Example sentences of "[noun sg] [art] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An immediate Exchequer grant was provided to tide the hospitals over the emergency . |
| 2 | The first loan was often sought to escape a pauper funeral , to keep the children off the school meals list , to pay for boots , or to tide the family over the illness of the breadwinner . |
| 3 | At an academic and policy level the debate over the pros and cons of insider dealing has run its course ; those in favour of regulation have won . |
| 4 | Does holding a handkerchief over the mouthpiece really disguise your voice ? ’ |
| 5 | Inevitably there is considerable friction between the two agencies but in the past defence needs in Russia had sufficient priority to give the GRU a lead over the KGB . |
| 6 | At this point the debate over the civil rights bill merged into a wider national debate concerning the legitimacy of reverse discrimination . |
| 7 | In contrast , the synergy of four individuals working on a problem should give the group an advantage over the individuals working on their own . |
| 8 | If you 're the one who 's stayed at home all day , tackling the house and looking after the kids , you 'll want to celebrate the homecoming of everyone else and the chance the talk over the day 's happenings . |
| 9 | However , the degree also has a taught component , as students must attend at least one postgraduate seminar every term over the two-year period of the degree , and are examined on their work in these courses . |
| 10 | In the Eurobond example the spread over the gilt can be judged from the trading level of bond issues of similarly rated companies with similar documentation and covenants . |
| 11 | So on current plans the reprocessing plants will separate an average of 21 tonnes of plutonium a year over the next 20 years . |
| 12 | The need to avoid bad history is the reason the debate over the teaching of history in schools is so important : what is the proper balance between traditional concerns with royalty and battles as against the need to understand the great political movements of our time and the social and economic conditions which spawned them ? |
| 13 | Purists may just possibly consider the analogy with Kipling 's powerful verse a bit over the top , bordering on the hyperbole , but what matter ? |
| 14 | Your continuous improvement in in the factory a lot over the years . |
| 15 | In terms of our longer history of medico-moral politics the battle over the legislation certainly marked a watershed in mid-Victorian social reform . |
| 16 | Seen in this much broader context the campaign over the peace-tax issue is obviously at most a relatively minor skirmish in a very much larger battle , one that is being fought , as is the peace-tax issue itself , on the terrain of classical political and constitutional theory — namely , the relationship between citizens and the state . |
| 17 | If Britain is to compete successfully in the frightening new post-Tokyo world , it must have at its helm a captain over the health of whom no niggling question marks hover . |
| 18 | Markham , Ontario-based Geac Computer Corp — which has been promising an acquisition a month over the next 12 months , got two under its belt for the same month in May : it has bought the UK end of struggling MAI Systems Corp , MAI ( UK ) Ltd , and has also picked up Tekserv Computer Services Ltd . |
| 19 | If you found the opening pitch a bit over the top , the follow-up would gross you out completely . |
| 20 | Even at 40 per cent off the list price it still costs £1,500 , plus VAT -a bit over the top for me . |