Example sentences of "[adj] in the [noun] over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were particularly visible in the campaigns over the Industrial Schools Amendment Bill . |
| 2 | Elected for Northamptonshire to the second Protectorate Parliament ( 1656–8 ) , he was prominent in the debates over the alleged ‘ horrid blasphemy ’ at Bristol of the Quaker James Nayler [ q.v. ] , revealing thereby the limitations of his own toleration . |
| 3 | Following satellite evidence that record amounts of ozone-depleting gases were present in the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere , the USA ( on Feb. 11 ) , the UK ( on Feb. 12 ) and the European Communities ( on Feb. 23 ) announced bans on production of most of the gases from the end of 1995 — five years earlier than the date agreed in the Montreal Protocol [ see p. 37552 ] . |
| 4 | Oliver said : ‘ He 's involved in the deception over the Durances and he 's abducted Barbara Coleman to keep her quiet about it . |
| 5 | He was the justification for the war , particularly in the eyes of neighbouring princes whose intervention might have been decisive but who were understandably not that involved in the quarrel over the succession to Angoulême . |
| 6 | Until 1936 , the other rural counties in the District were regarded as ‘ open territory ’ but in that year a partial relaxation over public expenditure restrictions occurred and the issues inherent in the compromise over the rural areas agreement between the Cambridge Board and the District emerged in sharply focussed ways . |
| 7 | The SNP must not allow itself to be bullied by Labour in the stramash over the Commons vote . |
| 8 | Most of this chapter is a discussion of these complexities and of possible policy actions , and our emphasis is on the wide choice which should be available in the future over the pattern and intensity of work which people do . |
| 9 | The same misreading of the evidence is apparent in the controversy over the alleged lack of prudence of the working class , particularly as manifested in the younger age of marriage . |
| 10 | Gives guidance on the terms under which conditions and obligations can reasonably be imposed on developers , an issue which may be particularly relevant in the argument over the development of ‘ brown ’ areas of the Green Belt . |
| 11 | Djax-Up are currently releasing records faster than most people can note and , with at least another seven in the pipeline over the next two months , they continue to stop anybody standing in their way . |