Example sentences of "the [noun] [noun pl] [verb] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The storm clouds gathering over Leeds City broke almost a year after the end of the First World War . |
| 2 | Despite the storm clouds gathering over Europe in Nazi Germany and fascist Italy , Nizan remained confident that the international political situation could be regulated on a peaceful basis by marshalling Republican , democratic forces in a united front determined to halt the fascist advance . |
| 3 | as the storm clouds gathered over the struggling Third Division club . |
| 4 | To the south there are the Dorset Heights looking over Hamdon Hill and the Windwhistle Ridge ; to the west stands the Wellington Monument , almost on the Devon border ; northwards there is a fine view of the Quantock Hills with the Brendons to their left and the Mendips to their right ; eastwards lie the Wiltshire Downs and a view of King Alfred 's Tower at Stourton . |
| 5 | Note here the delicate manner in which O Faircheallaigh approaches the issue of what influence the mining companies exerted over Irish politicians : |
| 6 | You free yourself of the hold others had over you when you allowed them this control over your life . |
| 7 | While the Blackpool cars ventured over the ex-Company tracks as far as the Cabin , soon after the Gynn junction was completed , it was not until 1926 that double-deckers reached Bispham . |
| 8 | Extra-judicial killings by the security forces increased over the same period . |
| 9 | Balance is reached by adjustment of the decade switches operating over the tappings of the secondary of the source transformer T 1 . |
| 10 | At first the companions think they have stumbled across a dead ship ; the crew lies slumped over the flight deck controls , their heartbeats non-existent . |
| 11 | The economic programme presented in February , which relaxed the monetarist controls implemented over the previous two years and sought to lift the economy out of recession by investing in state enterprises and boosting imports [ see pp. 38774-75 ] , was rejected by the Sejm ( lower house of parliament ) on March 5 by 171 votes to 138 with 38 abstentions . |
| 12 | Second Lieutenant Kenneth Keith of the Gordon Highlanders looked over the parapet of his trench on Christmas Eve and was astonished to see one of his soldiers talking to a German soldier in No Man 's Land . |
| 13 | What a place to view not only the entire ridge-walk we had completed , but the majesty of Ben Nevis , the tips of the Glencoe mountains peeking over the edge of the Mamores to the south and the most perfect eagle 's eye view up to the head of Glen Nevis . |
| 14 | You know , and they came down that it was food , and they allowed the the beer barrels to proceed over the bridge . |
| 15 | It was at this moment that Signor Fixit appeared in the doorway with the plastic strips draped over his shoulders like variously coloured spaghetti . |
| 16 | The consistent purpose in all the changes is to expand the control individuals have over the work situation , their autonomy from management and their voluntary interdependence . |
| 17 | Naturally , most of the iron tonics sold over chemists ' counters were bought because of the universal metaphor that iron equals strength rather than because of a popular awareness of the needs of haemoglobin . |
| 18 | Shrugging off rational assurances , Guy let the warning sensations roll over him . |
| 19 | The bronze strands hung over her arm like a curtain , a silken backdrop for her delicate features . |
| 20 | He stood with the carving implements poised over the ruined saddle . |
| 21 | Right from the start the production creates a seething sense of life , as the underworld characters swarm over Kendra Ullyart 's ramshackle wooden set of tilted balconies and ladders . |
| 22 | Since the bombing raids began over Iraq , Britons have flocked to join the army ( inquiries in London have quintupled ) ; to give blood ( in Plymouth alone , more than 1,600 people volunteered in the first few days , and 110,000 followed suit across the country ) ; and to say their prayers ( Winchester Cathedral reported that the congregation for Matins last Sunday was up by a half on the usual number ) . |
| 23 | There were moments during the Mass when the litanies and prayers , the censers swinging to and fro and the smell of incense made her feel lightheaded , and she was able to believe that she was not really present , not really being married at all , and that at any moment she might open her eyes and awake , to find herself back in Corcaguiney , with the wind ruffling the water across Dingle Harbour and the cloud shadows sailing over the mountain . |
| 24 | A traveller in the early seventeenth century wrote of a thatched house in Langholm that the wall had ‘ one course of stones , another of sods of earth , a door of wicker rods , and the spider webs hung over our heads as thick as might be in our bed ’ . |
| 25 | At the end of the talks differences remained over the timing of a Middle East conference , the role of the PLO , and the desirability of a Palestinian state . |
| 26 | The idea is that , just as brands provide suppliers with enduring benefits , so command of significant shares of world markets can confer lasting advantage even if the supply choices change over time . |