Example sentences of "an [noun sg] of [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( One might subtract the perception of the past from the perception of the future and smooth that once more as an index of optimism over time . ) |
| 2 | However , in addition to providing information about the child , an indication of change over time may also be helpful in evaluating the success of previous attempts at remedial intervention . |
| 3 | Members also felt the constitution was counter-productive , especially when capital projects called for an injection of cash over which they would have no control , and which was seen as improving someone else 's investment . |
| 4 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 5 | This combination of data — an excess of GP over other referrals of women , together with a significantly greater likelihood of diversion of women referred by GPs away from compulsory admission compared with other female referrals — suggests apparent discrimination on the part of GPs against women . |
| 6 | For thousands of years , poor drainage and an excess of rainfall over evapo-transpiration has favoured sphagnum peat growth . |
| 7 | An excess of GP referrals over other referrals of women informally admitted was matched by an excess of female over male GP referrals who were informally admitted . |
| 8 | However , when demand is slack and there is an excess of supply over the demand for units , the bid price may equal the cancellation price . |
| 9 | There is thus now an excess of supply over demand which augurs badly for the UK as its North Sea oil is relatively expensive to produce and this has put certain marginal oil fields out of production . |
| 10 | What was detested was an excess of form over content , the gratuitous flamboyance of tail-fins on cars , extravagant use of cloth in clothing . |
| 11 | Measurements reveal a pronounced seasonal range in concentration at Mauna Loa of about 6–7 ppm , which reflects an excess of photosynthesis over respiration during the spring and summer , and the reverse during the autumn and winter . |
| 12 | In fact , if you have a cold greenhouse or well-lit shed , I think there is a good case for removing all containerised aquatic plants and overwintering them in trays just deep enough to allow an inch of water over the compost in the pots . |
| 13 | Bill Clinton 's defeat of George Bush in the US presidential elections cast an air of uncertainty over the talks . |
| 14 | Where the landlord is able to choose how to divide ownership and responsibility for a party structure it is suggested that the structure be divided between adjoining owners and that each owner have an easement of support over the other 's half . |
| 15 | We shall create an awareness of change over time , preserve an awareness of context and prepare a critique of the nature of sources . |
| 16 | While experience may show that certain tasks were not as good discriminators as others there is likely to be an abundance of evidence over the three-year period for teachers to use . |
| 17 | And so there must be an element of doubt over having updated from nineteen eighty one here to nineteen eighty nine . |
| 18 | So , although we have an element of choice over our actions , these are circumscribed by virtue of biology , features of our personality and by the social and cultural context into which we are born . |
| 19 | Hopefully they may at least be able to feel they have an element of control over what is happening . |
| 20 | The EEC Habitat Directive , although not yet in force , proposes an element of control over such things as hedgerows , dry stone walls and heathland . |
| 21 | The real wage rate obviously rises as a result of an expansion of output over this range . |
| 22 | It was almost a door and looked out on to a long paved garden bordered with box hedges and there was an inviting looking higher hedge at the bottom with an arch of greenery over a gap in the middle . |
| 23 | Discussions of local government reorganisation in Wales were not conducted in an atmosphere of concern over population growth — quite the contrary . |