Example sentences of "[art] [noun] over [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Wednesday was a day of interminable meetings , during which the split over unemployment benefit between MacDonald and a substantial but fluctuatingly composed group of his Cabinet began to assume its final form .
2 Rival views of the revolution became an important part of the struggle over power and policy between the ‘ Left Opposition ’ identified with Trotsky , the ‘ Right Opposition ’ identified with Bukharin , and the ultimately victorious line identified with Stalin .
3 It is a far more important issue than the discussions over qualification periods for overseas players .
4 Cover meat with mango mixture and bring the rest of the pastry over mixture .
5 Mutinies were reported to have spread throughout the army since May 28-29 , when discontent in the ranks over pay and future prospects following an official threat of demobilization reached its peak .
6 4 ) The convening of an International Conference to deal with the conflict between Iraq and Kuwait as well as other conflicts in the Middle East , in particular the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the conflicts over oil .
7 The wrangle over airline stakes has already forced British Airways to rethink its plans , and the much wider argument over farm policies is still holding up the long-delayed Uruguay round of GATT talks on the further liberalisation of international trade .
8 The last phase of the Watergate scandal consisted of a prolonged battle between the President and those investigating the case over possession of these tapes .
9 It has the advantage over membership that its significance is the same for different dates and denominations .
10 Solar panels have the advantage over wind generators of not having any moving parts and , provided they remain watertight , should be far more reliable .
11 The take over trend continued and now Kevin , with a total of fourteen years in the carpet business , is part of Stoddard Mercia .
12 Further , to have made the concession over restoration of lands would have meant depriving their own people of their French interests , something which , for both moral and financial reasons , they were not prepared to do .
13 It was not the last argument he would have with the authorities over pay , though this was the only series he missed for that reason .
14 Thousands of students left their dormitories , enraged by the attitude of the authorities over election procedures and their refusal to permit change .
15 In a highly charged political atmosphere it was a short step from dispute with the authorities over student issues to broader criticism of the socio-political structure .
16 I am on the radical wing of the ‘ leave-them-alone ’ camp and spurn the US Army research which proved that 80 percent of carefully burst blisters reattach to the skin over time .
17 I think it does mean though that issues like erm long term sickness erm the issue that you 've got with the two people in your patch , one of whom might go to the help desk , you need to get that resolved P D Q so you can say well I 've reduced my h the temp over budget by one .
18 This would be too akin to the power of the pope backed by the inquisition in the seventeenth century , or to Stalin 's power backed by the KGB over soviet scientists in the twentieth century , to be acceptable .
19 She had wanted to speak to Debbie after the others had left , and all the talk over lunch had been of the trip to the Tate .
20 This took place amid rumours of a split within the NEC over support for a common age of consent , and was widely seen as a response to tabloid hysteria on such matters .
21 Reflecting fears from the industry over inconsistency of enforcement , the regulatory authorities and their environmental health officers are to be given guidance on what is reasonable to expect in terms of training , and the wise operator will make sure that his training strategy is endorsed by the local EHO .
22 I 'd dressed in my long dress , eaten breakfast bedu fashion , discussed the children 's health with the Sheikha over coffee — the Youngest Son had had far too many headaches and his usual teasing and joking had n't been seen for days .
23 The light over No. 6 which has been burning night and day for 2 months , now operates as it should — from dusk to dawn .
24 Mary Ann insisted on hearing every detail of the auction over tea , and afterwards , to oblige her , Mungo and Emily went to search for new-laid eggs on the batters .
25 Mindful of the quarrels over precedence among the Bonaparte family which had marred his uncle 's coronation , Napoleon III may have felt it unwise to provide them with a similar occasion for bad manners .
26 Keynesians are critical of this policy , arguing that the uncertainty over interest rates , combined with a generally too restrictive monetary policy and a correspondingly too high average interest rate , is very damaging to business investment and hence long-term growth .
27 The uncertainty over evil in a way dominates the entire structure of The Lord of the Rings .
28 Their public polemic , in the early months of 1341 , about royal authority and ecclesiastical obligations , by its notorious and indecorous vehemence , has attracted much attention from historians , but the ideas enunciated are less notable for themselves than for signifying divisions among the clergy over church and state relations , an ambivalence even more sensationally witnessed in the Becket conflict in the twelfth century and in the Hunne affair in the early sixteenth .
29 Racing : Bookmakers in the dark over Light
30 We have argued in Chapter 1 that computer databases offer advantages in storing and presenting the data over manual or computer file-based systems .
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