Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we can say , though , is that juvenile crime and street violence have been characteristics of British society over hundreds of years , rather than being indicative of a contemporary moral and social disintegration . |
| 2 | The necessary inference from such a principle as his is that the interpreters of law should be the.ones to define the rights of individuals and to trace the bounds of legitimate government over them . |
| 3 | First , there is foreign economic policy-making involving the external relations of the national economy to the world economy ; second , there is stabilisation policy and the whole field of macroeconomic policy and the management " of the economy ; and finally , there is industrial policy covering all those aspects of governmental responsibility over the economy aimed at improving long-run efficiency , output and productivity . |
| 4 | Medical audit should relate to aspects of clinical activity over which one has some control so that change can be initiated if a problem is identified . |
| 5 | The history of conflict between the peoples of this region over the centuries was interpenetrated by episodes in which it was subject to the imperial development of Rome , Macedon , Byzantium and the various peoples that streamed out of Central Asia into Persia and beyond . |
| 6 | However , the data in Table 2 do not suggest that the disadvantaged areas of Continental Europe have any major advantage in terms of yields of primary product over those in Britain and Ireland ( Table 3 ) . |
| 7 | Last July , after months of furious debate over whether the artist 's wishes were being respected , Picasso 's ‘ Guernica ’ was removed at dawn from the Prado 's annexe , El Cason del Buen Retiro . |
| 8 | My mother , a witness to many acts of motiveless violence over the years , was already holding the door open . |
| 9 | He drew the splayed fingers of one hand over her throat and down to cup one breast , and , even as she tried to back away , Shannon felt her nipples puckering , begging for his touch . |
| 10 | He poured cans of cold water over her . |
| 11 | The President was perturbed at the signs of Russian obduracy over Poland but felt that cooperation with Moscow could be preserved if the correct blend of firmness and concession was applied . |
| 12 | On 1 October there were further signs of Japanese influence over native affairs when eight Portuguese men and women were killed by tribesmen in Aileu . |
| 13 | Direct talks between mujaheddin leaders and Soviet and UN officials in New York on Oct. 2 produced signs of Soviet flexibility over whether Afghan President Najibullah should remain in office until a new government could be elected . |
| 14 | In relation to the material we are discussing there are already forms of legal restriction over the material which constitute regulation , though this is not usually called censorship . |
| 15 | Palaeontological studies only relate to the very small areas of sedimentary cover over certain parts of the crystalline basement in this region . |
| 16 | This study investigates the health of two substantial areas of basic science over the period 1960-85 , using various measures of health , such as citation analysis , publications , invited papers , peer esteem and migration patterns . |
| 17 | An initial aim of this project is to identify and categorize those areas of common land over which the general public have a legal right of access . |
| 18 | Any mistakes in the original typesetting — and any introduced by the vagaries of the punched tape — had to be rectified by pasting lines of corrected film over the top . |
| 19 | It usually took two men to hold the tyre and if the smith thought the fit was satisfactory — at this time it was half-an-inch larger than the wheel — the boy helping was ordered to throw buckets of cold water over the still very hot steel which would immediately contract and tightly hold the rim . |
| 20 | ( d ) The builder has the advantages of greater control over cost and reduced administration . |
| 21 | One of the main advantages of percutaneous cholecystolithotomy over other non-operative techniques is that it can be used for 78% of patients , with stones of any composition , number and size , and a patent cystic duct is not essential . |
| 22 | The dry stores , in the form of special concrete vaults , are planned to accumulate 2,200 tonnes of spent fuel over the next 30 years . |
| 23 | Mr Saldykov insists that he has a contract to sell 84 tonnes of red mercury over the next three years to an American company called API International . |
| 24 | Today the Industrial Society published a survey of its members which shows even higher expectations of increased training over the next year . |
| 25 | Meanwhile the German fighter pilots were making their own claims ; Lt.Willi Kothmann of I/JG 27 claimed one Hurricane at 1700 ( probably Ayre ) , the only claim to be made by pilots of this unit over Malta during 1941. 7/JG 26 then arrived and Fw . |
| 26 | Mould small pieces of white icing over the ends of the sticks and allow them to dry before painting brown . |
| 27 | Scatter pieces of red pepper over the salad and grind some black pepper on the top . |
| 28 | It seems not unreasonable to argue that in a modern primary school all staff , and especially those with formal responsibilities of any kind over and above the class-teacher role , should have clear and properly negotiated job specifications . |
| 29 | There had been intensive campaigning by the proponents of each city over the preceding months . |
| 30 | ‘ Fire ’ developed dominant colours of bright red over the lower half of his body while the upper body , dorsal and tail had rich hues of blue and green . |