Example sentences of "[v-ing] [noun pl] over [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Carlos Salinas de Gortari visited seven United States states and Canadian cities on April 7-12 , in a tour aimed at allaying doubts over the inclusion of Mexico in a North American free trade bloc . |
| 2 | They were hauling the first of the thin , encasing layers over the top of the frame , the heavily-suited men pulling on the guide ropes . |
| 3 | Five firms facing charges over the death of a Gloucestershire workman on the Severn Bridge are expected to be dealt with by a Crown Court . |
| 4 | Four countries ( El Salvador , Honduras , Morocco and Congo , with total foreign debts of US$30,500 million ) took advantage of the move , agreeing to packages spreading repayments over a period of 15 years — instead of the 10 years previously allowed by the Club . |
| 5 | We also did some more conventional shared riding by borrowing Chris Parkin 's self-built tandem for a week to do trips to New Brighton and along the Summit Road , which winds along the top of the Port Hills giving views over the city in one direction and Lyttleton Harbour in the other . |
| 6 | Last week a British psychiatrist was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting patients over a period of 12 years . |
| 7 | At an age when I was having qualms over the philosophy of M. Bergson , he was speaking in a factory yard of the necessity to go on strike . |
| 8 | The possibilities for current and prospective changes in such policies are creating uncertainties over the future of the rural environment . |
| 9 | In a public or university library which does not have subject specialists on its staff — or even in those that do — this places an intolerably heavy burden of responsibility on the individual 's judgement , and it is unlikely that any one person called upon to make weeding decisions over a spectrum of subject fields will on the basis of judgement alone achieve a consistent rate of ‘ correct ’ decision making . |
| 10 | And he said there were a number of errors in the supervision of Moore after he had been discovered firing shots over the grave of a dead colleague . |
| 11 | PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin called on parliament yesterday to sack its chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov , while Mr Khasbulatov accused the president of playing games over the fate of Russia . |
| 12 | Finally , the research provides an empirical critique of theories of law , state and class by showing the scope for ‘ private law-making ’ which may contradict public law , casting doubts over the ability of law to control economic elites . |
| 13 | US Budweiser and the firm in Ceske Budejovice have been at loggerheads for almost a century , exchanging writs over the use of the Budweiser name . |
| 14 | Mr Hussey arrived from Hong Kong refusing to discuss the affair which is increasingly raising questions over the way in which the corporation is run . |
| 15 | Thus schools which are having difficulty attracting pupils over a couple of years may find that they are powerless to avoid progressive deterioration in their position . |