Example sentences of "over [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the child protection system had broken down in this instance , not because of the excessive timidity or woolliness of social workers who missed the warning signs and failed to act , but because of their over confidence in medical diagnoses and their ready reliance on compulsory measures to remove the children . |
| 2 | Thanks to an over rate of 11.2 and the time lost to the weather being made up at the end , that fourth day became the longest in Test history , not finishing until 7.40 . |
| 3 | Their first innings was marked by an over rate of 12.3 an hour against which Gooch scored 83 , Rose and Boycott made fifties , Gatting almost did , and with the help of 57 extras the total reached 370 . |
| 4 | Among the many outstanding players in the Scotland squad were the elegant Manchester United captain Martin Buchan , the toothless warrior Joe Jordan , the mercurial Kenny Dalglish , the effervescent Willie Johnson and an over abundance of creative midfield players including Don Masson , Bruce Rioch , Asa Hartford , Archie Gemmill , John Robertson and Lou Macari . |
| 5 | Within the United States the exchanges sometimes complain of over regulation by Federal agencies and excessive tax burdens . |
| 6 | As a result , one can indeed envisage a situation in which we have before us an over production in all links of the chain which expresses itself in an over-production of means of consumption , i.e. in an overproduction in relation to the consumer market , which is precisely the expression of a general over-production . |
| 7 | This brief excursion through the advent of rock ‘ n ’ roll , drugs and sex — in that order — is an over simplification of serious underlying trends and tensions that gripped western youth , but more especially , American youngsters faced with the prospect of being drafted . |
| 8 | Such a move could underpin rent and asset values , though it also has to be pointed out that there is currently an over supply of good quality office space in the City . |
| 9 | The ‘ deadlocks ’ which some public choice theorists think desirable because they will reduce the over supply of public services might well deny needy groups the services on which they depend . |