Example sentences of "[noun prp] over a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Itzhak Shamir , the Prime Minister and Likud leader , announced at the end of a Cabinet meeting on Dec. 31 that he was dismissing Weizmann from the Cabinet , claiming that Weizmann had maintained contacts with the PLO over a period of time . |
| 2 | In the decade 's final timetable , there is an express every 15 minutes ( plus one extra ) between Swindon and Paddington over a two-and-a-half-hour period in the morning rush . |
| 3 | Jacques Delors , ’ said the message — in tones which observers yesterday took to be ironical , given the sometimes bitter sparring between London and Brussels over a wide range of policies . |
| 4 | Einstein learnt the mathematical techniques he needed from his friend Marcel Grossman over a number of years when they both lived in Zurich and regarded the techniques primarily as useful tools . |
| 5 | Then there is a suit in Miami over a missing $6 billion ( £3.4 billion ) from Panama 's treasury . |
| 6 | The stardom sort of crept up on Nicholson over a period of weeks . |
| 7 | He added that the electorates of UN member States might be unwilling to see their young men die in Ireland over a sustained period . |
| 8 | They will be competing against teams from Scotland , Wales , the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland over a four and three quarter mile course on the steep slopes of Knockdhu nar Carncastle . |
| 9 | But this is surely nitpicking , in what can be viewed as a significant contribution to our knowledge of so many aspects relating to the ordinary citizens of Florence over a period of more than 200 years . |
| 10 | As she took Tessa over a house , the West Indian family in the second floor back dissolved in her mind into an au pair girl , the brass taps and greasy gas-rings in the ground-floor scullery into a row of shining white domestic machinery . |
| 11 | Will the Prime Minister confirm that he personally was informed about British Steel 's decision to close Ravenscraig over a fortnight before the official announcement last week and that instead of trying to reverse the decision , he and the Secretary of State for Scotland took part in a conspiracy of silence ? |
| 12 | Mr Heddle , aged 48 , was due to appear in court in Spain over a parking dispute while in Benidorm in May . |
| 13 | The same situation was prevalent in England over a decade ago , and while the new breed of English walls has blossomed to state of the art types such as Newcastle 's Berghaus Wall , Scotland 's walls remain poor relatives . |
| 14 | In South-west England tin , copper and other metals have been mined for at least 2000 years from deposits related to Variscan granites ; in the Pennine range of central and northern England over a similar period , lead , and lately fluorite and baryte , have been extracted from vein and replacement deposits in Carboniferous sediments ; in Central Wales , the Isle of Man and the Southern Uplands of Scotland lead and zinc have been mined from vein deposits in Lower Palaeozoic greywackes and in the Lake District copper , lead and zinc have been recovered from a variety of deposits in Lower Palaeozoic sedimentary and volcanic rocks underlain by Caledonian granites . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe it was n't the wisest thing to have done , ’ Lisa reflected to Josey over a cup of tea that evening . |
| 16 | Dover Castle will be the starting point for the first day 's racing on 6 July over a 125-mile course through Folkestone , Canterbury , Ashford and Tunbridge Wells to Brighton . |
| 17 | CHELSEA defender Paul Elliott is ready to sue Liverpool and their former striker Dean Saunders over a tackle which threatens his career . |
| 18 | ( Two summers ago , on holiday in Greece with a school pal he had since lost touch with , he 'd been on a small , crowded , ramshackle train heading out of Athens over a scrubby plain in blistering heat . |
| 19 | There was a major outcry in early February over a decision by officials of the Foreign Affairs and Interior ministries to allow George Habash , the leader of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine ( PFLP ) , to enter France on Jan. 29 for medical treatment . |
| 20 | Now er I have to warn him there are that sort of conduct has been indulged in to the detriment of the people of Highfields over a significant period by the Labour party . |
| 21 | More than 300 workers have been on strike since 29 January over a dispute about enforced lay-offs . |
| 22 | He wants the findings and recommendations of the Commission for Local Authority Accounts in Scotland over a special report on the Western Isles Council and BCCI set aside in an action for judicial review that went before Lord Prosser yesterday . |
| 23 | Remarkable posters designed from his Brighton Studio for the Academy Cinema in Oxford Street over a period of forty years — each in effect a ‘ portrait ’ of the film . |
| 24 | According to some sources the postponement of the budget seriously undermined India 's ongoing negotiations with the IMF over a US$2,000 million standby credit . |
| 25 | The bridge presently carries Yarm Road over a derelict railway line . |
| 26 | To do this , the astronomers analysed observations of Supernova 1987A made by IUE over a three-year period . |
| 27 | We have a convoy ! ’ yelled the UN official Larry Hollingworth over a radio link from Srebrenica to Sarajevo as the vehicles arrived with the commander of UN troops in Bosnia , Gen Philippe Morillon , at their head . |
| 28 | Keown then left at the end of his contract after being unable to agree terms with Graham over a new deal — and alleging that the sticking point had been a request for £50 a week more than he was offered . |
| 29 | Ten anglers from Raughley SAC Sligo and Lough Swilly SAC accompanied by Robert Donaldson , Enniskillen and Ian Eaglen , Carrickfergus , fished with Rathmullan skipper Malcolm Bowden over a new unfished wreck ‘ The Justica . ’ |
| 30 | Myanma 's good relations with Thailand were tested in October over a border incident , when Myanman troops on Oct. 6 arrested a group of 10 Thai officials , including a district officer . |