Example sentences of "a [adj] [noun sg] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The archaeology of mining reveals a historic struggle over the sex of miners . |
| 2 | When at last he was satisfied with the elevation he supervised the loading ; a dry wad over the cartridge and then a damp one . |
| 3 | A persistent shower over the cradle |
| 4 | Luckily , there were some trees by the river and Anne saw a low branch over the water . |
| 5 | SHABBA AND ‘ The Specialist ’ may not be the only ones to respond with a terse ‘ Who he ? ’ when confronted by Scritti Politti , Green having kept such a low profile over the last three years . |
| 6 | Throughout the early modern period , therefore , English Protestantism was obliged to coexist alongside a wide range of magical beliefs and practices which retained a strong hold over the popular mind . |
| 7 | Unlike many other contracts , the courts have not exercised a strong influence over the framework of this relationship and the common law only imposes a few terms upon leasehold parties . |
| 8 | Hughes and company ended last season on a high by winning in both Lithuania and Latvia and although the World Cup finals are now beyond them , they still want a strong finish over the last few games . |
| 9 | Suggestions that Boeing might collaborate with the Japanese on another jet development project have raised protests in Washington about the transfer of technology in an industry where the US maintains a strong lead over the Japanese . |
| 10 | He would never in life agree willingly-or let the king agree — to any settlement but a total victory over the Welsh , and the hanging of all their leaders into the bargain . ’ |
| 11 | The patron saint of Tui is San Télmo , he of the blue discharge on pointed objects in electric storms , and from the cathedral you have a tranquil view over the Mińo to Valença in Portugal , to where we walked for lunch across the iron bridge built by Eiffel . |
| 12 | The amount of the effect can be estimated in shale sections and a corrective function over the total affected interval can be applied ( Fig. 6 ) . |
| 13 | LANACANE forms a germ-fighting layer over the skin . |
| 14 | On Sept. 30 Ingegerd Troedsson ( Moderate Party ) was elected as the Speaker of the Riksdag ( Sweden 's second highest ranking official after the monarch ) , the first woman to be elected to the post , in a narrow victory over the incumbent Thage Peterson ( Social Democrat ) . |
| 15 | If it is possible to get rid of it then do so , if not , then screen the hideous concrete with heavy planting as we have done here and grow a rampant climber over the top . |
| 16 | And there is still a raging controversy over the double flash in 1979 over Antarctic waters which Washington believes was a test explosion of a South African nuclear device . ’ |
| 17 | thirdly , and perhaps most importantly , any person taking a registrable charge over the company 's property ( and only to such persons ) will have notice of any matter requiring registration and disclosed . |
| 18 | Loxford church was medieval , with a square tower and a Norman tympanum over the south door of the Harrowing of Hell . |
| 19 | If you do have a hanging light over the table it should not hang more than 85 cm to 90 cm ( 34 in to 36 in ) from the table top . |
| 20 | The results , which were regularly published in the Liberal newspaper the News Chronicle , showed that there was a Labour lead over the Conservatives of 10% or more . |
| 21 | Norman Pinder gave Meryl a hesitant smile over the top of his tray . |
| 22 | THE CANADIAN government has made a complete about-face over the regulation of private satellite-TV dishes . |
| 23 | If the point of the reference to Marx is to show that emergent English trade unionism had anticipated his conclusion that workers must take control of the means of production , that , to re-iterate his contemporaneous quotation from A Member of the Building Union : ‘ labour and capital will no longer be separate but they will be indissolubly joined together in the hands of the workmen and work-women ’ ; and again , this time from Bronterre O'Brien to the effect that the object of combination was ‘ to establish for the productive classes a complete domination over the fruits of their own industry … . |
| 24 | MRS THATCHER will fly to Strasbourg for the two-day European summit tonight with no intention of making a conciliatory gesture over the Social Charter or economic integration to lessen the likelihood of Britain being isolated from the development of the rest of the community . |
| 25 | Enjoy a fabulous view over the Forth as well as a delicious meal . |
| 26 | PRESIDENT George Bush as much as admitted yesterday that he is in a political bind over the abortion issue . |
| 27 | The chap there said , ‘ I really should n't tell you this , but there has been a political dispute over the spelling of ecu . ’ |
| 28 | Late in life , having transferred his affections to the alsatian , Queenie , he became a professional bore over the superiority of animals to human beings , an obsession that led almost to derangement on the occasions when Queenie was cut by broken glass . |
| 29 | The foreman cast a professional eye over the indicated damage . |
| 30 | ‘ Cheryl , I wonder if you would be so kind as to cast a professional eye over the experimental laboratories for me . ’ |