Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun] and [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | and there 's also there 's a usual crack between the plasterboard and ceiling over the door and a little crack running down to the door . |
| 2 | Toffler interprets Irangate as , ultimately , a conflict between the presidency and Congress over information : being informed is essential for either to control foreign policy . |
| 3 | THE WAR of words between the US and Canada over acid rain reached new heights last week . |
| 4 | Ending 20 months of negotiations , the agreement eased the tension between the UK and China over consultation on Hong Kong 's affairs in the period leading up to 1997 when the colony was to revert to Chinese control , and ended the uncertainty over the US$16,200 million airport project , announced in 1989 , whose funding had been threatened by China 's opposition . |
| 5 | The withdrawal of the pound and the lira from the ERM was followed by a " war of words " between the UK and Germany over the role in particular of the Bundesbank . |
| 6 | Negotiations between the UK and Spain over the political future of Gibraltar continued intermittently . |
| 7 | THE body of a 53-year-old French Catholic priest who was murdered in Brazil on Christmas Eve has been flown back to France , amid a row between the church and police over the investigation of his death . |
| 8 | This demonstration shows how railways have improved communications between the signalman and driver over the last eighty years . |
| 9 | The general reaction among his staff was stunned silence , then surprise at the extent of the change and suspicion over what was to come in the future . |
| 10 | They thought then that they would set out as an army and conquer the rest of the land and rule over it ; that was their mission . |
| 11 | The acidic bedrock and associated soils and extensive podsolisation and bog development , in conjunction with increasing storm frequency and human impact since about 4000 B.P. have lead to progressive impoverishment of the flora and vegetation over thousands of years resulting in the poor botanical diversity of the Outer Hebrides today . |
| 12 | He was acquitted , but not before the dockers and other waterfront workers had entered the dispute in support of the seamen and victory over the employers had been won . |
| 13 | This , as should by now be clear , is a crucial distinction in this argument , for it underpins ( along with the public/private distinction utilised by Wolfenden ) many of the conflicts and disagreements over morality and the ‘ proper ’ role of the criminal law during this post-war period . |
| 14 | The forged document , the so-called " Donation of Constantine " , which was drawn up before the mid-eighth century , when the papacy was anxious to use and control the Frankish leaders , claimed that Constantine had given his imperial palace of the Lateran and dominion over " the city of Rome and all the places , cities and provinces of Italy and the West " to Pope Sylvester , handing the pope his imperial insignia and symbols — the lance , sceptre , orb , imperial standards , purple-scarlet mantle , imperial pallium and tunic . |
| 15 | Details of the share capital of the Company and options over ordinary shares of the Company granted under various employee share option schemes are set out on page 50 . |
| 16 | There is general agreement between leaders of the LDP and business over the need to reduce state spending so that taxes can be lowered to allow private initiative to flourish . |
| 17 | Ordinary people are far more concerned , say those who brush aside ‘ Iraqgate ’ , with the state of the economy and concern over their jobs . |
| 18 | It had rained heavily during the night — a sudden downpour which had filled the gutters and drains which supplied the city 's water catchment system — so that when dawn broke it could be seen that many of the drapes and festoons over archways and down the faces of stands and platforms had been torn from the frames by the weight of the water which had soaked them . |
| 19 | We were concerned with the access and integration over time of information from different levels during the extension of individual hypotheses . |
| 20 | The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years in cleaning up the town and making it the kind of place which is able to compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The town has made great strides forward working with the community and business over the past few years , and making it the kind of place which is able and compete and win a national environmental accolade . ’ |
| 22 | KMFDM singer En Esch said : ‘ You can buy crack in the streets and guns over the counter , but you ca n't buy our record . |
| 23 | KMFDM singer En Esch said : ‘ You can buy crack in the streets and guns over the counter , but you ca n't buy our record . |
| 24 | The surprise announcement of British entry into the Exchange Rate Mechanism appeared to have solved , at least in the short term , the long-standing divisions in the party and government over the correct approach to Europe — divisions that had contributed to Lawson 's resignation a year earlier . |
| 25 | ‘ B ’ indicates variations in the input and output over time . |
| 26 | Fans are used to draw ambient air over the condenser and air over the evaporator inside . |
| 27 | A VISIT to Kenya was the theme of Mary Munday 's illustrated talk to the Froxfield and Privett Over Sixties on Thursday of last week . |
| 28 | Head on the head on the mattress and duvet over him ! |
| 29 | ‘ Romans line up at the camp and Brits over there in the woods , ’ Nigel instructed . |
| 30 | As soon as the initial 48 hour period is over , the police must pass to the prosecutor all materials concerning the offence and hand over the investigation to him . |