Example sentences of "the [noun] [prep] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1950s and 1960s the SKDL regularly gained the support of over one-fifth of the electorate . |
| 2 | Be that as it may , Arnold 's and Van Praagh 's schools laid the foundations for over a century of controversy and the beginning of the end of sign-language-dominated educational systems . |
| 3 | Page two , trying to pick up the bit at over the bottom of the door . |
| 4 | He was , perhaps , less than worthy of his literary immortality : in 1800 the vicar of Over Stowey , having been cheated in a deal over some turf , called him ‘ as rascally faced fellow as ever I met with ’ . |
| 5 | Like her earlier Stand We At Last , which told the story of over a century of Western feminism , Daddy 's Girls shows Zoë Fairbairns to be adept at recreating detail and charting the changes in character 's lives as years pass . |
| 6 | From here descend ( south westwards ) to Wastwater ( 2 miles ) following the course of Over Back before following the lakeshore road to the head of the lake ( 1 mile ) . |
| 7 | Building and civil engineering experienced virtually a 50 per cent reduction , whilst even the clothing industry suffered the loss of over one-third of its pre-war workforce . |
| 8 | The light from over there , ’ she said , nodding in the direction of the window , ‘ that 's in gravity , but it 's not being pulled down or anything . ’ |
| 9 | Oracle Corp says that its Oracle7 Co-operative Server database is now up on Apple Computer Inc 's Workgroup Server 95 running A/UX , Apple 's implementation of Unix , adding that the product is the result of over one year of joint development work between Oracle and Apple . |
| 10 | Oracle Corp says that its Oracle7 Co-operative Server database is now up on Apple Computer Inc 's Workgroup Server 95 running A/UX , Apple 's implementation of Unix , adding that the product is the result of over one year of joint development work between Oracle and Apple . |
| 11 | The other priests also stood and removed the cowls from over their heads . |
| 12 | Psychiatrists envisaged that curare might be useful in relieving muscular tension and so diminish the feedback from over active muscles which perpetuates a sense of anxiety in tense patients . |
| 13 | Leonard argued the case through the columns of Over the Hills for Spring 1930 , in reforming ignorance of the emerging Nazi appropriation of the Germanic pastoral dream : |
| 14 | The Camperdown was cut in half — sank quickly with a resulting loss of the lives of over one thousand men including the stubborn Admiral . |
| 15 | from BNFL 's films , Video and Advertising section also collected an Award of Excellence at the awards for Over The Fells , a video which promotes the attractions of West Cumbria and the Sellafield Visitors Centre . |
| 16 | To meet the needs of over one million customers , British Gas South Western offers employee training which is second to none . |
| 17 | In early December a former Kuwaiti minister had estimated total costs resulting from the invasion at over US$40,000 million , half as a result of destruction and looting , and half as a result of the freezing of Kuwaiti foreign assets , losses to private businesses and unrealized oil production . |
| 18 | But he stayed where he was and he continued to regard the Robemaker from over the restricting mask and , presently , the Robemaker said , ‘ Does it not irk you and chafe you to be so confined , Wolfprince ? ’ |
| 19 | In most historical cultures , we discover peoplehood , ethnicity , kinship , certainly placehood , various bindings and unbinding : the people from here , and the people from over there . |
| 20 | The tendency to contract arises from the both the polymer-polymer interactions and the resistance to expansion of the chain into over extended and energetically less favoured conformations . |
| 21 | Did you see this , a baby , a four day old baby girl died after receiving the transfusion of over heated blood , which the nurse had warmed boiling water from a kettle . |
| 22 | Drawn up by the Council for Economic Planning and Development , the plan involved expenditure of the equivalent of over US$300,000 million on 779 projects , including road , rail and subway systems , petrochemical and other heavy industry installations , a fourth nuclear power station and new pollution-control facilities . |
| 23 | Deliberately low-key , they have let their music do the talking for over years . |
| 24 | The voice from over the way was equally cold . |
| 25 | Church bells ringing out the old year from the tower at Over Stowey probably formed a distant accompaniment to Coleridge 's first night in the Lime Street cottage . |
| 26 | The cornerstone of over a century of Russian diplomacy was laid with the signing of a formal alliance with Austria in 1726 . |
| 27 | The Medes from over the way were joining in , perhaps , or the dreadful Throckmorton brothers from Number Thirteen . |
| 28 | Authorities say that the development will cause " no environmental problems " but the international conservation community , who have opposed the project for over a decade , strongly disagree . |
| 29 | Most of them are not able to manage the walk of over a mile to the A6 to catch the Lancaster- Preston bus |
| 30 | The walk of over a mile to the nearest bus stop on the A6 can be very off-putting in bad weather . |