Example sentences of "[noun] to court over " in BNC.
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| 1 | LAW SOCIETY TAKES LORD CHANCELLOR TO COURT OVER LEGAL AID CUTS |
| 2 | Groom 's parents take the bride 's parents to court over wedding bill |
| 3 | The European Commission has , however , threatened to take the UK to court over its failure to observe community rules on drinking water quality . |
| 4 | The singer Elton John has taken a national newspaper to court over an article last December which claimed he was hooked on a bizarre diet which meant he spat out food without swallowing . |
| 5 | Private home owners in Cleveland have been given leave to take their local authority to court over the contracts . |
| 6 | The environmental group Greenpeace is taking the National Rivers Authority to court over what it claims is the NRA 's " hopelessly inadequate " efforts to counter pollution . |
| 7 | The 70,000 strong South African Domestic Workers Union ( SADWU ) is encouraging its members to take their employers to court over unfair dismissals and low wages . |
| 8 | The McGimpsey brothers hit the headlines when they took the Irish government to court over the Republic 's constitutional claim to Northern Ireland . |
| 9 | Texaco , the giant American oil company , is taking the Dutch government to court over its decision to build a conventional coal-fired power plant near to Rotterdam . |
| 10 | It is the first to take a European government to court over an ecological issue . |
| 11 | Friends of the Earth is to take the government to court over its alleged failure to ensure that pesticide levels in drinking water meet legal requirements across much of the Thames Basin area . |
| 12 | FoE is taking the government to court over the delays in the clean-up programme . |
| 13 | The EC Environment Commissioner , Ioannis Paleokrassas , has threatened to take the UK government to court over its alleged failure to conduct a proper environmental impact assessment over the planned motorway through Oxleas Wood in south-east London . |