Example sentences of "[verb] to [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Income & Growth PEP allows you to invest in the Capital House Income & Growth Unit Trust which , despite one of the most difficult periods for stock market investment , has seen an investment of £100 grow to £183 over the last five years — had you been able to invest in the Income & Growth PEP over this period you would have received this return free of all personal taxes . |
| 2 | The list of foreign players attracted to Whaddon over the years has been endless . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's part of the pattern , Charles ; society disintegrates before our eyes and we are expected to paper over the cracks . ’ |
| 4 | Superintendent if any other information had come to light over the next few hours would you have reconsidered the matter ? |
| 5 | Critical self-reflection does not have to be confined to self-questioning over the grounds of one 's beliefs and actions . |
| 6 | Although initially encouraging , the approach proved to be fruitless and both bodies made independent arrangements within separately developed policies which were to lead to disagreement over the Cambridge Board 's RAC scheme for liberal adult education throughout the region , and which is considered in the next section of this chapter . |
| 7 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 8 | I remember we came to blows over the Queen Mother thing . |
| 9 | There was a local tradition that Gloucester and the Stanleys came to blows over the division of authority , and their continuing rivalry may lie behind a royal command in 1476 that the tenants of Congleton should attend ‘ only upon the king 's highness and in his absence upon the lord Stanley ’ . |
| 10 | Coupled with the exit of some vital players , it was as much as Neath could do to paper over the cracks and keep winning . |
| 11 | There are many options open to the tourist — from car hire , coach tours and steamer trips to flights over the glaciers in a seaplane . |
| 12 | The Saudi announcement , attributed to annoyance over the Yemeni government 's stance on the Gulf crisis [ p. 37637 ] , meant that Yemenis would no longer be exempt from the need to obtain visas when entering the country , nor allowed to conduct business without a Saudi sponsor . |
| 13 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 14 | As the sky faded to orange over the sea of felltops , it became clear that not only was Rib and Slab out of the question but we would be struggling to get back to Wasdale before nightfall . |
| 15 | Britain protested to Romania over the violent crackdown on dissent and urged Romanian state employees to overthrow the Communist government for their own safety . |
| 16 | The county 's young men are taking the charts by storm as a string of young dance bands from the area have rocketed to stardom over the last 18 months . |
| 17 | The post had been vacant since the resignation of Chedli Klibi ( Tunisia ) in September 1990 , when inter-Arab divisions heightened by the Gulf war had contributed to controversy over the timing of the proposed relocation of the Arab League headquarters from Tunis back to Cairo [ see p. 37726 ] . |
| 18 | The 1944 Act was amended so that free milk was provided to pupils over the age of 7 only if they attended special schools or qualified on medical grounds . |
| 19 | Some of the other changes were intended to take account of a number of anomalies that our experience had brought to light over the years since 1969 . |
| 20 | Thirty volunteers will be travelling to Croatia over the next few weeks , taking three operating theatres from St. Mary 's Hospital , Portsmouth with them . |
| 21 | Find out if any of them has been linked to Hendrique over the past few months . |
| 22 | The finance costs of debt should be allocated to periods over the term of the debt at a constant rate on the carrying amount . |
| 23 | This will be allocated to periods over the primary period at a constant rate on the carrying amount , as required by paragraph 25 of the [ draft ] FRS . |
| 24 | to contribute to debates over the role of cognitive factors in social perception ; |
| 25 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 26 | He did not expect that he would have to go to war over the Holy Places , but if he was called upon to do so , he thought that he could produce the men , guns and money he would need for victory . |
| 27 | Japan 's 4,000km expressway system is to be lengthened to 11,500km over the next ten years . |
| 28 | The new dietary proved to be an improvement although the youngest children were still wasting a great deal of the milk porridge , and alternation of a diet with tea and bread-and-butter was advised , similar to that given to children over the age of nine . |
| 29 | Mean maximal resting anal pressures and maximum squeeze pressures were significantly lower in older people , although the word ‘ older ’ referred to patients over the age of 65 rather than 50 as in this study . |
| 30 | During the course of Edward 's long reign the English crown attained what , according to one historian , amounted to sovereignty over the English church . |