Example sentences of "[subord] of [art] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gatt trade talks broke down earlier this week because of a long-running dispute over EC oilseed subsidies and the volume of EC exports to the US . |
| 2 | It had occurred because of an obsessive concern over the possibility that the President 's bid for re-election might just possibly fail . |
| 3 | And sports chiefs were examining claims that the disgraced strongmen were wrongly branded as cheats because of an incredible mix-up over the RULES . |
| 4 | Erm , under number one erm , is the Chairman aware that the er current talk in Whitehall which has given out the contracts for er new secure accommodation units in various counties that the current talk in Whitehall is that because Leicestershire does n't know its own mind because of the recent votes over secure accommodation that it 's unlikely to get one in the present er round and is n't that a damning indictment erm of the Liberal and Labour parties in this county . |
| 5 | Because of the political impasse over the past ten years Cambodia , one of the poorest countries in the world , has received no UN development aid , nor any bilateral or multilateral development aid from the UK . |
| 6 | For this reason the Defense Department opposed the early conclusion of a peace treaty because of the basic uncertainties over Japan 's position at the end of the occupation : the generals were not attracted by an idea of Japan as an Asiatic Switzerland . |
| 7 | The DoH has taken six months to revise the guidelines because of the initial controversy over the draft , followed by the publicity surrounding juvenile crime and new plans from the Home Office to set up ‘ secure training units ’ for 12- to 15-year old offenders . |