Example sentences of "over a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time there was a widespread practice of holding the child over a newspaper for passing a motion . |
| 2 | In more recent times it was important for over a century for one reason : it was supported by Sir Isaac Newton . |
| 3 | We 're also engaged with the European Community in discussion over a bid for funding to develop social work , child protection and alternatives to institutional care and to other child care systems within Romania . |
| 4 | The measure was primarily designed to raise an additional US$500,000,000 to finance pay increases for 260,000 teachers ( on strike for over a month for an 800 per cent pay rise ) and 85,000 health workers ( on strike for three months for a minimum wage increase of 200 per cent ) . |
| 5 | She asked him if he would lift the bicycle over a stile for her , she not having realized there was a stile to be crossed when she had embarked over the fields by herself . |
| 6 | The strike by finance staff is over a demand for a regrading of pay levels to take into account work involved with the council tax . |