Example sentences of "their [noun pl] over a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Labour leader , John Smith , and his colleagues will certainly be grinding their teeth over a strategy which pre-empts their own promise to draw up longer-term plans for the economy . |
| 2 | Liberated serfs would then redeem their debts over a period of years . |
| 3 | SAVERS who spread their funds over a range of accounts to keep interest paid below the level at which banks and building societies had to inform the taxman should be warned that the game is up . |
| 4 | Then the fore and hind wings , bending under the additional stress of the turn , beat against one another making an audible rattle that you can easily hear as you sit watching them make their circuits over a pond . |
| 5 | I will not therefore take the time of the House with the conventional lengthy explanation of the detail of what are in fact relatively routine pieces of annual business , such as the guaranteed minimum pensions order and the draft contributions rerating order , which are very much in line with their predecessors over a number of years . |
| 6 | THE picture of wizened old Frenchmen puffing contentedly on their Gauloises over a glass of pastis could be coming to an end — by law . |
| 7 | The reformers argued that since departments built up their philosophies over a period of time and since new measures took a considerable period to negotiate , these processes should be opened up so that the informed public could make its reactions clear while principles were still being settled . |
| 8 | They know that the recruitment specialist will look after their interests , advise them if they are flying too high , encourage them if they are ready for advancement and indeed assist them in planning their careers over a period of time . |
| 9 | One special feature of the materials is the fact that it was thoroughly tried and tested by the authors and their colleagues over a number of years before reaching its present form . |