Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | While ditches become filled with silt over time , mounds are gradually flattened by weathering , and if a mound is adjacent to a ditch , this will affect the pattern of silting in the ditch . |
| 2 | From what I have suggested so far we should not be surprised that a recent authoritative and comprehensive review of child abuse research commented that : As we have seen , research itself , like policy and practice , has increasingly become surrounded by controversy over questions of definition and the most appropriate form that approaches and interventions should take . |
| 3 | These four traditions have varied in eminence over time and Van Til argues that the claims on the curriculum are no longer based on a single source — a conclusion in line with the Munn Report . |
| 4 | Two Crystal Palace directors have resigned in protest over the ‘ dictatorial policies ’ of chairman Ron Noades . |
| 5 | Would that we could as easily gather back all the things we have said in mistake over the years , gather them in and powder them down until not one trace of their original form is left . |
| 6 | The enormous push we have seen in Hygiene over recent months , has indeed had an influence on our results . |
| 7 | We started with committee structure those attempts have foundered on intransigence over the whole nature of a review process . |
| 8 | The great stone Cathedrals of Apulia have suffered from neglect over the centuries of impoverishment since the Norman civilisation crumbled , also from alterations and additions in eighteenth century Baroque work . |
| 9 | BRITAIN 'S smaller business exporters have grown in confidence over the last three months , with Scotland 's exporting companies , in particular , showing a marked improvement in profitability , according to the results of a survey released yesterday . |
| 10 | Railway buffs have watched in horror over the years as the office crumbled into an eyesore . |
| 11 | The county 's young men are taking the charts by storm as a string of young dance bands from the area have rocketed to stardom over the last 18 months . |
| 12 | Some of Britain 's leading scientists have gone on strike over pay . |
| 13 | Employee trusts have increased in popularity over the past decade or so as a method of providing incentives for employees . |
| 14 | On a nearby site there are several masts which have increased in number over the years and if this application is granted it could create a precedent and make other future applications difficult to refuse . |
| 15 | Both reactors at Hartlepool nuclear power station have remained in service over the past two weeks , generating over 394 million units of electricity . |
| 16 | Although herpes B virus infectons in man are not common , 4 researchers have succumbed to infection over the past 5 years . |
| 17 | REM have run into controversy over the video for their single ‘ Losing My Religion ’ , with Irish television refusing to show the clip . |
| 18 | First there are infective larvae which developed during the previous grazing season and have survived on pasture over winter . |
| 19 | Organised by ex-P&O Chief Engineer , Bernard Hill , it was attended by a group of friends who have kept in touch over the years , and got together in Hermanus , near Cape Town , at the home of Albert Morris who retired as a director of P&O Lines Passenger Services in 1968 . |
| 20 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |
| 21 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |
| 22 | Those in mint condition have doubled in value over the last two years to around £50 . |