Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] over [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have done much to develop regional policies over the past decade . |
| 2 | Has social and economic change over the past two centuries led to a reduction in the actual support which kin give to each other ? |
| 3 | The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) . |
| 4 | To the casual observer the layout of the plant and the flexibility introduced by the carriers are striking improvements over the traditional assembly plant with the track making its inexorable progress past every fixed work station , and Volvo claim that the increased cost of building the plant in this way is covered by improvements in quality and productivity . |
| 5 | He had also fallen foul of the rules , with a controversial decision over a free drop during the final round . |
| 6 | Other delegates included the Italian Prime Minister , Giulio Andreotti , and a French junior minister , the Financial Times commenting that the Libyan leader 's new-found international respectability was the reward for his decision to return to more conventional foreign and economic policies over the previous 18 months . |
| 7 | The top European performers over the past year ( £1,000 invested ) are : ECU Trust £1,126 , Paribas French Investment Trust £1,006 , Second Market Investment £1,087 , European Project £974 , Jupiter Europe £943 , Hungarian Investment £926 , Gartmore European £909 , Foreign & Colonial Eurotrust £902 . |
| 8 | This was no easy task as the Lincoln would be flying at low level over a featureless jungle and the bomb aimer had to be quick in identifying each datum point on the route into and out of the target point . |
| 9 | The kilometre long cutting emerges onto a longer embankment with extensive views over the Tame valley and back towards West Bromwich . |
| 10 | Norm had to call her , then shake her , and she would stagger downstairs and hang like an exhausted alcoholic over a clutched mug of coffee . |
| 11 | The current valuation of the collection , made by a team of Spanish experts over the past six years , is considered to be well below the market value of the works . |
| 12 | It is the startling and complete change over a large area that we have most to distrust . |
| 13 | This brought the total rise over the previous five years to 10 per cent . |
| 14 | Given the growth in his ordinary income and the difficulty of estimating its size in the early years of his reign , it would not be very useful to work out an average of the total revenue over the whole reign . |
| 15 | Before examining the more recent developments in self-advocacy and normalisation , however , we need to consider the two approaches which have been prominent and have dominated the emergence and style of professional practice over the past 50 years : the medical and educational approaches . |
| 16 | It should also be stated that changes in political thinking over the past three years have changed the complexion of the West German energy future . |
| 17 | Because of the political impasse over the past ten years Cambodia , one of the poorest countries in the world , has received no UN development aid , nor any bilateral or multilateral development aid from the UK . |
| 18 | ‘ The rich rule over the poor , and the borrower is servant to the lender . ‘ |
| 19 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 20 | Any pads or tracks which are laid down in error can often be removed by laying some sticky tape over the offending area , and pulling away sharply . |
| 21 | Instead that sense has to be nurtured by more direct experience over a long period of time . |
| 22 | As with other types of support , we observe similar patterns in studies undertaken in different regional locations , and at different times over the past 30 years . |
| 23 | ‘ The only need I have where you 're concerned is for you to leave me alone , Luke — ’ She froze momentarily as he lifted a hand , passing light fingers over the bright satiny curls at one side of her head . |
| 24 | The supremacy of the poetic function over the referential function does not obliterate the message but makes it ambiguous … ’ ( pp. 370 — 1 ) . |
| 25 | Aguirre , previously thought of as one of the President 's most loyal officers , described it as " unfair and unjust " and stated that a leader who was incapable of " making a just and proper decision over a simple matter such as appointments can not be expected to make correct decisions about the complex affairs of state " . |
| 26 | But if we look at the chemistry and other science portrayed in comics and illustrated periodicals , we can see an interesting shift in public attitudes over the past few decades . |
| 27 | This was all a glossy shell over an insubstantial interior . |
| 28 | Brokers believe the market will lack any clear direction over the coming weeks as spare institutional money will be earmarked for the Government 's gilt auction , the BT3 share sale and the Zeneca rights issue . |
| 29 | Brokers believe the market will lack any clear direction over the coming weeks as spare institutional cash will be earmarked for the Government 's gilt auction , the BT3 share sale and the Zeneca rights issue . |
| 30 | Rees , a key figure in Rugby 's rise from area league status to the top division over the past six years , made his decision for what he called personal reasons , though his increasingly sharp disagreements with Brain became a talking point . |