Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [noun] over the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kirk concluded that neither of the two methods showed superiority over the other . |
| 2 | LABOUR leader John Smith 's troubles over Europe deepened yesterday as more senior party figures broke ranks over the Maastricht treaty . |
| 3 | ‘ No , not really , ’ said Constance , and Scarlet felt herself concurring in an age-old belief that , when it came to the point , the closing of ranks took precedence over the wellbeing of the stranger within the gates . |
| 4 | It was at Montreuil in Ponthieu that a series of Anglo-French meetings took place over the issues of sovereignty and homage in 1306 . |
| 5 | All but one of the females produced broods over the weeks , but the smallest female filled up with fluid and died instead of delivering the expected babies . |
| 6 | Later in December the armed forces dropped leaflets over the capital calling for the death of guerrillas and their international allies , and urging " patriots " to destroy anyone who threatened their lives or property . |
| 7 | It is probable that elsewhere , too , local interests took priority over the problems of the Angevin family . |
| 8 | During the three-hour debate , the first to have been held since 1960 , Doi and the other leaders assailed Kaifu over the consumption tax . |
| 9 | The negotiations took place over the course of a year between autumn 1990 and summer 1991 , and could be characterized as the centre progressively conceding to the demands of the republics for more independence . |
| 10 | Police questioned Der'i over the affair in late September . |
| 11 | All pretence at unity went out of the window as close Cabinet colleagues traded insults over the future of the pound and Britain 's place in the EC . |