Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [noun] over a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity for the PLO to assert sovereignty over a specific territory arose through the Jordanian decision in July 1988 to sever administrative and legal links with the West Bank [ see p. 36120 ] . |
| 2 | The following week the Environment Secretary flies to Luxembourg to voice reservations over a planned EC tax on fossil fuels . |
| 3 | President Andrés Rodríguez calmed speculation over a possible imminent " presidential coup " when on June 22 he swore allegiance to the new Constitution in a solemn ceremony before the Congress . |
| 4 | Labour 's consumer spokesman Nigel Griffiths has written to President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine following complaints over a previous Hoover offer of flights to Europe . |
| 5 | In many countries in the early stages of industrialization agriculture has been a major source of foodstuffs , exports and labour , but the degree to which agriculture in Japan contributed capital over a sustained period is unusual . |