Example sentences of "[noun] of [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we can say , though , is that juvenile crime and street violence have been characteristics of British society over hundreds of years , rather than being indicative of a contemporary moral and social disintegration . |
| 2 | Ackerman also found that in integrated firms there was a great deal of divisional-HQ interaction over significant investments , often extending over several years , and that this was a powerful device for gaining commitment to major projects , although the impetus any project gained was also a function of fairly subjective , often political factors . |
| 3 | Again Heston held a good deal of creative control over the enterprise , and made his point to Caulfield by writing him a firm letter telling him to be on time or else . |
| 4 | Care , of course , has to be taken not to equate , by necessity , duration with severity , for a child might be just as traumatized by one incident as by a succession of repeated incidents over time . |
| 5 | When , after notable delays , the first Free French representative , Jean Sainteny , arrived in Hanoi from Kunming he had apparently already been informed by his travelling companion , Major Archimedes Patti of the American OSS , that as the Potsdam agreement made no mention of French sovereignty over Vietnam the French therefore had no right to intervene in affairs which were no longer their concern . |
| 6 | Although Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) were able to demonstrate an apparent loss of latent inhibition over a long retention interval using chocolate milk as the CS , no effect was apparent when saccharin was used . |
| 7 | A second survey was undertaken to establish the level of loss of requested items over a six month period . |
| 8 | The necessary inference from such a principle as his is that the interpreters of law should be the.ones to define the rights of individuals and to trace the bounds of legitimate government over them . |
| 9 | Mr Crowe emphasised the achievement was no flash in the pan but the result of continuous improvement over several years . |
| 10 | This is partly the result of inadequate control over facades and signing , reinforced by the trend toward corporate design by major retail chains . |
| 11 | How much of the present landscape is a result of human interference over thousands of years and how much is a result of natural processes of soil degradation in an extreme , oceanic environment ? |
| 12 | Salinity on density surfaces close to the temperature and salinity minimum of LSW from the CONVEX-91 northern section shows two main features ( Fig. 2 b ) : first , an increase in salinity from west to east ( high salinity values over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Rockall plateau are probably the result of enhanced mixing over the topography ) ; second , a change in the density surface of the salinity minimum . |
| 13 | His discussions with the Pope led to Charles ' confirmation of papal rights over the Exarchate of Ravenna , from Ferrara and Commachio in the north , to Osimo in the south . |
| 14 | Although there are dangers in concentrating on a single see , the information provided by Gregory does allow a study of episcopal elections over the best part of a century . |
| 15 | The increased demand for food to feed the growing populations of the great cities was met by speedy rail communication with the countryside , which allowed the transportation of perishable goods over long distances and promoted commercialization , specialization , and modernization in the agriculture of many countries . |
| 16 | By vastly cheapening the carriage of heavy materials over long distances , the canals also brought about indirect changes in the landscape . |
| 17 | Mr Kronweiser 's reaction was odd : he sprang to a crouch over his manuscript , then put a piece of clean paper over it . |
| 18 | First , there is foreign economic policy-making involving the external relations of the national economy to the world economy ; second , there is stabilisation policy and the whole field of macroeconomic policy and the management " of the economy ; and finally , there is industrial policy covering all those aspects of governmental responsibility over the economy aimed at improving long-run efficiency , output and productivity . |
| 19 | Medical audit should relate to aspects of clinical activity over which one has some control so that change can be initiated if a problem is identified . |
| 20 | After planting , spread a thick mulch of organic matter over the soil around the trees to conserve moisture . |
| 21 | Pin , tack then machine the soft side of touch-and-close fastener over the raw edges . |
| 22 | It seems likely that improvements in the health and work capacity of the elderly population over the last eighty years have more than compensated for any putative increase in the physical and mental demands of employment ; if so , rising retirement rates may reflect a decrease in the demand for the labour of elderly workers over a period in which their employment capacity has risen . |
| 23 | However , the data in Table 2 do not suggest that the disadvantaged areas of Continental Europe have any major advantage in terms of yields of primary product over those in Britain and Ireland ( Table 3 ) . |
| 24 | The brouhaha of recent days over the behaviour of Lonrho , and the Observer newspaper which it owns , should not be allowed to cloud this issue . |
| 25 | This is particularly relevant not only to encourage applicants from among under-represented groups such as women and ethnic minorities who do not figure in great numbers among present appointments but also [ in the light of recent controversy over sentencing decisions by judges ] , to encourage further consideration of the standards themselves . |
| 26 | The Austrian and Czechoslovak governments announced in January that they would distribute iodine tablets , intended to help combat radiation sickness , to their citizens in the light of growing concern over the safety of some Czechoslovak nuclear plants . |
| 27 | In the light of continuing concern over the supply and training of such employees it seeks to investigate : a ) company experience of skill shortages and responses to them ; b ) strategies used by firms to recruit and retain employees ; c ) the extent and nature of company provision for the training and re-training of employees : d ) the opportunities provided for career progression into more advanced technological and managerial positions . |
| 28 | His choice of Indonesia , as opposed to the United Kingdom or the USA , as his first foreign destination was controversial in the light of widespread concern over Indonesia 's human rights record . |
| 29 | Negotiations between the Iranian Jewish businessman David Nasser Khalili and the British Department of National Heritage over his offer to lend his collection of Islamic art and antiquities to the nation at the expense of the British are still ongoing ( The Art Newspaper No.21 , Oct 1992 , p.1 ) . |
| 30 | The ‘ adaptive information ’ manifested in behaviour can , however , be described as inherited , because it is due to the action of natural selection over many generations . |