Example sentences of "over [adj] [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , in the UUAC there was unanimity that it did not wish to preside over that kind of success . |
| 2 | So I er , I politely told him what he could do with that , well , I was eating his dinner and I could n't be too rude to him , but erm , you know , when er when , when confronted , I do n't give ground over that kind of thing . |
| 3 | It provides a weighty diplomatic instrument in an overall European policy aimed at maximising influence over that part of Europe which the USSR does not control . |
| 4 | There were no Disneyland walkers over that part of Skye . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I know what passed between you over that cup of coffee . ’ |
| 6 | Shall we talk about it over that cup of tea ? ’ |
| 7 | He had lived with his past for the best part of fifty years , and his book tells what he had come to know of it over that interval of time , with help from the theories of Marx and Freud . |
| 8 | Stories simply handed down by word of mouth over that length of time are likely to be less accurate than those written down from the beginning . |
| 9 | I am very sensitive to my hon. Friend 's reference to Warren Hastings ' because it was Edmund Burke , a kinsman of mine , who prosecuted him over that length of time . |
| 10 | It 's very rare if ever that one finds a continuing document of a place and people of a particular space maintained over that length of time . |
| 11 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that that is an impressive increase over that period of years ? |
| 12 | ‘ It used to , but working with Dave over that period of time means we 've mostly solved the problems . |
| 13 | The problem is that we seem to have dropped the Health Service off more and more and more over that period of time , and I think , to be fair , the programme sums it all up , two motions on the Health Service . |
| 14 | I made it clear that our policy was to use that money to reduce the level of the council tax over that period of time . |
| 15 | So , although eighty , eighty five miles would n't seem a huge distance to cycle in the day ; over that sort of terrain , it 's , it 's going to be hard going is n't it ? |
| 16 | I think you 're sort of drawing drawing their attention to the public concern over that sort of phrase . |
| 17 | Place a slice of avocado over each slice of grapefruit and arrange attractively in lines down a serving plate . |
| 18 | The Greek cross plan is visibly marked by the five domes , one over the crossing and one over each arm of nave , choir and transepts . |
| 19 | There were whiffs of controversy in the air as the obsequies were dealt with , but only because a couple of the reporters interrogated retiring manager Micky Stewart over possible suspicion of Pakistan ball-tampering . |
| 20 | Ward managers report on expected levels of work over specific period of time throughout a typical week . |
| 21 | On his appointment as head of combined operations , he embarked on endless controversy over hypothetical command of raids by 5,000 men , although there were no more than 500 trained commandos and some 750 men in the Independent Companies . |
| 22 | The best way to place the liner on this edge is to put a row of bricks directly onto the collar , bring the liner over this row of bricks and then lay another row . |
| 23 | I want to end by saying that we need now to f go over this hurdle of liberation make sure that the vast majority of black South Africans who are deeply angry and I saw this anger because I was in South Africa when Chris was assassinated and this anger was turning into rage and the country was on a knife edge it could have blown up , the country would have burned had it not been for the diplomatic achievement of , of enormous stature by Nelson Mandela when he addressed the whole nation and in a sense seized power informally from white and black and the country managed to survive that but if that anger turns into rage again then the country could burn and I do n't say this to be dramatic but just to warn that in those moments when the media and so on do n't explain the situation well do n't forget our people because they have had to cope with this situation . |
| 24 | She took particular trouble over this list of names , spitting out each one like unwanted orange pips . |
| 25 | In the longer term we would support a review of the B1 Business Use Class to extend the powers of local authorities over this form of development . |
| 26 | You mentioned you cycle anyway to keep fit , fit do you — do you , you do n't cycle over this sort of terrain do you ? |
| 27 | Looking back over this chronicle of destruction we are struck by Shakespeare 's revelation of the unsuspected depths of evil connected with hypocrisy . |
| 28 | There is a splendid view out over this forest of pines from the car park at the base of the Coire Cas chairlift , and it 's soothing to be reminded from here how small Aviemore is in the great scheme of things . |
| 29 | ‘ Traditional climatic geomorphology as represented by most of the papers in this volume has to a large extent glossed over this paucity of knowledge of fundamentals ; it may be said to have proceeded , like Davis 's work , to premature generalization on the basis of quite vague ideas on the underlying process relations . |
| 30 | It made the team feel they had regained some control over this area of work , and by focusing in such detail , highlighted its importance and the skills involved in investigations . |