Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [noun pl] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The MP wrote a strongly-worded letter after hearing from worried residents in an area near Stirling Castle about their fears over the offer of a flat to an ‘ anti-social tenant ’ . |
| 2 | Commentators analysing the results said that they showed that voters had rewarded the NSF for its efforts over the past six months , had opted for gradual change , and supported a political grouping which showed far greater coherence than the fragmented opposition . |
| 3 | Even German management , which has quite rightly been praised for its achievements over the years , has been unable to respond easily to the economic errors of its government . |
| 4 | If MI5 had obeyed the 1952 Maxwell Fyfe guidelines then there would have been little cause for complaint about its activities over the past 35 years . |
| 5 | Let me say straight away that I am far from being a male chauvinist ( many of my girlfriends over the years have been females ) , indeed the very first person to introduce me to canoeing was Marianne Tucker who subsequently represented England in the 1960 Olympics . |
| 6 | ‘ One of my problems over the last few years has been that I 'm amazingly optimistic — really stupid in fact ! |
| 7 | Despite their differences over the long-term socio-economic trends in the countryside , all sides accept that the outcome there would be crucially affected by urban developments . |
| 8 | On Jan. 10 , following a third round of discussions to resolve the Ayodhya dispute , Hindu and Moslem leaders belonging respectively to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee ( AIBMAC ) agreed to the setting up of expert panels to examine documents in support of their claims over the site ; the panels would submit a report by Feb. 5 . |
| 9 | They must be able to show measurable improvements in the quality of their services over the past two years , and customer satisfaction , and they must have in hand or plan to introduce at least one innovative enhancement to their services which entails no additional cost to the taxpayer or consumer . |
| 10 | Scotland have made good use of their Anglos over the years . |
| 11 | The Act also allows President Ramos to negotiate contracts to build new power plants , bypassing the public bidding process , and requires state-owned casinos to give up 10 per cent of their profits over the next five years to the National Power Corporation . |
| 12 | They could hear the squealing roars of their pursuers over the tumult of their mounts ' hoofs . |
| 13 | ‘ Various people have given me the names of its chauffeurs over the years — , and , but I would be glad of any further information anyone may have of this wonderful carriage ’ he said . |
| 14 | It would appear to be an easy task to show that the nuclear family has progressively lost many of its functions over the past two hundred years . |
| 15 | It was n't just the sustained rumbling growls rising to a frenzy as two dogs threatened each other then lunged together in a bitter embrace , each asserting its place in the hierarchy , the priority of its rights over the red bitch . |
| 16 | Mirror Group has agreed to use up to £300 million of its profits over the next 10 to 20 years so that the pension fund , plundered by Mr Robert Maxwell , will be able to meet all its liabilities . |
| 17 | One of her mates over the road 's he 's gon na try and get a grant and then pay for the college by that and then tell where to go with his overtime . |
| 18 | Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . |
| 19 | Mrs. Fielding , who suffers from extreme nervousness , was staying with one of her sons over the new year when thieves broke into her home in Milton Keynes and ransacked it . |
| 20 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 21 | Iran would strongly oppose such a move , despite its concerns over the Shi'a south of Iraq , in part because of its anxieties over its own minorities and in part because of the danger of the consequent ‘ Lebanonisation ’ of Iraq , with the threat of continued Western involvement . |
| 22 | Dostoevsky set great store by this chapter which marks the acutest phase of his tribulations over The Possessed , because his editor Katkov refused to print it . |
| 23 | Mr Boren has a reputation for defying his party ( about a third of his votes over the past four years have been against the Democratic line ) and for changing his mind . |
| 24 | " I do n't want you to do anything that might attract the least sort of suspicion to yourself , but could you , in the normal course of your work , make out a list of the voyages of your ships over the past year — just name of ship and masters , ports of call , and dates ? " |
| 25 | In answer to the question ‘ How about the attitude of your employers over the years ? |
| 26 | Unless you 've taken good care of your windows over the years , they are probably looking a little peaky — and may be downright poorly . |
| 27 | I promised in my five minute address last year that I would be a listener and I 've already listened to many of your views over the last twelve months and indeed today . |
| 28 | It 's an enormous problem for us , unfortunately , by by virtue of the fact that we we do most of our claims over the telephone . |
| 29 | We 've had some fairly exotic bass strings dangled in front of our wallets over the years — like the ones which were round-wound by the bridge and progressively smoother up towards the nut , and the others designed so that only the bare core passes over the bridge saddles — but Jim D'Addario is pretty scathing about them all . |
| 30 | If Eva had any regrets it was that her mother had never been able to put in words just how much she obviously meant to her , and that there had not been more time to spend with her parents over the years . |