Example sentences of "[vb past] [art] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In October of that year , Hickson and Jacques joined forces and met the Director of Education over the possibility of a combined approach to the development of adult education which would reflect the recommendations of Circular 1444 . |
| 2 | The decision on the existence of a dispute in Leigh therefore led the court into error over the capacity of a partnership to act as arbitrators . |
| 3 | Africa Confidential of June 14 said that although 13 members of the government were Issaqs , its membership was " carefully balanced " between the main Issaq sub-clans and other clans ; the delay in appointing the government underlined the lack of agreement over the secession among SNM leaders , some of whom regarded the measure not as final but as merely a " step towards renegotiating the 1960 unification and redressing an unequal relationship " . |
| 4 | Yet de Gaulle had given the Community a shock and under the ‘ Luxembourg Compromise ’ he retained a power of veto over future important decisions . |
| 5 | Even these plans were subject to delay ; in November 1962 , at a special corporation meeting , Alderman James Hegarty moved a vote of censure over delays which meant that 300 out of 500 houses planned in the autumn of 1960 had been delayed . |
| 6 | However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services . |
| 7 | And as the all-too-solid original took a single step out from the doorway he dropped the loop of wire over its head and , like a man straining to start an outboard motor , suddenly hauled it tight for all he was worth . |
| 8 | She also noted the depth of dust over everything . |
| 9 | Although the death in battle of Penda , the pagan king of Mercia , in 655 sealed the victory of Christianity over heathenism , this important event was overshadowed by dissension between the Roman and Celtic Churches . |
| 10 | Yet on the other hand surviving evidence tends to vindicate Richard Padley 's accusation , in the Fabian survey of evacuation , that Whitehall used the decentralised local government system to shirk its responsibilities ; the Ministry of Health and Board of Education , he maintained , doled out ‘ platitudinous ’ advice via circulars and adopted an attitude of complacency over the possibility of medical problems among evacuee children , such as malnutrition , head lice , impetigo , etc . |
| 11 | Litaw poured the pots of broth over the body , one by one . |
| 12 | Vigno had thrown our clothes on to the floor and poured a bottle of aftershave over them before stuffing them back into our lockers to ferment . |
| 13 | Jacqueline Bridger , 46 , poured a can of petrol over her head in the office of Michael Sargeant , the man she claimed had been her lover , the Old Bailey was told . |
| 14 | A replacement will be announced in the next few days , while it has emerged that Donald Carr , who once as England captain poured a bucket of water over a Pakistani umpire , was proposed as referee for the recent Pakistan-Sri Lanka series — and like Graveney , was not surprisingly rejected . |
| 15 | Then they held him down , flat on his back , as another Sturmabteilung poured a bucket of salt over the Englishman . |
| 16 | So one day I poured a cup of coffee over his head . |
| 17 | It related to an incident last August in Manchester Road Swindon when Mr Neilsen threw a bucket of water over a prostitute , Rachel Symonds . |
| 18 | When one of his servants first saw him smoking , he thought Sir Walter was on fire and threw a jug of ale over him . |
| 19 | The sandwiches were quickly followed by the wrath of the Scotland manager , who charged into the bedroom and threw a glass of milk over the startled keeper . |
| 20 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of Sept. 8 noted that the Chinese response to US representations over missile sales showed a lack of concern over Sino-US strategic relations . |
| 21 | THE Prince and Princess of Wales showed no signs of anxiety over the blanket coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 22 | They showed no signs of anxiety over the coverage of their alleged marriage problems as their hectic schedule of engagements continued in South Korea . |
| 23 | He showed no signs of improvement over the next 48 hours . |
| 24 | Another trial in 97 patients showed an advantage for surgery over radiotherapy in forestalling the appearance of distant metastases over five years . |
| 25 | A tall woman leaned from a balcony and emptied a bucket of water over them . |
| 26 | Graham Bamford , 48 , from Macclesfield , Cheshire , emptied a can of petrol over himself , flicked a lighter and exploded in flames in London 's Parliament Square as MPs in the nearby House of Commons debated the Bosnia crisis on April 29 . |
| 27 | One adverse critic of Dustin 's performance was the young and eccentric English actor Victor Henry , who , on seeing Dustin in a bar after the show , emptied a glass of beer over his head . |
| 28 | It was as if , said Callaghan , they had got bored with the subject , and suddenly ‘ chucked a bucket of whitewash over it . ’ |
| 29 | It ratified the triumph of history over all the sciences , though ‘ history ’ in this connection was generally confused by contemporaries with ‘ progress ’ . |
| 30 | Quickly wiping her fingers on the cotton wool , she tore a large plaster from its paper envelope and pressed the dressing into place over the lacerated bump . |