Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [noun sg] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This assumption may be relaxed to a certain extent by allowing for tenure over a specified number of ( exogenously chosen ) periods ( see NN ) or for random terminations ( see Lancaster and Chesher , 1983 ) . |
| 2 | THE RUSSIAN and Ukrainian Presidents struggling for power over the Black Sea Fleet may be pleasing their nationalist countrymen , but the sailors at the fleet 's Crimean headquarters feel only shame and humiliation at the spectacle of a historic navy in chaos . |
| 3 | On reaching the summit at 12.41 local time , 7.41 BST , Ms Stephens shouted for joy over a radio link to Mr Earl and her boyfriend and climbing colleague John Barry at the Advanced Base Camp Two at 23,000 ft . |
| 4 | Women are , however , very often left with the responsibility because , in the same way that they have had to worry about contraception over the years , men often do n't see it as an issue for them , or are reluctant and afraid to discuss it . |
| 5 | It is worth recalling that in Section 3.3 the analogous question was addressed for transport over a curved surface . |
| 6 | Enrichment of the hydrogen content is accomplished by passing the syn-gas mixed with steam over an iron catalyst , when the mildly exothermic ‘ water gas shift reaction ’ occurs , |
| 7 | Here I shall find you , Céline , soul of my soul , he told the summits of Arthur 's Seat as they rose into view over the flats of Dunbar . |
| 8 | The Whig and Tory groupings had come into existence over a particular crisis , and although that crisis was not about just one issue — Exclusion — it was the case that the parties polarised over how they thought the crisis could be resolved . |
| 9 | UK HOTELS have once again come under fire over the amounts they charge for telephone calls . |
| 10 | Press into position over the shoulder pads , one half along each one . |
| 11 | FRENCH trainer Francois Doumen is brimming with confidence over The Fellow 's bid for a second successive victory in Kempton 's King George . |
| 12 | Claudia exclaimed in delight over the presents Ricky had brought , which included a dark red cashmere jersey , a length of Harris Tweed , a striped silk Turnbull and Asser dressing gown and a Herbert Johnson tweed cap for Alejandro . |
| 13 | Two Crystal Palace directors have resigned in protest over the ‘ dictatorial policies ’ of chairman Ron Noades . |
| 14 | Neil Owen , who 's councillor for Milton-under-Wychwood , Fifield and Bruern , became an Independent when the eighteen rebels resigned in protest over the Government 's level of Community Charge in west Oxfordshire . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |
| 16 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 17 | In contrast , the Districts of Warwickshire experienced very little actual change in their assessed expenditure needs per head over the three years , with relatively small increases and decreases , although their ranking alters dramatically . |
| 18 | I 'd be much more impressed by some positive suggestions of what we might do cos I th you know , months ago I was browbeaten outside church over a lot of similar issues and I said then , you know |
| 19 | Critical self-reflection does not have to be confined to self-questioning over the grounds of one 's beliefs and actions . |
| 20 | Aethelheard , abbot of Louth in Lindsey , who became archbishop of Canterbury in 792 , may have been seen in Kent as a ‘ symbol of Mercian rule ’ , but he appears to have obtained from Offa a confirmation of the immunity of Kentish churches ( CS 848 : S 134 ) 52 and he presided without Hygeberht over a synod at London attended by most of the bishops of southern England ( CS 265 : S 132 ) . |
| 21 | Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel , his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground . |
| 22 | The meeting , reportedly called at the instigation of Japan , was dominated by concern over the recent advance of the US dollar which , according to the Financial Times of June 24 , had risen by up to 20 per cent against the German deutschmark and other currencies in recent weeks [ see pp. 37978 ; 38170 ] . |
| 23 | Fraction DSC 0.3 containing the bulk of TFIIA activity was further purified by chromatography over a Mono Q FPLC column . |
| 24 | A report on Sept. 20 announced the formation of a right-wing Coalition for the Republic ( KdR ) led by former Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , former Defence Ministers Jan Parys and Romuald Szeremietiew , and former Interior Minister Antoni Macierewicz , members of the previous government which had fallen amid scandal over the exposure of alleged communist collaborators [ see p. 38972 ] . |
| 25 | ‘ I believe that if the Institute were to make one of its inspections , it would not find anything to give them cause for concern over the way in which we have conducted our professional work , ’ Ms Harris says . |
| 26 | The red and white helicopter rattled into sight over the top of the trees and hovered , a noisy gadfly , above the terraces . |
| 27 | Dr Eduardo Umaña Mendoza , law professor and human rights lawyer , has been repeatedly threatened with death over a number of months , apparently as a result of his activities in defence of human rights . |
| 28 | He 's announced that an extra seventeen million pounds is to be pumped into care over the next six years . |
| 29 | It was this mood , interacting with unease over the superpower arms race and the chorus of international protest provoked by American involvement in the Vietnam War , which nurtured the variety of radical currents dubbed the ‘ New Left ’ . |
| 30 | We topped a crest among the pines , and the distant flat roof of the house came into sight over the sea of trees ahead . |