Example sentences of "from [adj] [noun] over the " in BNC.

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1 One of the most remarkable discoveries arising from oceanographic research over the past two decades or so has been the youth of oceanic sediments and the underlying basaltic crust .
2 Saddam 's latest concessions marked a significant improvement over those offered in letters to Rafsanjani dated July 31 and Aug. 3 , in which he reportedly " stepp[ed] back " from Iraqi claims over the Shatt al-Arab waterway and proposed Iraqi troop withdrawals within two months .
3 Because some reforms are hidden from public view over the horizon does not mean that they have not been thought out and designed .
4 We all share the view that local authority services should be provided by highly motivated , highly trained professional staff but local authorities have had their budgets cut from central government over the last thirteen years which has restricted the amount of finance available for training and has cut to the bone the finance available to provide efficient and effective services to the consumer .
5 Frequent sales from central banks over the past few years have barely eaten into stocks .
6 A number of very different trends were to be seen in a sample of frequencies on bus routes , ranging from consistent decline over the period since 1939 to slight increase in recent years on a few routes .
7 This decision was made public on 27 May this year when the auctioneers filed a motion in the New York Supreme Court seeking to be discharged from current litigation over the silver 's ownership involving Lebanon and Croatia , both of whom claim it was smuggled from their territory .
8 Solicitors will have the same immunity as barristers from legal actions over the way they conduct cases in court .
9 Although Sir Nicholas put a brave face on the massive bad debts provision at Hill Samuel and the management re-organisation , he came under fire from angry shareholders over the £750,000 pay-off to the former chief executive , Don McCrickard , and the performance of the ‘ pasty-faced ’ board .
10 The product 's sales are heading for £1 million a year , benefiting from ecological concern over the kangaroo skin that traditionally covers soccer boots .
11 There is no reason now for the current density to deviate from uniform distribution over the cross-section , so eqn ( 3.53 ) still correctly describes the magnetic field between the wires .
12 From northern Italy over the Alps came the British 5 Corps , under the command of Lt-Gen Charles Keightley .
13 The most probable outcome is 100–150 deaths from thyroid cancer over the same period .
14 It was announced on Sept. 26 that the USA was to withdraw 40,000 troops from western Europe over the next 12 months .
15 His departure from nearby Long Eaton thus severs a rugby link that has helped to bring Nottingham to eminence from relative obscurity over the past 14 years .
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