Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The main reason that I am contacting you is that I thought you might be interested to know that John ( stage name Joan Rawson ) was awarded the Eric Rowley Trophy for the artist who has done the most for charity over the last 12 months . |
| 2 | He slid inexorably into despair over the Church 's modernisings and his lack of a knighthood , and feared that he was losing his writing power . |
| 3 | And he says things have changed greatly in Cleveland over the last five years . |
| 4 | Although pollsters say the race is volatile , not one major national survey now gives the lead to Bush , who enjoyed a record popularity rating after the Gulf War only to watch it drift away amid worries over the weak US economy . |
| 5 | A copy of the booklet has been sent to Dave Hewis , and he 's gone away to pore over the Definitive Map for his area — we 'll let you know how he gets on . |
| 6 | Death becomes the way out of deep hurts , the unexpressed griefs and resentments eating away at self over the years . |
| 7 | The two nations are already at loggerheads over the failure of trade talks between the EC and the Americans . |
| 8 | The new buildings on the Convent site were brought gradually into use over the next five years as the planned refurbishments were completed and the School slowly expanded with each new mixed intake . |
| 9 | She was in line as a possible replacement for Gregory , and had actually taken a bass guitar to her parent 's home in Portsmouth over the Christmas holidays to set about learning how to play The Wedding Present 's material . |
| 10 | The sun is arisen and is breaking forth in splendour over the Christian Church ( which is founded on a rock ) dispersing the clouds of night and illuminating , with his new-born light the benighted land . |
| 11 | Negotiations were still in progress over the division of the Fleet , with Ukraine , Russia and Georgia all demanding a share . |
| 12 | The Chadian Foreign Minister Ahmad Soungui said on Oct. 18 that he had had to explain to Libya that the accord was invalid , since the two countries were still in dispute over the Aouzou strip [ see p. 36841 ] . |
| 13 | Although the four former Soviet republics with nuclear weapons — Russia , Ukraine , Byelarus and Kazakhstan — were still in dispute over the fate of the former Soviet nuclear arsenal , they reiterated their intention to dismantle most of these weapons and to concentrate the remainder in Russia . |
| 14 | According to Dr Declan Murphy , project director in Washington , Rome has not forgotten this help and despite a certain weariness engendered by the numerous calls for loans of 1492 material received last year , it cooperated enthusiastically with Washington over the exhibition ( which is to mark the reopening of the Great Hall of the Library of Congress after a three-year renovation ) . |
| 15 | I.M. Pei , designer of the pyramid , also to roof over the courtyards with glass for works from the Tuilerie |
| 16 | Pension funds increased thirtyfold in size over the twenty-five years to 1985 ; insurance companies grew fourteenfold over the same period . |
| 17 | There were some individual exceptions but the state of the Church of England seems to have changed little in Sussex over the next ninety years . |
| 18 | There was some opposition in Belgium , focused mainly on worries over the fate of the country 's old and inefficient coal mines . |
| 19 | Instead he was staring wildly at Rocky over the top of her head . |
| 20 | In the lowlands both farmers and environmentalists may combine to oppose development , but are often at loggerheads over the issue of access to farmland . |
| 21 | About 7,000 people formed a " human chain for peace " stretching through Pamplona on Jan. 27 , recalling the deaths of 31 people killed mainly by ETA over the past 12 months , and demanding an end to all violence by terrorist groups . |
| 22 | This is not just a matter of looking at the distribution of power and influence in relation to official decision-making bodies , or even of power over the minds and feelings of the people themselves , although in both cases that distribution is manifestly and grotesquely uneven . |
| 23 | The patient places both arms over the ball and rolls it forwards while extending his seat backwards , and then selectively tilts his pelvis forwards and backwards , keeping his arms well in position over the gymnastic ball . |
| 24 | ‘ If you are in quality stocks with strong balance sheets in less cyclical areas of the market you will do well in equities over the next few years . ’ |
| 25 | It will by now have become apparent that Brooke-Rose shifts her attention increasingly toward language over the course of her oeuvre . |
| 26 | Magritte has performed extremely well at auction over the last few years , according to Melanie Clore of Sotheby 's Impressionist Pictures Department . |
| 27 | The world speed trials are being staged here at Birkenhead over the next few weeks . |
| 28 | This is clearly a step forward for durability over the single density EVA or other Saucony models , which , although softer and more responsive that PU , can compress after heavy mileage . |
| 29 | POLICE have had to keep rival groups of Welsh cockle pickers apart after fist-fights over the right to farm the seafood delicacy . |
| 30 | In Newcastle a mental health consumer group has been working closely with purchasers over the past two years . |