Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you wo n't dare to go bare , the layering effect of a lace body over another body creates a stunning evening or party look . |
| 2 | Goals like a tennis victory over Boris Becker can , however , be changed to achievable ones , such as , improving your game of tennis . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a horrible experience , ’ Tom recall , ‘ a bit like sliding down a snow slope on a tin tray with a plastic bag over your head — but worse ! ’ |
| 4 | Six chemical companies and a property developer have agreed to pay damages of $207 million in what is believed to be the largest settlement of a court case over a toxic waste dump . |
| 5 | Aspects of the Westland case also showed the dangers of a government monopoly over the dissemination of information and its resultant debate . |
| 6 | Not that the Russians were much better , but they did have a few of the new German FW190S which Hitler had promised to Stalin as a goodwill gesture over the Poland deal . |
| 7 | So it is likely to use the right of return as a bargaining chip over territorial concessions , unless it believes it is strong enough to obtain both territory and a return . |
| 8 | President-elect Clinton takes office in January after a landslide victory over Bush earlier this month . |
| 9 | Gen. Chaovalit resigned his post ostensibly following a verbal exchange with a Cabinet colleague over the issue of corruption . |
| 10 | It is indicative of the pressure to conform to gender-coded standards that The Dear Deceit , the most serious and most personal of her first four novels , has as its protagonist a lone male suffering from an identity crisis over his patronym . |
| 11 | They found Googol tied up securely in the Emerald Suite with a leather hood over his head . |
| 12 | The next section addresses this question by discussing the relative merits of a currency union over an exchange rate union . |
| 13 | THE Prime Minister scored the luckiest escape of a lifetime last night with a knife-edge victory over the ‘ enemy within ’ of his own party . |
| 14 | A girl from a neighbouring school came to the victim 's aid by throwing a bucket of water from a flower stall over his assailants . |
| 15 | The priest , highly regarded in educational circles , was transferred from his school position by church authorities to work as a curate in a country parish over the summer . |
| 16 | The explosions in March and April of 1969 at an electricity sub station in Castlereagh and at the Silent Valley reservoir in the Mournes were followed by an explosion at an electricity sub-station over the border in County Donegal . |
| 17 | Two London men have been granted conditional bail after appearing before Chelmsford magistrates facing charges in connection with an assault at a burger bar over the weekend . |
| 18 | You 'll also need a quantity of bitumen emulsion for use as a tack coat over the existing surface . |
| 19 | Fundholding poses ethical problems , either because it secures a better service for the patients of a fundholding practice over those whose doctors happen not to hold a fund , or because it does not . |
| 20 | THE replay of a court battle over a five-a-side football development is to be staged tomorrow . |
| 21 | As the suspension of a unit trust over a pricing error is unprecedented , it is not known when units can be traded again . |
| 22 | He and his wife remember with pleasure one young man who spent a particularly fine Sunday afternoon reclining in a deckchair with a straw hat over his eyes . |
| 23 | A COUNCIL has been accused of putting politics before people in a planning row over a Pizza takeaway . |
| 24 | For a long time the professionals had a preference for a pruning knife over secateurs . |
| 25 | A TEENAGE mother from Cleveland is at the centre of a court wrangle over her child . |
| 26 | PREMIER John Major is at the centre of a Cabinet battle over interest rate cuts , it was revealed last night . |
| 27 | His opposite number , St Boniface , is equally finely bedecked , but is given the dignity of a plaster mask over his skull . |
| 28 | On the table was a vase of flowers , a square honeycomb oozing liquid honey from its wax holes onto the dish , three jars of jam , each one a different colour of dark red , and a jug with a muslin cloth over the top . |
| 29 | Usually with erotic dreams he woke before the end with a leg half over Gina . |
| 30 | Congress approved legislation on June 25 to force an immediate end to a rail strike over pay and conditions which had begun on June 24 , and which had severely disrupted freight and passenger services . |