Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] over the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certainly true that one strand at least in a Northumbrian view of the past seems to have thought of Nechtanesmere as destroying the position of military dominance originally achieved by Eadwine in the first half of the seventh century ( HE II , 5 ) , whereas Eadwine 's ascendancy over the Britons in Wales had disappeared by the mid-630s and an overlordship of the southern English kingdoms , restored only temporarily in the late 650s , was lost long before 685 ( see above , p. 85 ) . |
| 2 | Indeed , in the aftermath of Charles V 's victory over the Protestants at the battle of Muhlberg in 1547 , Edward 's England had become the refuge for a number of important refugees , including Peter Martyr and Martin Bucer . |
| 3 | Finally it was Gnaeus Manlius Vulso 's victory over the Galatians in 189 B.C. which justified the intervention of the Romans in Asia Minor and furnished them with the clients they needed in order to control the ambitions of Pergamum . |
| 4 | Elena 's promotion over the heads of more senior comrades with much greater political or administrative experience not only humiliated them , it also antagonized their wives . |
| 5 | Ian Botham has secured England 's win over the Australians in the Cricket World Cup . |