Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] over the " in BNC.
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1 | The elections had been called 15 months early after a group of five Green legislators — who had kept the minority government of Michael Field in office since June 1989 [ see p. 37877 ] — withdrew its support after disagreements over the issue of logging [ for May 1989 elections see p. 36658 ] . |
2 | A few years earlier a friend and fellow member of Brooks 's , Cyril Salmon , a former Lord Justice of Appeal , had put my name down for election to the Seniors Golfing Society , an English-based club for golfers over the age of fifty-five who met from time to time at a variety of attractive courses . |
3 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
4 | They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory . |
5 | Study in Midlothian had shown a 33% loss , East Lothian a 23% loss and Bedfordshire in England had shown a remarkable 82% loss of ponds over the last century . |
6 | Relations improved with South Korea as a result of concessions over the treatment of the Korean minority within Japan , and Japan 's admission of guilt over its past treatment of Korea [ see p. 38623 ] . |
7 | Other accusations were the result of disputes over the ownership of animals . |
8 | In addition most clubs organise a full programme of races over the season which , once you 've mastered the basics of sailing , can improve your skills very quickly by matching them up with other boats in the fleet . |
9 | A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect . |
10 | Disappointingly there was little evidence of any change in the condition of attenders over the course of two years from the interviewing of the original sample . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Drape the triangle of fabric in folds over the curtains and pole . |
13 | Millions of customers are still paying huge interest rates , despite Chancellor Norman Lamont 's three per cent cut in rates over the past seven weeks . |
14 | The US Exxon Corporation on March 13 agreed to pay a record sum in settlement of claims over the Exxon Valdez oil spillage off the coast of Alaska in March 1989 [ see pp. 36541 ; 36606 ] . |
15 | If I could have foreseen the progress of events over the next two years I would probably have stood up and run directly back to Boulogne . |
16 | You have been fortunate enough to build up a reserve of savings over the years , or you may find yourself in receipt of an inheritance . |
17 | Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ? |
18 | Tax evasion is a similar problem in interpreting the sixteenth-century subsidy rolls , while any deductions based on the military survey , a crude census of males over the age of sixteen , must allow not only for children but also for the balance between men and women in the population as a whole . |
19 | Theda had followed in the Gallery of Fashion — which all her young charges had avidly studied — the steady rise of waists over the last three or four years , but never before had she felt quite so outdated . |
20 | Spare capacity would be resold to other British Telecom units , which could offer a variety of services over the network . |
21 | SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt . |
22 | Miss Danziger had heard a variety of interpretations over the many years . … |
23 | The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill . |
24 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
25 | Rodrigo strove mightily not to offend his Moorish subjects , especially in Valencia which became his base of operations over the succeeding months . |
26 | The EC Commission President , Jacques Delors , is calling for closer European unity despite worries over the future of the Maastricht Treaty . |
27 | The British Broadcasting Corporation has extended its 30-year relationship with ICL Plc with two new contracts for the provision of services over the next six years : first , ICL 's CFM facilities management subsidiary will run the Beeb 's mainframe bureau operation in Feltham , West London on ICL Series 39 SX mainframes ; second , the BBC is taking advantage of ICL 's Open Hire agreement in its move to a distributed Unix computing environment . |
28 | With the introduction of general management , an attempt has been made to address the clinician-management interface directly and to challenge formally , at least in theory , the tight grip of doctors over the NHS as an organisation . |
29 | There was also the possibility of a more flexible use of facilities in the statutory , voluntary and private sectors , and , finally , the powerful influence of doctors over the lives of the chronically disabled would inevitably wane , a process of ‘ de-medicalization ’ which is largely to be welcomed as medical and nursing skills are only a small part of the required professional skills . |
30 | However , normal irregular traffic is not likely to achieve this low figure , and an average loss of 0.75 of a lock will be assumed in estimating the use of water for the passage of boats over the summit . |