Example sentences of "over the [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would not — could not — rake over the embers of his past with him persistently . |
| 2 | France would like its own ‘ Mr Space ’ , Hubert Curien of the French space agency CNES , to take over the reigns of ESA when he retires in a couple of years . |
| 3 | On one hand , therefore , McElroy is preparing for private companies to take over the reigns of the weather craft ; on the other , he is inviting other countries to become involved in what could be a link only between governments . |
| 4 | For this reason , many landowners have followed the Junker path , taking over the land of sharecroppers and colonos and compelling them to sell their labour on the open market . |
| 5 | The exterior surface of most ammonoids is covered with ribbing — dense on some species , sparse on others — the ribs often split into two or more smaller ribs as they pass over the back of the whorls . |
| 6 | Control over the behaviour of the individual was more overtly stringent , deviation from the norm far less tolerated . |
| 7 | These powers seem wide enough to assure the member States ’ control over the activities of the Council . |
| 8 | With the advent of the College , veterinarians increasingly took over the treatment of horses and cattle . |
| 9 | When in 1861 Louisa Twining proposed to a government Select Committee that women should be allowed to stand for election as Poor Law Guardians , she agreed that they should not interfere in the male province of finance and administration , and should not have any say over the treatment of male paupers . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | Well I took over the beginning of the year did n't I ? |
| 13 | In the case of some functions Whitehall has the power to take over the duties of a local authority if it fails to carry out its statutory obligations . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | One twelve-hour shift had knocked off and a new one had taken over the duties of maintaining the platform 's complex equipment . |
| 16 | At the same time , in some towns at least , bishops came to take over the duties of such late Roman officers as the defensores , who had been expected to defend the weak . |
| 17 | Mullins , who moved to the North-East to take over the kennels of the late Tom Whitfield in November after working as head lad for his mother , Linda Mullins , in Essex , gets the award after providing 15 winners from 61 runners , an average of 26.6pc . |
| 18 | To walk the overgrown towpath to Branson 's barge , bang your head as you descended the small , brass-railed ladder and step over the pile of nappies ; to be served stir-fried vegetables and noodles , fresh orange juice and Perrier ; to be treated to a private exposition of what were becoming the most famous teeth in the record industry — to attain these was a sign that a group was truly regarded as important . |
| 19 | She served as demonstrator in botany at Bedford College for Women from 1886 to 1890 , when she succeeded Grenville A. J. Cole as head of the geology department , thus becoming the first woman to take over the headship of a geology department in a British university . |
| 20 | Successful 12 months ago , Sabin du Loir comes here fresh from his Wincanton win over ‘ Dessie ’ , and should have a big fitness pull over the likes of Waterloo Boy , Young Snugfit , and former Champion Hurdler Beech Road all making their seasonal debuts . |
| 21 | Warm smiles play over the faces of the grannies as the meenister cavorts . |
| 22 | I could see various expressions pass over the faces of the waiting constabulary . |
| 23 | Disputes wage over the issue of whether or not nuclear families today are isolated from their kin . |
| 24 | While some paint packages provide fairly crude brushstyles , Fractal Design Painter lets you go into far greater detail ; it gives you more control over the effects of pen or brush and you can create and record your own styles . |
| 25 | The commonalty were allowed a council of sixty , which had to assent to the decisions of the mayor and aldermen , who took over the powers of the earlier assembly of twenty-four . |
| 26 | But turning over the pages of poor Hewlett 's unreadable but honest ‘ Song of the Plough ’ , one wonders about that . |
| 27 | ‘ You draw good pictures , ’ said the boy , turning over the pages of the note-book till he came to the whole page drawing of a pheasant , the cock pheasant that Philip had coloured in at home . |
| 28 | Half-immersed in a white fur rug , he carelessly consumed Macdonald 's chocolate marshmallows and turned over the pages of his Eagle Annual in the shadow of the family piano . |
| 29 | When you turn over the pages of the Supplement , pay no attention at first to the volume numbers at the top left-hand corner of the pages ; look only at the headings at the top right-hand corner , which are in alphabetical order . |
| 30 | In 1979 there were 3,080 barristers practising in central London and 1,283 spread over the rest of england and Wales ; considering that most courts are now decentralised , this certainly seems to indicate an imbalance . |