Example sentences of "[noun pl] of the [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she did Athelstan poured the dregs of the wine over it , cleaned a dusty part of the room and put it beneath his cloak . |
| 2 | The campaigns in Scotland were accompanied by the familiar grievances of the community over taxation and prises . |
| 3 | It is , however , indicative of the political harmony and stability Edward had already achieved that the nobility did not seek to exploit the grievances of the community over taxation , purveyance and military service in order to impose measures of restraint upon the king . |
| 4 | How distant now seem the quarrels of the spring over the introduction of new short-range missiles . |
| 5 | The housebuilding side of the business has seen a 55pc rise in sales in the first five months of the year over the start of 1992 . |
| 6 | Some of these are further extended in the detached bungalow analysed by King ( 1984 ) , as part of an opposition to elements of modernity and urbanization which constitute the major transformations of the environment over the last two centuries . |
| 7 | Both men were last at Eagle Mill although they have worked in many areas of the company over the years . |
| 8 | Wherever you train you will work in at least three , but usually four or five different areas of the law over the two-year period . |
| 9 | Even though the role of the body clock as the internal cause of a rhythm can be investigated after removing external causes by performing a constant routine for 24 hours , this only enables us to assess the effects of the clock over a single cycle of the rhythm . |
| 10 | A weekend election in Baden-Wurttemberg , where the extremist Republican Party , led by Herr Franz Schonhuber , a former Waffen-SS officer , gained 10.9 per cent of the votes , was fought mainly on the concerns of the electorate over Germany 's generous political asylum laws . |
| 11 | ‘ My father says cold water is the best way to wake up someone who 's fainted , ’ he said , and with that he tipped the entire contents of the jug over the Trunchbull 's head . |
| 12 | They must count out three paces , turn round quickly and throw the contents of the cup over their opponent . |
| 13 | It would be difficult to reduce the contents of the Review over this whole range to some kind of collective ideological manifesto , but for reasons different from those discussed above in relation to the Newbolt Report . |
| 14 | Pour the contents of the pan over the leaves and turn the leaves so they are thoroughly coated . |
| 15 | It all started with the idea of re-establishing the archive of the Verein Berliner Kunstlerinnen ( Association of Women Artists in Berlin ) which was destroyed during the second world war and developed into a journey of discovery , which has reached this point with the following achievements : 1200 women artists on record ; many works discovered ; the archive set up ; a profusely illustrated catalogue ( in fact the word catalogue does not give an idea of the range of articles contained in it since it covers the history of women artists in German-speaking countries , to art-business oriented articles , to facets of the history of the association , followed by a chronological development of the association and a full catalogue of the works on show , divided into sections , as they are in the exhibition ) ; a dictionary with short biographies of 1200 artists and 700 friends of art called Kathe , Paula und der ganze Rest — Ein Nachschlagewerk ( Kathe , Paula and the rest of the bunch ! — A Reference Book ) , which has caused something of a stir ; and of course , finally , the exhibition showing the works of 70 of the members and guests of the association over its 125 year life , which includes 250 works loaned by 100 institutions and individuals . |
| 16 | Figure 9.6 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : unsmoothed |
| 17 | Figure 9.8 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : comparison of median and mean smoothing |
| 18 | Figure 9.10 Pessimistic perceptions of the economy over the past year : median |
| 19 | Thames Water say they 'll no carry out further studies of the site over the next two to three years . |
| 20 | They were part of a broader argument against the powers of the state over what could and could not be published and what ideas could and could not be tolerated . |
| 21 | He said that some witnesses in the action had strong views about the rights of the public over the beach and quarrying which has been carried on there . |
| 22 | Every buyer , lessee and mortgagee of land adjoining a railway should by letter , with a plan , search before exchange of contracts for details of any rights of the Authority over the land or any liability for maintenance of boundaries attaching to it . |
| 23 | It will explore how long-run technical change , particularly that associated with energy use , can be modelled and introduced into an economic model , ensuring satisfactory properties of the model over the next century . |
| 24 | The course to the north is called ‘ Bruntsfield ’ and they are the owners of the land over which the path runs . |
| 25 | She plucked a great hank of silk thread from the girdle of her spinsterhood ; tied one end of it to the wedding ring of her virginity and , looping the two ends of the hank over either wrist , spread her hands and invited Maggie to take the other end and wind a neat ball . |
| 26 | She watched cider pressing and said ‘ they pound their apples then lay fresh straw on the press , and on that a good lay of pulp of the apples , then turneth the ends of the straw over it all round ’ . |
| 27 | By their action , the women and men of the repeal movement had effectively re-defined the terms of the debate over sex . |
| 28 | But the battle to take over as Labour leader will become the focus for a potentially acrimonious debate between the two wings of the party over the cause of the defeat . |
| 29 | A complaint by Friends of the Earth over an advert was upheld . |
| 30 | Then Blanche — with a cool and deliberate swing-threw the remnants of the whisky over it . |