Example sentences of "over [art] number [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another report from Rabkrin accused Tsentroevak , the Central Refugee Evacuation Commission , of behaving in a very complacent fashion over the number of migrants piling up in the cities of Samara , Penza and Voronezh . |
| 2 | The teacher in charge is flustered over the number of boys who sloped off to buy food . ’ |
| 3 | The chief pharmacist , for example , has no control over the number of prescriptions that come into his department . |
| 4 | To be sure , ‘ Wisden ’ is not to blame for the absurd quarrel over the number of centuries — 99 or 100 by the end of the England tour of India ? — scored by England 's present captain , Graham Gooch . |
| 5 | During the 9-day culture period , the lobe receiving mesenchyme cells increased in size and when collected showed a fourfold increase over the number of precursors added at the initiation of culture . |
| 6 | Prime Minister Konstantinos Mitsotakis was reported in late April as expressing " concern " over the number of attacks mounted by underground groups over the past six months , and said that his government would intensify the drive against terrorism , which was discouraging foreign tourists . |
| 7 | I particularly enjoyed reading about John Bolton 's early work on radio stars at Dover Heights , and the very fair account of the heated cosmological argument between Martin Ryle and Mills over the number of radio sources . |
| 8 | The " Green Con " judges also expressed concern over the number of products which carried " official-looking " environmental logos . |
| 9 | A ROW has broken out between two Darlington General Election candidates over the number of under-fives in nurseries . |
| 10 | The Prime Minister wants the white paper to be approved by the full Cabinet tomorrow but differences between Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , and the Chancellor , Norman Lamont , over the number of pits to be saved has prevented agreement . |
| 11 | Since you are agreeing to make regular payments over a number of years , it is probably easier for you to pay by Banker 's Order or Direct Debit Mandate when the payments will automatically be made from your bank account . |
| 12 | But this ignores the effect of new accounting rules set out in SSAP 24 , which require companies to spread a surplus over a number of years . |
| 13 | Some are sailing clubs , aiming to attract new members by running beginners ' courses over a number of weekends , with charges from about £20 to £70 . |
| 14 | It catalogued ‘ positively dangerous ’ work practices , poor management , inadequate training and supervision and inherent weakness in the safety culture of BR in a list of 16 separate ‘ relevant errors ’ where things had gone wrong over a number of years . |
| 15 | But this is still a rare instance , Likewise , at the in-service level , very few authorities can match the well-conceived programme of courses for teachers produced over a number of years by Geoffrey Hodson and Maureen Price of I.L.E.A. But until we can sort out our muddled thinking that surrounds the subject , there is a danger that the next ‘ official ’ report will not fare any better . |
| 16 | Ed Berman , a naturalised British citizen originally from America , over a number of years has set up courses for teachers in the use of games . |
| 17 | Each Club is set in spacious grounds with an adjacent sandy beach and all offer outstanding value for money proving a popular choice with our clients over a number of years . |
| 18 | Discrimination and parental choice have come to be linked over a number of issues of current importance . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , as the outcome if the Eastbourne parliamentary by-election demonstrated , a strong local electoral base developed over a number of years can provide the Liberal Democrats with the opportunity for a sensational , if perhaps transient , victory . |
| 20 | Gradually , through compromise , a workable plan will emerge , and this can then be broken down into a programme phased over a number of years . |
| 21 | The ascent on to the ridge evolves in easy stages , taking you up over a number of small , craggy knolls until you reach the commodious upper slopes of the Munro . |
| 22 | You borrow at a fixed rate of interest and repay the loan over a number of years . |
| 23 | In some cases , purchasers of leasehold properties have made assumptions about the level of service charges they would be required to pay which have subsequently turned out to seriously underestimate the increases which the manager has in fact levied over a number of years . |
| 24 | A period of under-provision over a number of years is likely to be reflected on the shelves in subject gaps or in the poor physical condition of stock . |
| 25 | Another method is to take a sample of titles or subject areas and follow the progress of the sample over a number of years . |
| 26 | They contain the right number of fish , of any species , and maintain this correct balance over a number of years , enabling the residents to grow to their maximum potential size . |
| 27 | My one pound , seventeen shillings had been put together over a number of years by saving money given me on my birthdays by relatives . |
| 28 | Caldwell and Spinks ( 1988 ) describe an Australian school which established such a model over a number of years . |
| 29 | Figures compiled over a number of years revealed frequency rates of : |
| 30 | Assuming no overall change in the CAA 's activities , no cross-subsidy , and a policy of full cost recovery of actual work done , we estimate that the additional cost to our sector of the industry would mean an increase in all AOC charges and C o A charges of more than 1,000 per cent — clearly a preposterous situation which would effectively kill off our AOC sector even if the increase was spread over a number of years , and would thus be self-defeating since it would leave the airlines to pay more of the CAA 's overheads than they do now . |