Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [verb] over a " in BNC.
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1 | For instance , a great deal of development has occurred within enterprise zones , and the Urban programme has presided over a wide range of projects . |
2 | My belief is that our good practice has evolved over a period of more than 50 years and that it has developed in classrooms through the dedicated expertise of British teachers enjoying the relative freedom traditionally allowed within our education system . |
3 | Answer guide : To provide a guide to the way in which a business has performed over a period of time . |
4 | A COMMITTEE chairwoman has quit over a row about postal votes at a Darlington community centre . |
5 | In the case of the urban riots , it is the nature of the television coverage which is in essence inciting other young people in different parts of the country to civil disobedience , whereas in the case of football violence , the implication is that the perceived lack of moral leadership by the broadcasting corporations has led over a period of years to a general moral climate in this country which fails to provide adequate controls over the behaviour of the nation 's youth . |
6 | A FURIOUS row has erupted over a Muslim leader 's call to lop off thieves ' hands . |
7 | The only way to move is by proving beyond all reasonable doubt that your home address has moved over a certain distance , and that the club you wish to join is considerably closer to your new address . |
8 | CHESAPEAKE BAY Has created over a period of about 17000 years . |
9 | " As the ozone has formed over a largely uninhabited region , it seems there is no immediate danger . |
10 | Since embarking on the diet Barbara has lost over a stone and her inch loss is quite remarkable . |
11 | If they wanted the Shah to stay they would already have told him to order the Army to destroy the revolution , not just peck at it , Instead , president Carter has sent over a senior US general , Robert E. Huyserl , to keep the army quiet . |
12 | like on i well no , no , you have to , you the net has to fall over a certain part of the creature . |
13 | This time , though , Ninagawa has brought over a Japanese classic . |
14 | But what I am saying in context , no this has a deal to do with the co boundaries , as you know erm the honourable member well knows , the essence of this this is wholly inappropriate in terms of erm trying to latest citizenship through an arrangement of six additional boundaries into a erm union and a political state and I think that that is the profound objection that this side of the house has expressed over a long period of time now , is a reflection of the public mood in the country in respect of this election and the way the boundaries er are are erm apportioned and all I say in conclusion is that this is an evidence further of the irrelevance of this house in reflecting and attesting to public opinion outside . |
15 | Figure 18.4 shows , by means of five-year moving averages of deaths per million in England and Wales , how the disease has behaved over a long period in relation to other serious illnesses . |
16 | A tremendous fuss has exploded over a plan to open most of its 260,000 hectares ( 642,500 acres ) to logging . |