Example sentences of "over the [noun pl] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And out you 'll go , take it from me , especially after the fiasco you made of the press conference and the results of it spread all over the papers this morning ! ’ |
| 2 | It 's been on the television news and it 's all over the papers this morning . |
| 3 | DSC Communications Corp , Dallas has seen off a shareholder suit brought against the company and some of its officers in 1991 over the problems some of the Baby Bells had with the software for the MegaHub Signal Transfer Point : the suit has been dismissed without prejudice and the motion to certify class action status for it has been declared moot . |
| 4 | But in faith he founded his School , willing the means whereby others could emulate his success , and over the generations many have done so . |
| 5 | 1 Use of pipes The right to the free and uninterrupted passage and running of water sewage gas electricity telephone and other services or supplies from and to other parts of the Centre or any Adjoining Property in and through the Pipes which now are or may during the Term be in under or over the Premises This is a standard reservation and the tenant may wish to ascertain at the outset just exactly which are the pipes at the commencement of the term that will be the subject of this right . |
| 6 | He told me how he worked his candy or piece of common-yard , dividing it into two by a path , and growing wheat on one side and vegetables on the other , changing over the crops each year . |
| 7 | Cause in the summer when the traffic lights are changing the trees are growing over the ones this side |
| 8 | Over the centuries all the world 's religions have accumulated vast amounts of scriptures , as generation after generation struggled with the problems of defining an ever-growing variety of gods ; of endeavouring to explain the origins of the earth and the universe , ; of setting out independently the rights and wrongs of almost everything , ; of justifying caste systems and privilege by birth ; of seeking to instil a belief in an afterlife ; of explaining the complexities of simple and compound reincarnation , ; of building an hierarchy , sometimes with well-paid officers , ; of introducing rituals , rules and forms of worship , and combating ever growing scepticism until the whole world and all life would seem to be in existence solely for the purpose of providing space for this monstrous dumping ground for the products of centuries of speculative and ineffective effort . |
| 9 | Over the centuries many tribes have fought over and occupied Black Crag , and the most powerful tribe has always taken the crag as its homeland . |
| 10 | Over the centuries these became distinct in type and are now known as Night Goblins . |
| 11 | Over the centuries these Greeks and Karians intermarried with the natives , so that in hellenistic times people called ‘ Karomemphites ’ and ‘ Hellenomemphites ’ , obvious results of miscegenation , are attested in Memphis . |
| 12 | Now I realized how over the centuries this window must have provided an incomparable panorama of the goings-on in the village . |
| 13 | Over the centuries this painting acquired a reputation for being miraculous , although in an ill-defined way , so that in 1413 Duke Filippo Maria Visconti decided to build a church to house the work and shelter it from the weather . |
| 14 | This practice has continued to the present day and over the years many of the field geologists became recognised petrographers . |
| 15 | Over the years many men have come to my clinic because they have considered themselves failures in one vital respect . |
| 16 | Over the years many sailing ships were wrecked on the rocky shores of Madeira , driven there by foul weather . |
| 17 | Over the years many leading members of the BDA were involved in the running of the Board before it wound up following the emergence of Social Services Departments , which took over responsibility for the welfare of the deaf . |
| 18 | Although a complex and costly procedure , over the years many authorities have acquired powers by this means to perform particular functions in their localities : for example , to maintain the external decoration of listed buildings ( Kensington and Chelsea ) , and to operate a municipal bank ( Birmingham ) . |
| 19 | Over the years many obstacles have arisen to halt these dreams , yet still for many the ultimate objective remains . |
| 20 | I have over the years many times come to the rostrum but for the first time it gives me no pleasure at all in saying what has to be said . |
| 21 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 22 | The funding of capital expenditure is usually spread over the years that benefit will accrue . |
| 23 | In 1968 an urban programme was established under the Home Office , and over the years several thousand small-scale projects , put up by local authorities and voluntary organizations , were approved for capital expenditure . |
| 24 | Over the years several have been the victim of petty criminals . |
| 25 | Traditionally the dominant class had its basis in landownership , but over the years these elites have often shifted their capital to the urban sector because of the possibility of better returns on it , and , on occasion , because of agrarian reform . |
| 26 | Over the years these have come in a variety of shapes ‘ sizes and materials : mild steel , galvanised steel , cast iron , copper , aluminium and stainless steel . |
| 27 | Poland reappeared on the maps of Europe not so much through its own efforts to liberate itself — though over the years these had been prodigious but unsuccessful — but through the collapse of the partitioning powers that had held Poland in check . |
| 28 | Over the years these monastic institutions acquired a particular expertise in the embalming of bodies , an example of their handiwork being discovered in 1969 when the coffin of Archbishop Godfrey de Ludham ( d. 1265 ) was opened in York Minster . |
| 29 | Over the years this has averaged out at two gundogs and two rabbiting dogs . |
| 30 | However , over the years this has been augmented by dwellings branching out from the main road . |