Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The policy has been the cornerstone of China 's efforts to revive state industry over the past five years . |
| 2 | But he gave no hint of alternatives to replace diesel fuel over the next 25–35 years . |
| 3 | An estimated 750,000 people are expected to visit Liverpool Castle over the next 12 months . |
| 4 | One solution is to allocate property rights over the resources , so that the cost of the individual 's use of them falls only on the individual . |
| 5 | Farmers are short of cash , and are likely to step up sales early in the season , lifting exports from the two countries to near record levels over the next six months . |
| 6 | Treasury chiefs admitted last night the bosses would be filing in to see Mr Lamont over the next three days . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In the main , this situation was created by , firstly , the distance between the units , especially the Regional Unit , and the communities in which the users live ; and , secondly , the lack of available staff with , for example , the local unit having the equivalent of two full-time staff to cover home visits over the whole area . |
| 9 | Besides the obvious need to apply combat paint over the civil tanker schemes , the aircraft had to have their retardant tank systems removed . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the need to win air superiority over the battlefield was as vital as ever . |
| 11 | ‘ We have made very consistent efforts to brand Phaidon books over the last few years , putting the Phaidon name on the front and back of all our books as a brand image of quality , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Following Lord Keith 's 1983 review , the Government concluded that it would be wrong to give Customs discretion over the level of VAT penalties , ’ he said . |
| 13 | The main obstacles to an agreement appeared to be the desire of the Guam government to retain veto powers over the application within the territory of US federal legislation , and the issue of self-determination for the indigenous Chamorros , who constituted some 45 per cent of the population . |
| 14 | On Nov. 3 it had been reported that a US nuclear-powered submarine , the Topeka , had entered the Gulf in a move intended to underline US concern over the imminent delivery of the first of two Kilo class Russian diesel submarines to the Iranian port of Banda Abbas [ see p. 39122 ] , with a third said to be on option . |
| 15 | This base-line figure is then modified in the light of the analyst 's detailed research to give growth forecasts over the next two years , say , g 1 and g 2 . |
| 16 | But in a clear attempt to dispel City uncertainty over the pound , Mr Lawson restated his commitment to exchange rate stability , saying : ‘ The Conservative Party never has been , and never will be , the party of devaluation . ’ |
| 17 | He asked the department to review all decisions to reduce security levels over the past year , and report to the SSI within three months . |
| 18 | Any attempted departure from Silvertone , anyway , is likely to start court battles over the band . |
| 19 | Any attempted departure from Silvertone , anyway , is likely to start court battles over the band . |
| 20 | The eagerness of senators to address voter anxiety over the current level of crime in advance of the 1992 elections was demonstrated by the manner in which both Democrats and Republicans attempted to claim credit for the anti-crime package . |
| 21 | be developed by people who go to study childhood societies over the other side of the world and er you know , you stayed there , several months or a year or two , so it 's not just for a a brief visit . |
| 22 | The EC had , among other things , ( i ) financed the construction of a road through one of Zaïre 's forests so as to increase production at a meat processing plant ; ( ii ) financed timber extraction projects in Equatorial Guinea designed to quadruple timber production over the next four years ; and ( iii ) financed the Carajás iron ore project in the state of Pará , Brazil , which had destroyed much of the Amazon rainforest , had led to the deaths of 1,000 Indians after the opening up of their habitat 10 years earlier and had consumed 4,000,000 tonnes of charcoal each year to smelt the iron ore into pig iron . |
| 23 | But far be it for us to shed crocodile tears over the bruised egos of our male counterparts . |
| 24 | THE traders threatening to sue Darlington Council over the pedestrianisation of Skinnergate are wasting their time . |
| 25 | A Russian M-17 aircraft will be used by the Chileans to monitor ozone loss over the country . |
| 26 | Three former officers at Guildford Police station are to face conspiracy charges over the Guildford Four bombings case . |
| 27 | ‘ ONE member , one vote , ’ demanded John Smith when he was elected to be Labour 's leader , wanting to end trade-union influence over the choice of Labour 's parliamentary candidates . |
| 28 | That means there 'll be no treatment for 150 patients who were expecting to have routine operations over the next 5 weeks starting from Monday . |
| 29 | Like when we did ‘ Sackville ’ we used to have sex stuff over the end of it , so I think we 've actually played on that . ’ |
| 30 | Where the aim is to sustain cost leadership over the longer term , rather than to gain a short-term advantage through temporarily having , say , more modern equipment , one must look ahead over the life-cycle of the market ( however narrowly or broadly defined ) . |