Example sentences of "[noun pl] of [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 2 | The Blinky Bill case ( International News , 6th November 1992 ) has been settled after six months of wrangling over the interpretation of Australia 's trademark and copyright legislation . |
| 3 | Investors were heartened by news that Saudi Arabia has set the second phase of the Al-Yamamah arms deal in train by making a £1½ billion down-payment , ending months of uncertainty over the contract 's future . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Felipe González , the leader of the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) , on April 5 won a vote of confidence in the Congress of Deputies , concluding five months of uncertainty over the exact distribution of seats in the 350-seat Congress resulting from the October general election , after which recounts and repeat elections had been necessary in a number of constituencies . |
| 5 | After several months of uncertainty over the future political direction of the Civic Forum movement , its contending factions agreed in February to form separate organizations ; the Democratic Right Club 's supporters were to become the Civic Democratic Party , while the Liberal Club would formed itself into the Civic Movement . |
| 6 | Ronald Venetiaan , the candidate of the coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) , was elected President on Sept. 7 , ending four months of uncertainty over the future government of the country . |
| 7 | But 18 months of argument over the treaty has left Denmark deeply divided . |
| 8 | Of the old forest cantons , Uri was always the leader in policies of expansion over the Gotthard into the Ticino . |
| 9 | Amnesty said that the torture of those detained by the army and police was a daily routine , and that it had received reports of more than 200 cases of torture over the past two years , but believed the true figure to be much higher . |
| 10 | Rave kids should be throwing petrol bombs at the Houses Of Parliament over the way their right to party has been thrown in the proverbial dumper , but they are n't . |
| 11 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales showed no signs of anxiety over the blanket coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 12 | They showed no signs of anxiety over the coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 13 | Chief Judge Platt had already shown signs of distress over the government 's intransigence . |
| 14 | He showed no signs of improvement over the next 48 hours . |
| 15 | In spite of the millions of words they contain , and some noticeable shifts of emphasis over the years , the volumes of the Church Dogmatics are marked by an immense overall coherence and harmony . |
| 16 | Spread a few tiny knobs of butter over the surface , heat in a moderate oven , gas no. 4 , 350°F. , for about 20 minutes , until the sauce is just faintly golden and bubbling . |
| 17 | A typical combination of elements might be 20 minutes of full screen , full motion video , 5000 high resolution stills , 6 hours of audio over the stills and the equivalent of about 15,000 pages of text . |
| 18 | Hours of wrangling over the protocol of such matters was squandered during both the preparation and the course of the pair 's ceaseless round of state visits to ever more obscure countries . |
| 19 | John Barton , the Islands ' Director of Fisheries , agreed to participate provided that negotiations were limited to technical matters ( such as the conservation of squid stocks ) and did not touch on areas of sovereignty over the Falklands or the resumption of direct links with the Argentinian mainland . |
| 20 | THE National Science Foundation in the US funded a two-to three-year study ‘ to examine the many areas of controversy over the scientific use , development , and application of gene-transplantation research ’ . |
| 21 | With advance in other areas of chemistry over the years , the zeolite based exchange material was able to be replaced by manufactured , synthetic ion exchange resin beads , with a highter capacity for ion exchange , coupled with physical and chemical stability . |
| 22 | Put equal amounts of ice in the two glasses and sprinkle two teaspoonfuls of salt over the ice in one glass . |
| 23 | It may be that ‘ no action ’ would turn out to be a very wise option based on the experiences of miniaturisation over the last 30 years or so . |
| 24 | Whereas statements in the autonomous scientific field are descriptive statements , legal utterances are performatives in their very effects of power over the social . |
| 25 | State briefly , in relation to planetary observations , the advantages of radar over the receipt of naturally emitted radio waves . |
| 26 | The advantages of Y-PCR over the test used in the past have been described . |
| 27 | A Russian , the first of nine charter flights due to ferry in nine hundred tonnes of rice over the next two weeks . |
| 28 | In other words , without continued energy efficiency improvements , Europe , North America , Japan and Australasia would need the equivalent of an extra 1,300 million tonnes of oil over the next 7 years . |
| 29 | There was two feet of sand over the highest part of the island where the wind had carried it and all the heavy bridge-building machines were on their sides . |
| 30 | Take a typical staircase in your home ( 3–35° ) , tilt it to match the angle of the sides of Egypt 's Great Pyramids at Giza ( 52° ) , remove some of the steps , and shovel ice and a couple of feet of snow over the whole affair . |