Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] in [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | OVER a weekend in which John Major said ‘ society needs to condemn a little more and understand a little less ’ , and Kenneth Clarke let fly against social workers ‘ mouthing political rhetoric about why children in their care are so delinquent ’ , the message which will stick in my mind was from Anfield , saying simply ‘ Rest in Peace James ’ . |
| 2 | The ex-wife is ringing up over a son in whom she has shown no interest . |
| 3 | Ace had hung her coat over a chair in her lab , and was busy rearranging the workings of several weapons with the aid of a set of jeweller 's screwdrivers . |
| 4 | IN OUR June edition we wrongly stated that Sutton Coldfield RFC were bringing a £500,000 civil action against a referee who presided over a game in which the club 's colts captain , Ben Smolden , broke his neck . |
| 5 | It seems likely that improvements in the health and work capacity of the elderly population over the last eighty years have more than compensated for any putative increase in the physical and mental demands of employment ; if so , rising retirement rates may reflect a decrease in the demand for the labour of elderly workers over a period in which their employment capacity has risen . |
| 6 | Is it mere coincidence that , over a period in which the observed unemployment rate rose almost fivefold , the estimate for NAIRU rose almost fourfold ? |