Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seen from the outside the nature , and above all , the neck-breaking speed of achievements over the past two months may seem remarkable . |
| 2 | They have trained-in a succession of concepts over the years : decision making , then situational leadership , and then contingency theory . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ] . |
| 5 | Other accusations were the result of disputes over the ownership of animals . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | A review of debates over the past two or three years reveals another unusual aspect . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ] . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for the chaos and confusion at the heart of Governments over the Poll Tax ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Spare capacity would be resold to other British Telecom units , which could offer a variety of services over the network . |
| 16 | SHAPED BY A VARIETY of influences over the years the magnificence and legacy of Harewood remain unspoilt . |
| 17 | Miss Danziger had heard a variety of interpretations over the many years . … |
| 18 | The next mill downstream has had a variety of names over the years : Russell Mill , Lowes Mill and more recently , Malvern Mill . |
| 19 | He slung his cloak of feathers over the staff and Scathach helped him to sit down in the slight shelter that this garment offered . |
| 20 | Rodrigo strove mightily not to offend his Moorish subjects , especially in Valencia which became his base of operations over the succeeding months . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | The main purpose of the project is to investigate the architecture , furniture , and equipment of dwellings over the whole range of Scottish society , looking at large-scale buildings like castles and tenement blocks and also at small cottages and council houses . |
| 26 | As with chimneys , so with synapses ; if they are constructed — or even reconstructed — during learning , one might expect a brief increase in the rate of synthesis of proteins over the time when an animal was being trained and memory was being formed . |
| 27 | Data from the 1931 to 1961 Censuses and from the Ministry of Social Security for 1966 showed a continuous decline in the percentage of men over the age of 65 in full-time paid employment ( Table 2.1 ) . |
| 28 | Manager Paul Malone surveyed another packed treatment room after yesterday 's game with Linfield and said : ‘ We 've suffered a bad run of injuries over the last month . |
| 29 | Imported raw cotton was the basis for the emergence of the most dynamic of the " new " manufactures , but as late as 1776 Adam Smith omitted cotton goods from his argument for a sustained expansion and downward spread of consumption of non-essentials over the " course of the present century " , and still found examples enough for his purpose . |
| 30 | This leaves pension funds with a very wide range of powers over the selection and management of investments and this has attracted a degree of adverse attention in recent years . |