ’ |
| 16 | While there may be pain on pressure over the centre of the bony pelvis if osteitis is present , you may also get pain if you attempt sit-ups , kick a ball or even turn over in bed . |
| 17 | One of the distractions on offer over the weekend was a ride in a tall person 's car — a 20ft limo belonging to a visiting German tall person — 6ft9in . |