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

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1 Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort .
2 The Board have upped the fines in the Nat West Trophy and the B&H Cup from the previously meaningless level of £100 per over not bowled by curfew time to an escalating scale ranging from £220 in the first two rounds to £330 in the quarter-finals , £660 in the semi-finals and … wait for it , £1320 per unbowled over in the final .
3 In a separate report , due for release in December , the UNDP estimated that income lost from death due to AIDS ranged from US$10,000 per case in India to over US$240,000 per case in South Korea .
4 Medical care costs ranged from US$1,100 per case in India to over US$4,000 per case in South Korea [ for US estimates of medical costs see p .
5 Mr Baker said the main area of concern for over the next few years was ‘ serious downturn ’ in the economies of export markets in Europe and Japan .
6 Trade with Russia might survive if the Muscovy Company went out of business , but it was not easy to imagine that trade with Hudson Bay ( with all that it did for London furriers and re-exporters ) could continue if the Company lost its trading rights , and the Royal African Company was believed to be necessary for the slave trade until the 1690s , and the East India Company kept its position in trade with India for over a century after that .
7 But it appears to me that the whole trend of authority for over a century is clearly against permitting any such investigation .
8 It may well pass an act against it soon , it may well be that a lot of people from over there will get elected and you 'll get your bill , but then again it may not .
9 Creoles have been a focus of interest for linguists for over a century , because of their distinctive history .
10 A cyclist who 's been in prison in Nepal for over a month could be freed later this week .
11 When the acceptance condition ( ie acceptance in respect of over 50 per cent of the voting rights in the target ) attached to an offer is satisfied , the offer is described as being unconditional as to acceptances .
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