Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt to hound companies over a debatable interpretation of one day 's delay shows a particularly nasty form of small-mindedness . |
| 2 | Observations were intended to be made of stream channel changes , mass movement , vegetation changes , precipitation , reservoir sedimentation , and dendrochronology , and the intention to maintain measurements over a decade or more has been realized at some sites ( e.g. Leopold and Emmett , 1965 ) . |
| 3 | The shooting followed incidents over the last two or three weeks where the family 's other two cats have returned home and have been violently sick . |
| 4 | Innovative policies during the campaign raise doubts over existing policies , and raise questions over why reforms were n't introduced earlier . |
| 5 | It is surrounded by landscaped gardens and the lobby has views over the golden shore and waters of the South China Sea . |
| 6 | The move raised questions over the issue of control in aircraft charter arrangements , which several airlines operated with Vietnam . |
| 7 | The move followed disagreements over a decision to increase the price of vegetable oils . |
| 8 | However , as Nuttall and Gipps ( 1982 ) note , the aim to measure changes over time was not in the original terms of reference although it appeared subsequently in publicity material . |
| 9 | The need to put roofs over heads is the excuse councillors always came up with when confronted with the consequences . |
| 10 | However , the government is in something of a quandary in trying to reconcile the demands of a more liberal European transport market with the need to maintain controls over illegal immigrants , terrorists , drug smugglers and those trying to bring in animals illegally . |
| 11 | In Musgrove v. Pandelis , the plaintiff occupied rooms over a garage and let part of the garage to the defendant who kept a car there . |
| 12 | The there will be three distances involved Brough Park 290m , 460m , 670m ; Cleveland Park 266m , 464m , 640m ; Sunderland 255m , 450m , 631m and the aggregate points winners over all three legs . |
| 13 | At the edge of a flat roof , the roofing felt projects over the gutter |
| 14 | The large amounts of data needed for such an analysis were obtained by means of a participant observation method which allowed the investigator to record speakers over a long period , returning to collect more data if specific gaps emerged in the course of the analysis ( cf. 3.1 ) . |
| 15 | During the war the government took powers over public transport , and when the Grand Junction sought to take advantage of the good prices then being obtained for scrap metal , dismantling and disposal of the lift was forbidden . |
| 16 | In the early 1770s Sulivan promoted the career of Warren Hastings [ q.v. ] as a reforming governor of Bengal , but he was unable to prevent a major loss of the Company 's autonomy when the government took powers over it in the Regulating Act of 1773 . |
| 17 | The University has noted the intention of the HEFCE to make grants over the next two years towards the costs of the highest priority work . |
| 18 | At Gribba Head West , Nick Dixon has produced Pre Marital Tension at a mighty E6 71 , taking the arête of the buttress to claim Storms over Africa , E6 6c . |
| 19 | Mr Skinner said Mr Lilley should come to the House to answer questions over ‘ the £4,000 bill the taxpayer is having to foot for him flying from his holiday cottage in France to come back to Britain ’ . |