Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE RUSSIAN and Ukrainian Presidents struggling for power over the Black Sea Fleet may be pleasing their nationalist countrymen , but the sailors at the fleet 's Crimean headquarters feel only shame and humiliation at the spectacle of a historic navy in chaos . |
| 2 | FRENCH trainer Francois Doumen is brimming with confidence over The Fellow 's bid for a second successive victory in Kempton 's King George . |
| 3 | Fourth , it seems that , as with parents and children , we need to be aware that there are likely to be quite wide fluctuations in support passing between siblings over the lifetime of each . |
| 4 | It was this mood , interacting with unease over the superpower arms race and the chorus of international protest provoked by American involvement in the Vietnam War , which nurtured the variety of radical currents dubbed the ‘ New Left ’ . |
| 5 | These factors contribute to the difficulties experienced by families in performing their caring functions , in turn increasing the likelihood of unfulfilled need and frustration developing within families over the care of older , dependent relatives . |
| 6 | ‘ I understand they have had none , ’ he said severely , looking at Dinah over the metal rims of his spectacles which reminded her of Paul 's . |
| 7 | At the Fife yard yesterday , the union conveners explained their reasons for deciding against action over the job losses . |
| 8 | The smaller , darker mountain type with black points and mucosae is very like the Piedmont of northwest Italy and is ideal for extensive systems , but it has been declining in numbers over the last 50 years and by 1980 was down to about 35,000 . |
| 9 | The martins were now coming and going in numbers over the water . |
| 10 | With our Association growing in numbers over the years , to what seems to be a plateau of about 1200 members , the collective voice has been heard , especially since some of those members are Community , District and Borough Councils ; as well as various clubs and businesses . |
| 11 | ‘ I had considered going to California over the winter but I realised it was n't necessary . |
| 12 | It sees the Japanese market for X-terminals growing at 100% over the next few years . |
| 13 | United have been tumbling into trouble over the last couple of weeks … last time they won was Denis Smith 's first match as manager … |
| 14 | Eighty years does n't seem a very long time when you consider the art of acting has been prospering in Europe over the last four hundred or so years , quite apart from the great traditions of ancient Greek drama . |
| 15 | The community reaction to mining in Ireland over the last two decades is one that can be presented in an almost linear , chronological fashion . |
| 16 | He said Dr Clarke would be canvassing in Darlington over the next three weeks and the party intended to hold public meetings . |
| 17 | We had shrimps for tea , watercress , celery stacked in a glass jug , fishpaste sandwiches , flan made from the blackberries hanging in thickets over the back garden fence from the wild common beyond . |
| 18 | The British film director was letting off steam over the tabloid press , citing in harshly-clipped tones the names of the accused . |
| 19 | Nordhausen and Albert Goodenache were coming into view over the horizon . |
| 20 | I also use oil on paper finishing with gouache over the top . |
| 21 | Contesting with others over the extrinsic spoils of learning is one aspect of competitive assessment . |
| 22 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 23 | His early and unexpected death was a cruel setback which left the College floundering in indecision over the choice of a suitable successor . |
| 24 | While Frank Reed 's relations waited expectantly in both Damascus and the United States , there were however , ominous signs of the power struggle continuing in Tehran over the hostage issue . |
| 25 | and there 's a white one coming in look over the end of the jetty there |
| 26 | As in South Africa itself , the authorities had increased spending on education over the last few years , so that qualified teachers are fairly well paid , and except in the poorest regions , school building stock is in reasonable repair . |
| 27 | Thirty volunteers will be travelling to Croatia over the next few weeks , taking three operating theatres from St. Mary 's Hospital , Portsmouth with them . |
| 28 | Sad Joanna told detectives she dreaded the thought of eating and drinking at parties over the holiday period . |
| 29 | But when you know without a shadow of a doubt that , even without doing anything clever , you have pulled an animal back from the brink of death into the living , breathing world , it is a satisfaction which lingers , flowing like balm over the discomforts and frustrations of veterinary practice , making everything right . |
| 30 | A warden has been appointed , Chris Martin , who lives in Orford , and he will be helping to deter trespassers and liaising with police over the detection of offences . |