Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme . |
| 2 | The group plans to invest $150m over the period of the programme . |
| 3 | Mr Davies , annoyed at comparisons with Sir John , will bring a different style and approach to the job and feels his period at the Foreign Office and Treasury as an adviser to Nigel Lawson , former Chancellor , will be useful for the CBI and might help avoid ‘ lobbing bombs over the wall ’ . |
| 4 | Measuring 10′6″ × 9′3″ having central heating radiator and windows enjoying views over the side and rear . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it would seem sensible to say that , given a set of firms in a perfectly competitive market , some of which ( perhaps because of a more concentrated distribution of shares ) face quite tight constraints on their efficiency , these relatively efficient firms are likely to provide some form of policing function over the others . |
| 6 | now , call it eighty five plus tapes , got loads over the wings of love |
| 7 | Obviously it is worth keeping watch over the pond during these times to ensure that the fish do not become stuck . |
| 8 | The room , which looks west over the garage far below , is filled with cream-painted and decorated furniture that matches the hanging cupboard in the lobby . |
| 9 | Put out the eyes ( 14 ) : New English Bible " hoodwink " gives the sense Our equivalent of the Hebrew idiom is " to pull wool over the eyes " . |
| 10 | Austin 's win helped lessen disappointment over the withdrawal of the tournament 's top two entrants , Steffi Graf and Jennifer Capriati , before the event began . |
| 11 | The one change in the overseas holdings was the reluctant sale of Berlitz given the uncertainties that followed the Maxwell collapse : these included doubts over the ownership of the Maxwell holdings . |
| 12 | If we 're finally able to exclude Burrows from this tangle , and all my instincts tell me he 's not involved , then we shall have to start looking for a compelling reason for one of those people to smash Wetherby over the head with a statuette . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We have enough men for what is needed down there , but not enough to stand guard over the longhouses ; not until after the tide . |
| 14 | In this way , the firm 's managers were able to obtain influence over the banks , not only in Bihać but also in Sarajevo . |
| 15 | Kenyatta ( 1.4 ) describes childhood amongst the Gikuyu , where the family and community has primacy over the learning experiences which will equip children with the skills and qualities valued in this pre-industrial society . |
| 16 | How do you prepare a solid floor to accept vinyl over the top ? |
| 17 | UKRAINE and Russia established parallel command structures over the Black Sea Fleet yesterday as the confrontation between the two nuclear powers worsened . |
| 18 | Neither partner in a relationship has rights over the other 's body and the permission of the partner is not legally necessary . |
| 19 | Mr Hibbert disputes Mr Farrow 's ownership of the freehold and believes that he holds rights over the land . |
| 20 | Malinowski , however , found that among the matrilineal Trobriand Islanders , where the mother 's brother , not the biological father , exercises authority over the child , the child feels hostility towards the maternal uncle , not the ‘ father ’ . |
| 21 | To maintain itself , a bureaucracy needs control over the recruitment of personnel . |
| 22 | The main problems seem to come when the foreground application program has control over the keyboard or is using large chunks of memory to mimic the screen . |
| 23 | An occupier of premises for the purposes of the OLA 1957 is a person who has control over the premises . |
| 24 | The pope has control over the kingdom and kingdoms of this world . |
| 25 | The Prime Minister has control over the machinery of the Cabinet , determining the agenda , setting up Cabinet committees , circulating ( or not circulating ! ) papers written by Cabinet ministers for the Cabinet , and announcing the decision reached without taking a vote . |
| 26 | Moreover , a Marxist-Leninist analysis of foreign-policy formulation in the United States ( which would have been accepted by Guevara and also by Raúl Castro , both extremely powerful figure ) implicitly makes two assumptions which have been shown to be inaccurate : firstly , that the ’ bourgeoisie' always act in concert , and secondly , that the ruling group has control over the statements of major Interest groups within society . |
| 27 | By employing this structured procedure the designer now has control over the data he recalls from the turnkey system . |
| 28 | ( a ) As leader of the party in power , he has been chosen by the electorate , has control over the party machinery and can normally rely on the strength of party loyalty to maintain his position . |
| 29 | Most of the value in video work remained in the area of classroom organization and the teacher gaining control over the class and facilitating day to day survival . |
| 30 | In taking steps to tighten control over the peasantry and the zemstvos , the government saw itself consolidating the alliance between State and nobility . |