Example sentences of "the [noun sg] of [noun sg] over [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1940 , Thomson was considered as one of the portraitists , but his deafness was considered enough to disqualify him , and the post went to Eric Kennington who however resigned in 1942 over criticism of the ‘ violence ’ of his portraits , and now without an explanation for the change of heart over his deafness Thomson was appointed to succeed him . |
| 2 | It hit out after a report from the Parliamentary Ombudsman sharply criticised the Ministry of Agriculture over its failure to ‘ devise and implement a scheme which complied with the legislation ’ to pay compensation . |
| 3 | Legislation to create the agency has been delayed by a dispute between the Department of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture over its role . |
| 4 | The two companies claim the agreement will mean that customers switching from leased line services to local network interconnect systems will be able to maintain the level of control over their internetworks to which they have become accustomed . |
| 5 | The two companies claim the agreement will mean that customers switching from leased line services to local network interconnect systems will be able to maintain the level of control over their internetworks to which they have become accustomed . |
| 6 | Their confidence in the system derives from consultation over proposed innovations , from training and from the degree of control over their work which has been consciously left with them . |
| 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 | The French are pragmatic to the point of openness over their illegal activities but in the end it is the smallest and most immoral of them all , Mossad , which is the most efficient . |
| 9 | Dr. Glasser 's Control Theory holds that people can be shown that they do have the choice of control over their thoughts and actions even though awareness of that choice may initially elude them . |
| 10 | Hector , passive , repeated in a whisper the Lament of Maeve over her lover . |
| 11 | He stood there a while longer , mindlessly enjoying the flow of water over his limbs . |
| 12 | Before leaving town he had a professional shave , shampoo and trim — not too much off — just the straggle of hair over his collar . |
| 13 | If the EEC were to acquire its own resources , then the organisation would lose the element of control over its spending that came with the existing system of national contributions : Hallstein could then argue that giving the European Parliament more authority would provide the necessary democratic control over the Commission . |
| 14 | In fact businessmen wanted State assistance but they were not prepared to offer any real quid pro quo in the shape of control over their activities . |