Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] [verb] over [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These reactions may fade over time , but at the moment they are still quite a strong influence in Zimbabwean society . |
| 2 | In many markets , however , the identity of the firm initiating a price change may vary over time , possibly to avoid the impression that there is a price leader , or to spread more equitably the unpopularity of being the first firm to raise prices . |
| 3 | In the case of these problem behaviours , the duration measure should decrease over time if the intervention is working . |
| 4 | It is recognised that observed statistical relationships may change over time due to changes in financial markets . |
| 5 | Alternatively , these parameters may change over time , and solutions of essentially the same problem at different time periods may be required . |
| 6 | However , the problem with contact lenses and glasses is that your eyes can change over time , so it is imperative that problems are sorted out as soon as possible , as it will be difficult to establish whether the fault lies in your eyes or in the lenses . |
| 7 | The post-war history of South Korea shows how the balance of effect can change over time , driven by a coherently evolving logic for economic development , despite major changes of government and military rule . |
| 8 | This is not the case in all countries , however , and the composition of the labour force in a particular export-oriented industry or zone may change over time . |
| 9 | Skill will prevail over power . |
| 10 | Moreover , for as long as authorities pursued a monetary policy which held the unemployment rate at U 1 , this prediction error will persist over time . |
| 11 | Poor Philip was particularly bothered by this symptom because he had perfect pitch and being in the music business used to go over music in his mind most of his waking hours . |
| 12 | A steady decline in readings should occur over time . |
| 13 | The opposition are by no means confident that the military leadership will hand over power once the results are through . |
| 14 | Because the rifleman can see over enemy ranks he is allowed to pick out any individual he can see , including enemy character models who would not otherwise be eligible as targets . |
| 15 | Skills of handling and evaluating evidence can develop over time . |
| 16 | Our commentary suggests that the nature of the trade-offs between economic objectives may change over time , and that the policy-maker needs to be advised of such changes when deciding upon the preferred combination of objectives . |
| 17 | As later events were to prove , there was no guarantee that those constellations would persist over time or even continue to support moves towards integration . |
| 18 | Right , there 's been a decline , if you think back to our , that marketing we did in agricultural transformation process , one of the results of that model , was that the prices of agricultural goods relative to manufactures would fall over time right . |
| 19 | The locus of competition may change over time ; however , in general the interest cost , gross of fees , may be defined as the price of a eurobond issue to the borrower , and is the continuing obligation in relation to the bond issue . |
| 20 | Where he differed from Darwin was mainly on the critical issue of evolution , i.e. , the proposition that one species could change over time into another species , but his arguments on these matters were by no means obscurantist or naive . |
| 21 | But there must be a danger that style will triumph over substance and that Artrageous ! will repeat some of The Late Show 's shortcomings , and end up looking as though more thought has gone into the studio design than the content of the items . |
| 22 | To confine the word to either sense would hardly be possible without pedantry ; though , on the one hand , we may agree that a thing which has no owner — a rare event in a civilized country , except in the case of a few things , like wild animals at large — is not property , and , on the other , we may often avoid confusion by using the word ‘ ownership ’ for the most extensive right which a man can have over material things . |
| 23 | Lib-Dem MP will quit over abortion |
| 24 | But for such degenerates as Cade , or these two , Shakespeare can also deprive his prose of rhythm , make it flaccid , shapeless , a difficult mouthful to get out : Caliban 's verse stands out with the greater force , cured as he now is of his delusions : But — so at least the juxtaposition suggests — that is in part the judgement that verse can make over prose . |
| 25 | No doubt the fee structure will change over time , and a detailed schedule is therefore not appropriate . |
| 26 | This means the need to refer to the text and instructor boxes will diminish over time . |
| 27 | JUST how big are the savings a diesel car driver can expect over petrol motoring ? |
| 28 | Also the nature of the trade-offs may change over time , as may the choices of the policy-maker . |
| 29 | Family could sue over death of young Marine |
| 30 | A longer pile carpet would flatten over time and might become slippery with wear . |