Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] over the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Nutrition experts argue over the various merits of ginseng , but its components point to its three main powers : slowing down the ageing process ; giving stamina and endurance , and acting as an aphrodisiac . |
2 | Sales were up by nineteen percent and there 's also firm evidence in these results of margin improvements which reflect , for the first time , the full benefit of our cost cutting measures taken over the last three years . |
3 | By the early twentieth century German ornithologists took over the leading role , pioneering the use of ringing as a technique for tracing bird movements . |
4 | If lamb prices rise over the next few years , as they may well do , then the subsidies will fall . |
5 | This was the May Bank holiday scene at Castlemorton Common in Worcestershire last year , as 20,000 New Age Travellers took over the ancient common . |