Example sentences of "[noun sg] over other [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of quarrels of this type decreased with age but still held the lead over other types for all ages . |
| 2 | One great advantage of asphalt over other forms of sheet roof covering is its tolerance to being ‘ patched ’ in situ . |
| 3 | But at Bloomsbury House , the interest of the children took priority over any political cause , a philosophy which supported the family environment over other forms of upbringing . |
| 4 | If it could comply , it would be obliged to accord to this baby a priority over other patients to whom the health authority owes the same duties , but about whose interests the court is ignorant . |
| 5 | This combination of data — an excess of GP over other referrals of women , together with a significantly greater likelihood of diversion of women referred by GPs away from compulsory admission compared with other female referrals — suggests apparent discrimination on the part of GPs against women . |
| 6 | A company , by virtue of the floating charge , has a distinct advantage over other forms of trading when raising capital . |
| 7 | Codification has the advantage over other kinds of state power that it generally lasts . |
| 8 | The DUP had the advantage over other politicians of not being in the game of pragmatic compromise . |
| 9 | sorts of different exchange situations gives it a specious advantage over other media of exchange . |
| 10 | In drama we have a great advantage over other subjects in that non-verbal language and narrative are at the centre of our work . |
| 11 | This gives them an advantage over other insects in their tropical rain forest home . |
| 12 | Endobiliary fine needle aspiration cytology , in which a fine needle is introduced into the biliary tree either percutaneously or endoscopically , has the potential advantage over other methods of diagnosing biliary strictures in that the needle may be inserted through the strictured area and thereby obtain tissue from outwith the wall of the bile duct . |
| 13 | Those who directly represent the citizens ( legislative and oversight bodies ) , which includes members of state legislatures , county commissions , city councils , boards of trustees , school boards and those executive branch officials with oversight responsibility over other levels of government . |
| 14 | Statutory duties invariably take precedence over other aspects of the work and because of the publicity surrounding cases of child abuse , and the tendency to blame social workers when things go wrong , a disproportionate share of the energies and resources of SSDs is devoted to work with children . |
| 15 | In the process of sexual selection , certain males were said to develop characteristics that gave them the edge over other males in the competition for females . |
| 16 | If you happen to know that it is the Prime Minister personally who advises the Queen to dissolve Parliament , you will realise that this gives him the whip hand over other members of the Cabinet — who fear the cataclysm of an untimely election as much as back-benchers do . |
| 17 | Its draft proposal would give Indian nationals preferential treatment over other foreigners in Nepal — guaranteeing their rights to buy land , hold assets and engage in trade — and give India a first option in the supply of military hardware and training to the Nepalese Army , in the development of Nepal 's water and hydroelectric resources , and in other " economic and industrial cooperation " projects . |
| 18 | If social services committees did exercise any clout over other committees within councils , the strong prior claim of children was already established . |
| 19 | Foreman 's opponent in 1974 , Muhammad Ali , is the other important articulator of protest , and his dominance over other heavyweights for a period of fourteen years was so complete that he was impossible to suppress , even though his enforced incapacitation for four years did seem to dull his sharpness in criticizing white racism . |
| 20 | In addition to establishing the coherence of a specifically identifiable Genoese artistic tradition , the catalogue emphatically challenges the hierarchy which values painting over other forms of aesthetic expression , particularly emphasising the role of such sculptors as Filippo Parodi and Pierre Puget , who should be viewed in a Mediterranean rather than in a French context . |
| 21 | The problem is that there are 75 ridings a year and to give a wider berth would concentrate our low flying over other parts of the countryside to the detriment of the inhabitants there . |
| 22 | This simple observation is crucial to the argument of this chapter , as it allows us to question ingrained assumptions concerning the superiority and greater significance of language over other forms of expression . |
| 23 | For example , if the predominance of economic interests and power over other areas of society is not accepted , then the Marxist theory of crime would not be accepted . |