Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] over the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear from this manifesto , and from other DUP election literature over the years , that the Party is mainly known for , and hence presumably supported for , its hardline unionism . |
| 2 | The data does not include common land and it has had to be standardised to overcome changes in category definitions over the years . |
| 3 | Negotiations on the formation of an East German government were accompanied by great controversy in both East and West Germany over the terms for the introduction of German monetary union . |
| 4 | Pin the top of the pleats to the pelmet board over the ends of the swag ( fig. 46 ) . |
| 5 | Grace Carter , who spends hours each day talking to truck drivers over the airwaves , says the Chesnut Street car park should have proper facilities . |
| 6 | This is left oversized , the tenons cut on the ends of the back uprights and the positions for the mortises marked off by laying the rail piece over the tenons . |
| 7 | The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud . |
| 8 | has seen many changes in the pig industry over the years at the NAC Pig Unit at Stoneleigh . |
| 9 | There was a man who 'd just lived through an explosion underground , who turned round and sawed off Pengilly 's injured leg smack smooth , who passed the night forging a banker 's letter of credit , and who spent next day drawing wool over the eyes of the Manchester & leeds directors . |
| 10 | This would explain the pre-eminence of various investment banks over the years and the inability of many new entrants to gain profitability . |
| 11 | For , although the Institute has provided undergraduate teaching and postgraduate supervision over the years , it has never offered a degree course in the History of Art in the manner of other British universities with outstanding collections , such as Glasgow , Manchester , London or East Anglia . |
| 12 | It 's quite simple , save the revenue billions of pounds in er overtime payments over the years , but that 's what they are . |
| 13 | Goodwill arising on consolidation before 1st April 1985 and arising after 1st April 1990 is amortised through the profit and loss account over the directors ' estimate of its useful economic life . |
| 14 | One on whom the sun played even through the bed of snow cloud over the roofs of the Administration block . |
| 15 | Peter Sutton , the 1991 captain , has reduced the hardback against all odds as two club house fires destroyed vital club records over the years . |
| 16 | Hybridization signals were quantified by densitometric scanning of these blots and levels of induction are expressed as fold increase over the signals in untreated controls . |
| 17 | 3D CRICKET ( ) have been highly successful with their artificial pitches and practice systems over the years . |
| 18 | Their criticism must come first because , as McArthur notes , the ‘ agenda setting power over the terms in which cinema is consumed in Britain remains with the Fleet Street ( Wapping ) nexus and their clones in television . |
| 19 | ONE OF the beauties of doing the football pools over the years has been their simplicity , writes Mike Aitken . |
| 20 | In the meantime try using the intervallic interchange technique over the chords to some ‘ standard ’ tunes . |
| 21 | With an average of 10,000 tennis playing members in his clubs alone , Lloyd has hit upon the formula which by its very success , is speedily replacing the ‘ traditional ’ tag which had so burdened the British tennis club over the years . |
| 22 | In previous years , the group limited acquisition expenses deferment to commission paid to the agent introducing creditor business and to transaction charges paid on the collection of motor and household premiums over the terms of the policies . |
| 23 | The obvious and popular choice was Hilary Weedon , whom they have come to know so well through her numerous visits to the Medau College over the years . |
| 24 | The lady lives over the blues must have a set of earphones somewhere . |
| 25 | The stairwell repeats the grid-like windows of the central concourse and is topped by one slight piece of whimsy : a tiny ‘ Juliet ’ balcony cut into the top-floor end-wall , which offers an excellent vantage point over the studios . |
| 26 | HE 'S no ball player and certainly not one of the game 's better athletes , but you just ca n't argue with his goalscoring record over the years . |
| 27 | As we noted at the beginning of this chapter , because there is no consensus either among or between the different sectors of the village population over the answers to these questions , any overall conclusion about ‘ loss of community ’ is impossible . |
| 28 | ‘ Not bad for a townie , ’ Jos said , casting his expert eye over the results . |
| 29 | ‘ The Government has placed these companies on a sound financial basis to develop their core businesses over the years to come . ’ |
| 30 | Any retrospective rule change would place a question mark over the reselections of Mr George Galloway in Glasgow Hillhead and Mr Ron Brown in Edinburgh Leith , who were both nominated on a majority of trade union votes . |