Example sentences of "[vb infin] over [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever happened , she would n't let her determination waver over the rejection of the abominable Draper . |
| 2 | It will be the first time Michelozzo has tackled 1 ¼ miles , but he did win over a distance of 1 mile and 50 yards at Nottingham in April . |
| 3 | What better way to end a dinner party than to relax and linger over a glass of port and a generous chunk of Stilton . |
| 4 | A basalt flow can advance over a kilometre of flat ground in a matter of hours ; an andesite may take months . |
| 5 | Fertilisations may occur over a period of a month , but the most recent foetuses have the best chance to develop . |
| 6 | Subsidence can occur over a period of time without the knowledge of the Policyholder . |
| 7 | There were two problems , the youngest children 's reading was n't good enough to manage the menu and most were too short to actually see over the tops of the containers on the heated cabinet to make their choice , because of this when they reached the counter they asked to have the same as the child in front making a nonsense of the notion of choice . |
| 8 | He began a slow and careful descent , stopping only once to turn back and whisper over the grumbling of the Darkfall : ‘ Keep that door open … in case I have to come back quickly . |
| 9 | Instead , the money supply might contract over a period of time as the banking sector adjusts stage by stage to successive sales of gilt-edged securities . |
| 10 | But trying to measure what will happen over a span of two decades is a hazardous task and the Central Planning Bureau admits to uncertainty . |
| 11 | Manchester at first lost out very badly on rail investment , but now it has some compensation in the Windsor Link and is going ahead with an advanced tram system that will take over a number of heavy rail routes . |
| 12 | We 've had some discussion with the College to seek to resolve this , and the proposals erm , are set out in paragraph four , three , er , in that it would mean that the College would not take over the ownership of the site , er , and it , but , but they would continue to occupy their part of the site er , effectively rent free from the County Council , but if , at any time , they decided they , the College wanted to move away from the site , it would revert to the County Council , it would n't actually become a College asset . |
| 13 | THE privatisation of the Russian health service has begun with an agreement under which Hospital Corporation International will take over the management of Moscow 's Granovskovo ( formerly Kremlin ) Hospital . |
| 14 | British Telecommunications Plc 's Atlanta-based Syncordia Corp is finally able to announce its contract to run a major part of the communications network for British Petroleum Co Plc : Syncordia will take over the management of a large part of BP 's existing communication infrastructure , including all North Sea communications ; no value given . |
| 15 | Alejandro , fed up with Raimundo 's laziness and his exorbitant whining demands , was put in such a good mood when he saw the black eye that he agreed that Perdita could take over the breaking of little Tero . |
| 16 | In a letter published in ‘ The Times ’ on 2 March the Cardinal said , ‘ Whatever stance individuals make take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to non-nuclear states . |
| 17 | In a letter published in The Times on March 2nd , the Cardinal said : ‘ Whatever stance individuals may take over the morality of the nuclear deterrent , there must be general agreement on the aim of preventing the spread of weapons to non-nuclear states . ’ |
| 18 | Among the presidential powers was the appointment of the Prime Minister , the president and members of the Supreme Court , the prosecutor general , the Speaker of the National Assemby and the president of the Senate , who would take over the functions of President in the event of the post suddenly being vacated . |
| 19 | As TECs develop , they will take over the provision of Youth Training . |
| 20 | The factor can take over the handling of the client 's sales ledger , including chasing up slow payers , providing cash against invoices and also , if need be , arranging credit insurance . |
| 21 | Now all policies are fully underwritten by a Department of Trade approved insurer and that is compulsory on this line of business , so should the should the company go erm into liquidation then the insurance company will take over the handling of those claims erm so that really does n't apply any more . |
| 22 | They could take over the duties of nominated bodies , for example those for hospitals and water , and so make these services subject to democratic accountability and , in general , it is argued that they would strengthen popular interest and involvement in public affairs . |
| 23 | When the civilian contract is in operation from July 1993 , Topcliffe will also take over the function of the RAF 's Chipmunk-equipped Elementary Flying Training School , currently based at RAF Swinderby in Lincolnshire . |
| 24 | Cheap and accessible computer packages have unburdened the splitters of much donkey work ; the computer can take over the job of interpretation too . |
| 25 | However , Botha later insisted that while the government welcomed fact-finding missions from all over the world , the Security Council " could not take over the job of the government " . |
| 26 | I says , I 'll go next week This was after three weeks , I says , I 'll go on next week and I 'll take over the job of yard foreman , and I 'll do it the way I want it done , not the way that . |
| 27 | The eldest son of a prosperous producer of soya oil and saki , in Nagoya , the parents of Morita expected that he should take over the control of the family business . |
| 28 | Ceramic materials may take over the role of cobalt in magnets , a move stimulated by the political upheavals in Zaire in 1978 , which forced up the price of the metal and made many manufacturers look for substitutes . |
| 29 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |
| 30 | IBM is apparently now convinced that DME can succeed — it will get a distributed object application development environment and Corba-compliant object dispatcher — and because of the resources available to it , will take over the role of key integrator . |