Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [prep] [noun pl] over " in BNC.

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1 Inflation , if unchecked , can result in economic and social disorder , as conditions akin to hyper-inflation ( a thousand-fold rise in prices over a few months ) make bank savings worthless .
2 Neil had told me that he might spend the daytime hours between tides over here on Seal Island .
3 The stock change in units over the three years :
4 Some scientists predict a great increase in skin cancers in humans over the next decades , and the effects on other life forms can hardly be calculated .
5 Middlesbrough cricket club is to join the town 's rugby club in talks over the possible sale of the Acklam Park ground they jointly own in Green Lane , Acklam , Middlesbrough .
6 WITHAM Town A have prised themselves clear of the relegation battle in Division One of the Chelmsford and District Table Tennis League with victories over NatWest A and Maldon A.
7 The Model 10102 has 12 shielded twisted pair ports for local links and four fibre ports for links over up to 6,000 feet .
8 The idea of an evening get-together for clients over a couple of drinks in the Branch is obviously a non-Banker concept .
9 Sale et al. ( 1975 ) interviewed a random general population sample of females over the age of 15 in Hobart , Tasmania , and found that overdoses and self-injuries were regarded as potentially lethal in most cases .
10 He was forced to deliver the bad 4.50pm motoring news to commuters over his portable phone .
11 Special thanks to Bing and Robin for their organisation of the event , Jimmy and Peter for the photos and video , Catering staff and to Transport Section for services over and above the call of duty .
12 Anyone involved with PCs can hardly have failed to notice the dramatic price reductions in PCs over the last year .
13 Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices amid fears over the state of the global economy .
14 Simon worked for discreet administrative transformations within government , avoiding until late in his career clashes with ministers over contentious issues of policy and principle .
15 He also got a copy of the underground railway map , and tried to trace that invisible geography over what he could actually see ; he would even try and trace the map of the flight paths of aeroplanes over the city , deciding which direction indicated which distant country .
16 Australian Test umpire Peter McConnell is suing the Daily Telegraph Mirror for damages over an article by Sunil Gavaskar in which the former Indian batsman made comments in some of the umpiring decisions in the Sydney Test , in which McConnell and Steve Randell officiated .
17 Under the heading Warning to mums over sex attacks , the Star pointed to two sex attacks on a housing estate .
18 Rival warlords are also holding up mercy missions with feuds over contracts to take food to drought-ravaged towns and villages .
19 The trends observed by analysis of Table 3 suggest that there has been a steady growth in research on Scottish geology , but that there have been differences in growth rates between universities over the time interval .
20 XYZ Foods today [ date ] launched a completely new slimming product called Brand A , which gives a calorie controlled food intake for slimmers over a four day period .
21 The arrival of Charlie , Louise , Timothy and Alexandra put an end to what used to be called ‘ normal life ’ , including quiet , civilised Christmas gatherings with friends over drinks .
22 Eddie McNally has won through in the men 's singles Section A with wins over G Byrne 21–15 and Richard Neilson whom he beat 21–14 to face the experienced Tommy Hopper .
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