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

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1 However , the field patterns over the land area in the upper left of the image are blurred by the smoothing operation .
2 He ignored my emendation , but just continued to toss the cartridge cases over the gunwale .
3 A ROW has broken out between two Darlington General Election candidates over the number of under-fives in nurseries .
4 Many punk bands extended this antagonism to all established rock musicians over the age of twenty-five .
5 TEN people were injured in accidents on North-East roads over the weekend .
6 The Imperial Dry Dock measured 167.6 metres by 21.3 metres with 7.7 metres at ordinary Spring Tides over the sill .
7 Gently rest the card templates over the icing and cut around .
8 Parentally condoned absenteeism can , according to research studies over the past ten or so years , account for as much as 50–75 per cent of non-excused absenteeism .
9 The conservatory was still empty , the lamps burning low , the moon casting long silver shadows over the terrace beyond the wide patio doors .
10 How much are the shirts themselves , Do the shop take Credit Card orders over the phone What is the number of the club shop ?
11 he 's being a zombie , so he 's coming downstairs with two sleeping bags over the top of his head and knocking everything over , just look at it
12 A new government , a centre-right coalition led by the mainstream Conservative Party , takes over on Monday , with the Brundtland administration caretakers over the weekend .
13 However , electtoral support for the ex-communists was perceived as a reaction to falling living standards over the period of the Solidarity-led government .
14 If K is the equilibrium constant for that reaction then we can actually redefine our terms such that the concentration of hydrogen ions will be K multiplied by the concentration of hydrogen bicarbonate ions over the concentration of bicarbonate ions .
15 Royal Bank of Scotland has decided from 1 October 1991 , and in line with market practice and the Association of British Insurers ' SORP , to defer acquisition expenses relating to new and renewed motor and household policies over the period during which the premiums are earned , generally 12 months .
16 Despite his minimal role in the preparation of the rising , he immediately began to take executive action , raising the Legionnaires ' wages by one peseta per day and broadcasting speeches over the radio .
17 The following day British Satellite Broadcasting ( BSB — launched in April 1990 ) merged with its chief rival , Sky Television , which had been formed in February 1989 and was owned by the media magnate Rupert Murdoch , both companies having sustained substantial operating losses over the year .
18 Others were furious at what they said were government strong-arm tactics over the vote .
19 She made a frantic leap to shake them off , as they lifted her back and front nearside feet over the rope and positioned her with her back to the revving Mercedes again .
20 They were largely concerned with population and household predictions over the period to 1981 and the possibilities that existed for redistribution .
21 BEAUTIFUL Mona Bauwens last night spoke of her ‘ disappointment ’ at her failure to win libel damages over the newspaper story about her Spanish holiday with David Mellor and his family .
22 A further problem with this aspect of the analysis is the changes in exchange rates over the period of the study .
23 Differential inflation rates and current account disequilibria probably influence exchange rates over the medium-term , i.e. two-five years .
24 With regard to Easingwold , well of course Easingwold is at present outside the area of search , erm but again I do agree with what Mr Courcier has said , it would be a doubling the size of Easingwold , Easingwold is a small market town of high environmental quality , the existing form and pattern of development within Easingwold , erm exercise constraints over the scale of future development , the central area is of a certain size , of a certain quality , it 's got a certain amount of capacity to accept further development , and I do n't believe that a a erm grafting a fur further fourteen hundred houses could be fitted in to that existing infrastructure without serious harm .
25 The Director of Public Prosecutions will decide in the next few weeks if BR must face corporate manslaughter charges over the disaster on December 12 which claimed 35 lives .
26 In some universities which were hard hit in the 1981 cuts , the changes were more dramatic ; one university lost 25 and gained 3 degree courses over the period .
27 It is reached by stepping stones over the lawn and a small bridge crossing the bog garden and two linking fish pools .
28 If there 's been a lot of rain this route may not be possible , because the river will be too full for you to cross the stepping stones over the East Dart river at Brimpts norther wood .
29 If that had been the final outcome , question marks over the ability of sterling to maintain its value against the Deutschmark would have been raised and there would have been a prospect of a rise in interest rates to protect the pound .
30 Anne Owers , director of Justice , a charity which investigates alleged miscarriages of justice , also says there are serious question marks over the conviction , which she describes as ‘ dodgy ’ .
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