Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In it he described a succession of his dreams over a period of thirty years , which seemed to show glimpses of the future , and provided a theory of time to account for them . |
| 2 | ‘ Just as it is now difficult to conceive of marketing without measurement , a PR agency seeking to change the perception of its clients … will begin by quantifying the scale of the problem … and the effect of its activities over time . ’ |
| 3 | It 's been a great weight on my shoulders over the last month . |
| 4 | The delicate tracing of his fingers over her naked breast nearly clouded her mind off forever . |
| 5 | On Jan. 10 , following a third round of discussions to resolve the Ayodhya dispute , Hindu and Moslem leaders belonging respectively to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) and the All India Babri Masjid Action Committee ( AIBMAC ) agreed to the setting up of expert panels to examine documents in support of their claims over the site ; the panels would submit a report by Feb. 5 . |
| 6 | Alright , well then er , with that expression , of what I hope to be confidence , , in erm , the management of our affairs over this last year , erm , let me put the resolution at , as on the paper before you , I wo n't read it again . |
| 7 | In answer to the question ‘ How about the attitude of your employers over the years ? |
| 8 | Martin Lee had fought his way back into the event ( organised on the double elimination format ) , having lost to Steven Amey in the second round and played very aggressive tennis in his victories over Justin Layne and Ben Haran . |
| 9 | In an action brought by the Crown in 1636 , he was accused of felling 19,320 trees reserved for shipbuilding , and of having consumed annually 300,000 loads of wood in his ironworks over the preceding seven years . |
| 10 | Over the same period , in a ‘ revolution of sovereignties ’ , all the union republics claimed primacy for their own laws over those of the USSR as a whole , and some autonomous republics and regions in turn claimed primacy for their laws over those of the republics within which they were located . |
| 11 | But the bruiser was after her , and the click-clack of her heels over the pavement kept him from losing her . |
| 12 | Lucenzo reached out and pushed back the tress of copper hair which had fallen over her forehead , and she trembled at the sensual drift of his fingers over her face . |
| 13 | There were also many other gorgeous flowers for this beautiful actress , who has given so many theatregoers great joy by her performances over the years . |
| 14 | ON A rugged hill track overlooking the former car plant at Linwood , Scottish motoring journalists turned out in force last week to put the latest version of a motoring legend through its paces over some very nasty terrain . |
| 15 | Mrs Thatcher sees nothing in the single market which cuts against the grain of her policies over the past decade , since it should promote the free enterprise culture within the EC . |
| 16 | In this illustration the personal sector channelled its surplus of £500 million to the financial sector ( banks , insurance companies , building societies , etc. ) and the remaining funds originated from the foreign sector which lent its £1,000 million surplus derived from the excess of its exports over imports . |
| 17 | First , to seek an alliance with the Scots and so divert our Liege Lord 's justifiable pursuit of his claims over English lands in France . |
| 18 | Lie on your back with your hands over your ears and your legs out straight . |
| 19 | A private company , on the other hand , will normally ( but not necessarily ) confer a discretion upon its directors over proposed transfers of shareholdings . |
| 20 | ‘ Of course , I agreed to carry his bag like a shot , and the Irish golfer gave me some very basic instruction in my duties over a couple of pints of the dark stuff from his native land . |
| 21 | The practical effect of this wording is that for a claim to be covered the casualty must be reasonably attributable to an identifiable accident the source of which is external to the craft — thus the craft filling with water on its moorings over a period of weeks and then foundering would not be covered . |
| 22 | A DERWENTSIDE councillor could face censure from his colleagues over a remark about Albert Dryden who shot and killed the council 's chief planning officer last year . |
| 23 | I wish my right hon. Friend luck in his negotiations over the common agricultural policy , but I do not believe that if it were modified , as a result of my right hon. Friend 's efforts , to suit all our needs , the British farming industry would be able to take sufficient advantage of the improved conditions if its own marketing arrangements had not also been improved . |
| 24 | If MI5 had obeyed the 1952 Maxwell Fyfe guidelines then there would have been little cause for complaint about its activities over the past 35 years . |
| 25 | They must be able to show measurable improvements in the quality of their services over the past two years , and customer satisfaction , and they must have in hand or plan to introduce at least one innovative enhancement to their services which entails no additional cost to the taxpayer or consumer . |
| 26 | It was n't just the sustained rumbling growls rising to a frenzy as two dogs threatened each other then lunged together in a bitter embrace , each asserting its place in the hierarchy , the priority of its rights over the red bitch . |
| 27 | Many grown-up people feel obliged by such considerations to continue to acknowledge the authority of their parents over them . |
| 28 | I have reason to support the authority of my neighbours over their children , etc . |
| 29 | Geoffrey Martel and Raymond of St Gilles both had some — though temporary — success in asserting the superiority of their courts over all others within their principalities . |
| 30 | It was a measure of Cecilia 's character that , unlike most people , she experienced no schadenfreude about this , felt no secret pleasure in the superiority of her circumstances over her friend 's , but sincerely regretted Daphne 's inferior home and reduced income . |