Example sentences of "[noun] over the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was accustomed to exercise for , each morning for the past two weeks , Sharpe had saddled her at three o'clock , then ridden her south to watch the dawn break over the Sambre valley , but this morning , hearing the crackle of musketry to the east , he had ridden the mare much further than usual . |
| 2 | Fred Crocombe went on to work for Boulton Paul Aircraft , and often reflected on how close he came to being one of those many aviator 's lost mysteriously without a trace over the wide expanse of the sea . |
| 3 | 95% of drivers/riders over the legal limit are male . |
| 4 | Strain the custard over the tangerine pulp and stir in the dissolved gelatine . |
| 5 | The 25th FAO conference in Rome in November 1989 adopted a regular budget of US$569,000,000 for 1990/91 , an increase of $77,000,000 over the previous biennium [ see p. 36957 ] . |
| 6 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |
| 7 | The rise of the international business schools over the last decades and the substantial increase in the numbers of Third World students in the universities and technical institutes of the First World have provided an ever-increasing pool of potential local employees for the TNCs , and recruitment is brisk . |
| 8 | In the following year , Maurice Peston told a committee of the House of Commons that ‘ those who doubt the innovatory possibilities of British education and the capacity of the DES and the LEAs to help things forward should study the CNAA and the polytechnics over the past decade . |
| 9 | ( The Regional Council already propose the upgrading of the towpath EAST of Wester Hailes , and of the short section from Calders Cres. to the aqueduct over the new city bypass , so eventually we shall have an almost continuous route to/from the city centre ) . |
| 10 | Imports of passenger cars over the three months rose only two per cent by volume , whilst imports of capital goods were down six per cent . |
| 11 | She told me more or less the same story as Eric — that they are reserving double the usual amount of space for Jefferson over the second half of the year . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ The convulsion of war has opened our eyes to many strange things ’ , he wrote in 1919 , ‘ Few of us had realised till war had exposed it how thin is the veneer of civilisation over the underlying animal proclivities … the failure of religion to direct , and education to balance , the actions of men . ’ |
| 13 | Benzie ( 1991 ) outlined a number of doubts over the general prospects for international bond issuance . |
| 14 | Given the comments above , we would have our doubts over the likely benefits for sectors that are heavily exposed to Europe . |
| 15 | May I wish my hon. and learned Friend well in getting proper safeguards over the vexed problem of undisclosed sites ? |
| 16 | If you have planned and carried out your strategy of study over the earlier laps , like the 5000-metre runner , you should be on the inside lane and in a good position at the bell for the last lap . |
| 17 | On the evidence of his prolific plundering over the opening furlongs only those with a penchant for an eggy face would do so with any lack of compunction . |
| 18 | In fact , in 1932–33 , without all the goals of the FFYP having been achieved , 6.7 million workers and employees were working in Soviet factories , an increase of more than 110% over that of 1928 , and of 65% over the planned number of workers ! |
| 19 | In the past financial year companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange ( TSE ) raised a staggering ¥25 trillion through various forms of equity financing — up 65% over the previous year . |
| 20 | Furthermore , neither Roosevelt nor the State Department was persuaded that the British would necessarily or at least wholeheartedly support the United States over the whole range of its postwar interests and aspirations . |
| 21 | In a country where anything so conspicuous as reducing food subsidies courts trouble , cut backs in the health sector may seem a safer bet ( in 1977 7.7 per cent of GNP was devoted to health care , down from 9.5 per cent in 1955 ; in comparison , proportions in the United States over the same period rose from 8 per cent to 11 per cent ) . |
| 22 | I hope that my further work and the work of others around the world will help to clarify the advantages of the fifty millesimal potencies over the centesimal potencies . |
| 23 | The school 's curriculum manager and acting vice-principal , Phil Dean , said there was a lot of uncertainty over the new number seven overlapping the old C and D grades . |
| 24 | The exchange , headed by Peter Rawlins , said uncertainty over the general election and worries about the economy kept investors on the sidelines last year . |
| 25 | While simple coral beads have been clinically successful , there is some uncertainty over the long-term stability of pure corals . |
| 26 | However it is recognized that decisions by overseas students to accept or reject offers are influenced by a more complex set of factors than for home students , and there remains uncertainty over the appropriate offer ratios to be applied . |
| 27 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 28 | This has been fuelled by uncertainty over the exact figures with Eurotunnel claiming a final cost of about £7bn , Transmanche Link £7.5bn , and the banks ' technical advisers £8.1bn plus a six month delay in opening . |
| 29 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |
| 30 | The uncertainty over the Scottish party 's position arose after Mr Smith set out his vision for Labour 's future at the start of last week . |