Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] over [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It adds that over the period , other areas will expand . |
| 2 | For the Galileo story it is important to know that over the centuries Aristotle 's philosophy had become a part of Catholic orthodoxy . |
| 3 | And we found that over a period of , oh about a couple of months , the same people almost used to come round . |
| 4 | They found that over the course of the year , two-thirds of the women interviewed reported experiences of sexual harassment , one-quarter of the women had experienced threats , and one-fifth , violence . |
| 5 | Leonard Piper , 57 , made his pledge at Witham Magistrates ' Court where he admitted to driving while over the limit . |
| 6 | It is obviously still a necessary preventive measure because in a recent survey reported by Eason ( 1989 ) involving 1576 motorists , when asked whether they obeyed speed limits and other road laws , 5% admitted driving while over the alcohol limit . |
| 7 | Then I realized that over the years the white wedding dress had become yellow , and the flowers in her hair had died , and the bride inside the dress had grown old . |
| 8 | So that , when cornered , he admitted that over the year he had become affected by simple , inexplicable bouts of fear . |
| 9 | Now to sell that over the phone when you have n't got the brochures and to do is a difficult side of it . |
| 10 | There are , do n't tip that over the cloth then |
| 11 | Using the same analysis as Government statisticians , the figures show that over the period 1979 to 1988 , real disposable incomes rose by over 30 per cent . |
| 12 | There was also the possibility of sexual jealousy , going way back , but Greg had thought that over a lot , and still did not feel inclined to take the possibility seriously . |
| 13 | Table 5.2 shows that over the period 1971 to 1988 the number employing 1,000 or more workers fell by more than half to leave less than 500 such factories in the whole country . |
| 14 | The energy balance diagram , Fig. 21.16 , shows that over the region where the production is high the other important term is the dissipation ; the remaining terms in eqn ( 19.22 ) are much less significant ( apart from some rather complicated transfer processes very close the wall ) . |
| 15 | I asked him whether I was right in supposing that over the years British music had been influenced much more by the Continent than vice-versa . |
| 16 | It is envisaged that over the transition period , a system of course structures will evolve which embraces unit specifications developed both nationally and locally . |
| 17 | If it could be shown that over the years there had been a major redistribution of wealth from the rich to the poor , this would indicate a reduction in class inequalities . |
| 18 | In this last named authority , relied upon by Mr. Reynolds in support of his contentions as to the true interpretation of the word ‘ office , ’ it is noteworthy that Lord Wilberforce , at p. 860 , commented that over the years words of ordinary meaning had acquired , in the context of tax legislation , a signification coloured by legal construction in a technical context , and that return to the pure source of common parlance was no longer possible . |
| 19 | I shall not enter into a detailed discussion of this Labour government , its programme and effects , but it should be noted that over the years to 1951 , as more and more of the party 's electoral pledges were realised , there occurred what is often interpreted as a ‘ weakening of commitment ’ of both party and people to ‘ socialism ’ , and a progressive exhaustion of the political impetus for social and economic change . |
| 20 | Likewise they implicitly assume that over the medium-term ( 3-10 years ) , the supply side can not be assumed to be constant . |
| 21 | Future Perfect aims to help people approaching or over the age of 50 deal with the transition from their main career by pointing them in the direction of new opportunities . |
| 22 | It almost goes without saying that over the years no single topic in agriculture has succeeded in raising passions more . |
| 23 | So it seems that over the years pandas have learned to enjoy food which was in great abundance . |
| 24 | At the same time it should be remembered that over the centuries , exiles and deportees have only accounted for a tiny fraction of the total population of Siberia , the vast majority of which was there as a result of voluntary emigration , fortune seeking or the process of natural procreation . |
| 25 | I have found that over the years we have never had a problem with the Michelin tyres and they offer excellent value for money . |
| 26 | Following the trends further , we find that over the decade 1961–71 manufacturing employment began to decline absolutely ( employment in 1971 was 95 per cent of the 1961 level ) , while the faster-growing non-industrial sectors accounted for a substantially increasing proportion of the workforce . |
| 27 | And also state that over the years er your father used to run the business done hundreds of jobs for Avon Insurance at , and er also you yourself have done jobs for Avon Insurance before who have never ever had any trouble whatever so ever ! |
| 28 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 29 | Once shortly after he was arrested and over the weekend when he was examined by a police surgeon . ’ |
| 30 | I might even be able to think of a n interesting way to make a larger profit that I would by tamely handing or over the Fraxillians . |