Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [prep] the [noun pl] over " in BNC.

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1 This might well be stabilised as the main course and result in the construction of a new delta segment , until the gradient advantage of the distributaries over it was nullified by the extent of the segment .
2 " Buyers should be made to pay a sustainability premium for the products over and above the market prices , " said Malaysian Primary Industries Minister Lim Keng Yaik at a meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organisation .
3 But a valuation disagreement between the clubs over the Midlands-born defender could wreck the move .
4 Last year we were reminded of those epic days when Fighter Command denied the Luftwaffe air superiority in the skies over Britain .
5 Councillor Rodgers said , ‘ They are interfering with the democratic process in this by-election and seeking to buy political influence with what amounts to bribes ’ , and noted the offer was personally embarrassing for him as he negotiated as a union official with the companies over workers ' pay and conditions .
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