Example sentences of "[noun] of [noun pl] over the " in BNC.

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1 Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable .
2 They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory .
3 Their performance against Rangers was inexplicable and one can not believe that the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders , which lasted eight hours on the day before the match , with bickerings between cabals of directors over the club 's future , had no effect on the players .
4 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 .
5 Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] .
6 Other accusations were the result of disputes over the ownership of animals .
7 In addition most clubs organise a full programme of races over the season which , once you 've mastered the basics of sailing , can improve your skills very quickly by matching them up with other boats in the fleet .
8 Extrahepatic disorders unrelated to cirrhosis in portal hypertension occur with greater frequency in the elderly : in our experience more than 10% of patients over the age of 65 years with variceal haemorrhage have glucose intolerance requiring treatment with either insulin or oral hypoglycaemic agents .
9 A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect .
10 Disappointingly there was little evidence of any change in the condition of attenders over the course of two years from the interviewing of the original sample .
11 The US Exxon Corporation on March 13 agreed to pay a record sum in settlement of claims over the Exxon Valdez oil spillage off the coast of Alaska in March 1989 [ see pp. 36541 ; 36606 ] .
12 If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne .
13 The introduction is an essay by Octavio Paz in which he stresses the isolation in which the civilisations of the Americas evolved ( as opposed to Europe with contacts from the East ) and he examines the reactions of Europeans over the years to Mexican art .
14 In just the same way , evolution consists of genes spreading at each other 's expense , but many , perhaps most , genetic mechanisms are about enforcing common interest of groups of genes over the selfish ambitions of the few .
15 You have been fortunate enough to build up a reserve of savings over the years , or you may find yourself in receipt of an inheritance .
16 Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ?
17 Tax evasion is a similar problem in interpreting the sixteenth-century subsidy rolls , while any deductions based on the military survey , a crude census of males over the age of sixteen , must allow not only for children but also for the balance between men and women in the population as a whole .
18 Theda had followed in the Gallery of Fashion — which all her young charges had avidly studied — the steady rise of waists over the last three or four years , but never before had she felt quite so outdated .
19 Spare capacity would be resold to other British Telecom units , which could offer a variety of services over the network .
20 SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt .
21 Miss Danziger had heard a variety of interpretations over the many years . …
22 The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill .
23 He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered .
24 The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years .
25 The company is aiming for three generations of products over the next few years .
26 Rodrigo strove mightily not to offend his Moorish subjects , especially in Valencia which became his base of operations over the succeeding months .
27 People also experience radically unequal patterns of earnings over the span of their working lives as employees .
28 The British Broadcasting Corporation has extended its 30-year relationship with ICL Plc with two new contracts for the provision of services over the next six years : first , ICL 's CFM facilities management subsidiary will run the Beeb 's mainframe bureau operation in Feltham , West London on ICL Series 39 SX mainframes ; second , the BBC is taking advantage of ICL 's Open Hire agreement in its move to a distributed Unix computing environment .
29 With the introduction of general management , an attempt has been made to address the clinician-management interface directly and to challenge formally , at least in theory , the tight grip of doctors over the NHS as an organisation .
30 There was also the possibility of a more flexible use of facilities in the statutory , voluntary and private sectors , and , finally , the powerful influence of doctors over the lives of the chronically disabled would inevitably wane , a process of ‘ de-medicalization ’ which is largely to be welcomed as medical and nursing skills are only a small part of the required professional skills .
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