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

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1 The mechanics of valuing the entitlement of the outgoing partner should be specific ( see below ) and once ascertained a timetable should be laid down for its payment , as to which the alternatives ( depending on the circumstances and needs of the firm in question and its partners ) are immediate payment or payment by instalments over a period with or without interest on the unpaid balance .
2 During the heyday of the fair it was the right of every villager to brew and sell his own beer , and he advertised the fact by hanging a branch or piece of greenery over his door .
3 The triangle ACB measures the social profit or excess of benefits over costs from such an output expansion .
4 Rehabilitation is the first aim , minimizing and reversing the damage that might arise from the separation of parents and children ; loss of self-esteem , threats to identity and reduction in power over decision-making ( Richards , 1987 ) .
5 The major bloc-based classification reflects the economic , political and cultural-ideological struggle between capitalism and communism for control over the global system .
6 Town planning stood to gain accordingly , even if the years between the wars showed no great practical advance in the design , layout and building of towns over what had been achieved before .
7 In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the fabric of mid-Victorian hegemony was shattered by a series of structural contradictions , from economic retardation and industrial unrest , to growing socialist and feminist political militancy and intensification of anxiety over a whole range of social issues .
8 Now a fully revised and updated 2nd Edition brings the topic right up to the minute by taking into account the many significant developments and advances made in medical knowledge and research in AIDS over the past two years .
9 The relation between the theory and practice of perspective over the next four centuries is examined in detail .
10 It was not only physical wounds that left scars ; damage to the mind could throb and fester in secret over many years , and some flash of memory could trigger unexpected , possibly violent reactions .
11 The research should contribute not only to knowledge about the degree and type of control over this area of professional practice but also provide information on aspects of general medical services which have given cause for complaint .
12 … in every Department a store of knowledge and experience in the subjects handled , something which eventually takes shape as a practical philosophy , or may merit the title of a departmental philosophy … in most cases the departmental philosophy is nothing more startling than the slow accretion and accumulation of experience over the years …
13 The move demonstrated the irritation felt by the Prince and Princess of Wales over the media barrage they faced during their tour of South Korea this week .
14 Leaving aside the numerous examples of the rise and fall of parties over the past century , there are many instances of change even in the relatively short period of time since the end of the Second World War .
15 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 .
16 Effectively , the legislature agreed to forego the extended debate and process of negotiation over appropriations that normally occurred .
17 Thus the decorative sumptuousness of the no longer oppositional , visual arts was matched by monumentalism , baroque self-indulgence , and primacy of symbol over function in Vienna 's built environment .
18 For sex , argues Foucault , is the pivot of two axes along which the whole technology of life developed : it was the point of entry to the body , to the harnessing , identification and distribution of forces over the body ; and it was the entry to control and regulation of populations .
19 Casually trailing something black and sort of flimsy over the chairback .
20 It had been reported to the Committee by schools operating such a series of tests that the motivation of their pupils was increased because tests at different levels provide both an incentive and evidence of progress over several terms .
21 To understand this we need to look at the history of cultural theory and criticism in Britain over the last twenty to thirty years .
22 And victory for Gloucestershire over Yorkshire by 3 wickets .
23 The Gregorian calendar ; European officers to train her armed forces ; steam power for her industry ; central banking ; a new peerage specially created so as to make orthodox bicameral government possible by providing the material for an Upper House ; the codification of her law ; a representative system : these were all pieces of the structure of a new Japan which was at last crowned by alliance with one European power and victory in war over another ( see below , Ch. 8 ) .
24 Although all four projects received high scores for their scientific content , PRISMA appears to have suffered from the high costs of its proposed European launch , and MARSNET from uncertainty over US plans for the study of the planet , while STEP was seen by some participants as requiring further technical refinements .
25 Siddhis are the powers which can be added on to basic TM such as levitation , extra-sensory perception , telepathy , telekinesis , spiritual healing and control of mind over body .
26 The Department of the Environment issued a circular in 1974 , Housing for People who are Physically Handicapped , which gives guidance to local authorities on how to assess the need for special housing and advice on provision over such things as design and siting .
27 Even some in new houses now want to move out because of the construction works , traffic congestion , and a general decline in the image and attractiveness of Docklands over the past three years .
28 Rowing was transformed in the breadth and depth of participation over the 30 years of his term .
29 There was also , he admitted , a feeling of depression and frustration among breeders over the ban on exports through BSE restrictions .
30 The HP4 requirement refers to the additional land to be allocated to ensure an adequate supply and choice of land over the Structure Plan period 1984–96 .
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