Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] over the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THREE appeal court judges were asked to rule for the first time yesterday that parents could sue doctors for negligence over the loss of a child though the fatal injuries had been suffered before birth . |
| 2 | It may involve compromises , for instance over the frequency with which comprehensive large-scale mapping data is preserved . |
| 3 | The Foreign Ministers signed a document covering the withdrawal of Russian forces from Poland by Nov. 15 , and an agreement binding each side to make no claims for compensation over the stationing of Soviet troops in Poland . |
| 4 | American experience provides grounds for anxiety over the welfare of old people in an inadequately monitored private sector . |
| 5 | Some writers have attempted to draw up some general guidelines which relate the weeding of research material to the concept of obsolescence — the diminution in the use of literature over the course of time . |
| 6 | State briefly , in relation to planetary observations , the advantages of radar over the receipt of naturally emitted radio waves . |
| 7 | Hobhouse 's evolutionary method was , however , also reminiscent of Comte since he argued that it was the growing domination of mind over the conditions of life that enables us to appreciate the importance of the collective framework of society . |
| 8 | There is a good deal of confusion over the use of concepts to analyse the institutions and processes of policy-making . |
| 9 | It 's a fair bet that 90 per cent of people would admit to a maelstrom of confusion over the facts behind the tragedy of the country which was once called Yugoslavia . |
| 10 | The sixth session of the Supreme Soviet opened on Sept. 15 amid uncertainty over the course of Ukraine 's economic reform and fears that its slow pace would jeopardize IMF credits [ for Ukraine 's entry to the IMF see p. 39120 ] , and also amid opposition calls for the replacement of the government . |
| 11 | Masoud Barzani of the Democratic Party of Kurdistan ( DPK ) , who led the Kurdish delegation during the talks in Baghdad , was believed to have pressed for an acceptance of the proposed settlement , despite uncertainty over the status of Kirkuk , claiming that the government was unwilling to make any further concessions . |
| 12 | Yesterday 's announcement followed weeks of uncertainty over the future of the plant , which employs 700 people . |
| 13 | Meanwhile he added that Strathclyde may have to reconsider investment in diesel multiple units for the region 's rail service because of uncertainty over the future of British Rail . |
| 14 | This argues that the volatility of futures prices will be relatively high during periods when substantial amounts of uncertainty over the levels of demand or supply for the underlying asset are resolved . |
| 15 | At the same time were born new heroes and demigods ; the Hollywood dream factory , which had already indelibly stamped the character of both North America and Great Britain by the 1940s , began to spin its web of enticement over the whole of popular culture . |
| 16 | This also vindicates the Kelsenian thesis of the primacy of the principle of delegation over the principle of subsumption . |
| 17 | I would therefore ask for a sense of proportion over the future of general practice , along with some breadth of vision and tolerance for alternative types of general practice . |
| 18 | So extensive became the control of the catholic sector , both primary and secondary , that priests had extensive powers of dismissal over the teachers until the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 19 | They , among other things , have put Westminster into that category of parliaments which can and do exercise a significant degree of influence over the formation of policy . |
| 20 | They showed no signs of anxiety over the coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 21 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 22 | He had not a quiver of anxiety over the business of the letters . |
| 23 | Despite disagreement over the extent of providential intervention in the flow of human events evangelicals had no doubt that ‘ there is a God who governs the world and intimately directs all the concerns of his rational and immortal creatures ’ . |
| 24 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 25 | To prevent this happening , it is useful to spread a layer of sand over the floor of the pool and along the marginal shelves to act as a cushion . |
| 26 | The sauce was thin with a layer of sediment over the bottom of the pan . |
| 27 | Even the French language seems to exercise a kind of ownership over the terminology of experiment . |
| 28 | THE tension that has gripped Miami began to ease yesterday as a policeman , William Lozano , was found guilty of manslaughter over the killing of two young black men on a motorcycle in January . |
| 29 | THE tension that has gripped Miami began to ease yesterday as a policeman , William Lozano , was found guilty of manslaughter over the killing of two young black men on a motorcycle in January . |
| 30 | According to John Rogers , who knew Miller , a serious difference of opinion over the publication of some of the Society 's proceedings caused the break-up and , he says , ‘ the opponents of the publication demanded their papers from Miller , who immediately gave them up , having , however , with his usual foresight , taken a copy of each , otherwise their valuable contents would most likely have been lost to the world . ’ |