Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [noun pl] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | So for many of us , our preferences in particular cases pose the same puzzle as our more comprehensive rejection of the checkerboard solution as a general strategy for resolving differences over principle . |
| 2 | There were the usual pairs of opening lights over each saloon window , all each side being opened or closed together by a small lever . |
| 3 | In developing its plans for the redeployment of the Army , the General Staff were faced with three major difficulties : lack of genuine air mobility ; loss of overflying rights over Arab countries and restricted overflying of the Indian subcontinent due to India 's ‘ non-aligned ’ stance and Pakistan 's natural sympathy for Moslem Arab Nationalism ; and the justifiable reluctance in Whitehall to build up new overseas bases . |
| 4 | Bankers have warned of ballooning costs over the 18 years it would take to build . |
| 5 | Fighting went on in New France for another twelve months , but after the fall of Quebec this was more a matter of moving forces over long distances than of confronting threats that the French might retrieve their position . |
| 6 | In view of the Christian concern with human personality and individual responsibility and the importance of retaining areas over which discretion is possible , it is imperative that the present growth of government in modern society be halted . |
| 7 | However , as with all fostering schemes , it was seen as more than just a means of putting roofs over heads . |
| 8 | It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The cheque must not exceed the limit set by the banker 's card , i.e. £50 unless the management personally accept the responsibility of authorising cheques over this amount . |
| 11 | This was done to maximize the possibility of detecting contrasts over conditions , since an asymmetry would be expected to lead to high proportions of singular continuations which might make differences between conditions hard to detect . |
| 12 | It 's like throwing sandbags over the side to gain height again . |
| 13 | It seemed possible that she might be into chucking men over her shoulder and spifflicating them . |
| 14 | The arbitration system was principally concerned with settling disputes over wages and working conditions , narrowly defined , rather than with matters internal or specific to the enterprise . |
| 15 | The early country stations had been supplied with small lookout towers rising above the roof of the building to enable railway employees to watch for approaching trains over the horizon . |
| 16 | British Telecommunications Plc 's Visual & Broadcast Services division is to supply £400,000 worth of desktop videoconferencing equipment to National Power Plc : the VC7000 videoconferencing system is to be used for homeworking links over the ISDN network , and management meetings between London and Swindon . |
| 17 | The superiority of subjects given preliminary training in applying labels over control subjects given no pre-training has been repeatedly confirmed by experimenters using procedures closely similar to those just described ( Goss 1953 ; Smith and Goss 1955 ; Battig 1956 ; Holton and Goss 1956 ; Goss and Greenfield 1958 ) . |
| 18 | Breeches go with boots : there is no point in wearing slacks over them , they will soon be ruined . |
| 19 | There was a more dramatic drop in refining margins over the past two years — from $5 to $2.88 a barrel in Europe and $2.71 to $1.75 in the US — reflecting competitive conditions in product marketing during the recession . |
| 20 | But the nation needed no assistance from the Fascist movement in taking sides over the King 's cause . |
| 21 | Issues facing the new chairman include the payment of compensation to Scottish landowners who have been prevented from planting conifers over large areas designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSIs ) . |
| 22 | ‘ We are n't interested in quoting prices over the phone , because that only leads to a Dutch auction . |
| 23 | Finance charges are allocated to accounting periods over the primary period of the lease and represent a constant proportion of the balance of capital payments outstanding . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | In fact it provided the industry with more control over its environment by making conflicts over environmental damage an administrative problem whose outcome could be predicted by corporate executives . |
| 26 | Your employer might decide that he wishes to help you improve your pension by making contributions over and above the statutory national insurance contributions into your pension plan . |
| 27 | Raising standards ; by guaranteeing that all pupils get a balanced curriculum which prepares them for adult life ; and by setting objectives over the full range of abilities — via ‘ attainment targets ’ backed up with appropriate assessment arrangements . |