Example sentences of "[be] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , an active programme of asset disposals has been under way over the last year in order to reduce the group 's high level of debt , which was the result of decisions to develop new oil and gas fields over the last few years , as well as the additional debt burden inherited following the acquisition of Ultramar . |
| 2 | I suggested that the latter point could be explained in part by reference to the change in the social composition of the electorate which had been in progress over the '60s . |
| 3 | On a more technical note , since August 1990 pension schemes which are in surplus over the Inland Revenue limit ( 5 per cent ) are no longer allowed to have the money returned to the company unless pension scheme members are first guaranteed certain benefits , namely : pension increases of either 5 per cent a year or the rate of inflation — whichever is lower . |
| 4 | I wondered if this might have been from surprise over the fact that I could write , but it was just one of a fair catalogue of mannerisms he had to offer . |
| 5 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 6 | Expanding on the agreement that AT&T 's Computer Systems Division forged with Banyan Systems Inc last year , NCR Corp has now sealed a pact with the Westborough , Massachusetts-based company , said to be worth $25m over the next three years : NCR is to market and support Banyan 's Unix-based Vines network operating system — in the US and Canada initially , worldwide at a later date — whilst Banyan distributors will be able to sell NCR products . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , will you be in Plumford over the weekend ? ’ |
| 8 | Have you any means of finding out whether any T. and T. line ships are likely to be in Bilbao over the next few days ? " |
| 9 | That one of its sponsors should be in dispute over the very issue ( ie sponsorship ) for which they were brought together is indeed , a major embarrassment for the Association . |
| 10 | A host of historic steam diesel and petrol engined vehicles , plus other interesting family attractions , will be on display over the weekend of August 1 and 2 . |
| 11 | Will be paid if you are required to be at work over the lunch period ( ie 1200 – 1400 ) and there is no Council establishment at which a lunch could be obtained . |
| 12 | British Rail will meet RMT union leaders today to try to head off the planned stoppage on April 2 — the same day as miners are on strike over the coal crisis . |
| 13 | ‘ A team of counsellors has been on duty over the weekend between 8am and 8pm and the helpline will remain live between these hours daily until 5pm on Friday , February 26 . |
| 14 | Certainly the parents ' ordeal was such that they were under sedation over the incident . |
| 15 | Davies and Newman Holdings and Richard Branson were in discussion over the possible rescue of Dan-Air by Virgin Atlantic . |
| 16 | Apparently , King John and Philippe II of France were in dispute over the duchy of Normandy , and agreed to settle the matter by single combat . |
| 17 | The probability must be that Ceolwulf and Ecgberht were in accord over the future of the diocese of Hexham and that both approved of Acca 's continued exclusion . |
| 18 | A WOMAN law clerk was remanded in custody yesterday at Manchester magistrates ' court , accused of helping two prisoners escape from the court where they were on trial over the Strangeways jail riot . |
| 19 | By the time the priest arrives the two women are at blows over the sheepskin . |
| 20 | Children start in the beginners group and when they prove to have good contact with parents , the ability to understand instructions and to move from one position to another they move on to the advanced group which is for children over the age of two , still with parents accompanying . |
| 21 | It 's like interest over the mortgage . |
| 22 | Did you believe that , Thomas is part of an eight cat routine at Circus International at , it 's been at Sutton Coldfield , it 's at Northfield over the weekend , but these are just domestic cats , ordinary domestic cats . |
| 23 | American policy was in disarray over the appropriate response to the communist threat in the small South-East Asian state of Laos . |
| 24 | A bus link between Welshpool and Shrewsbury was in operation over the weekend of 26th-27th January due to construction work on the A5/A49 Shrewsbury bypass . |
| 25 | I was in Leeds over the weekend and had a chance to see a couple of copies of the Yorkshire Evening Post . |
| 26 | The former England manager , who was in Lisbon over the weekend to finalise his two-year contract , saw both teams have a man sent off either side of Hamed Ziad 's 79th-minute winner . |
| 27 | ‘ When I arrived for training this morning , my wife had been on three times and I thought something had happened to my little girl , who was in hospital over the weekend . |
| 28 | Despite the huge amount of interest received ( nearly $9 billion a year ) , there was on average over the period hardly any current account surplus . |
| 29 | The future of the Government was at risk over the ratification of treaties with the Soviet Union . |