Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [noun pl] over [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On agriculture the New Zealand side expressed concerns over protectionist barriers affecting its major exports , and over the current impasse in the GATT talks [ see also p. 38027 ] . |
| 2 | One side kidnaps women over bungled drug deals , rapes other women , attacks shopkeepers and , occasionally , shoots the police . |
| 3 | Innovative policies during the campaign raise doubts over existing policies , and raise questions over why reforms were n't introduced earlier . |
| 4 | The outcome of mature meetings is to search for solutions and to reach consensus , not for a particular group to score points over another . |
| 5 | However , the government is in something of a quandary in trying to reconcile the demands of a more liberal European transport market with the need to maintain controls over illegal immigrants , terrorists , drug smugglers and those trying to bring in animals illegally . |
| 6 | The there will be three distances involved Brough Park 290m , 460m , 670m ; Cleveland Park 266m , 464m , 640m ; Sunderland 255m , 450m , 631m and the aggregate points winners over all three legs . |
| 7 | Whether this approach offers advantages over faecal occult blood testing remains to be established . |
| 8 | In 1984 we privatised British Telecom but only Mercury was given a licence to carry services over fixed links . |
| 9 | Why else would a man spend hours over foaming vats other than to anticipate the pleasures to come ? |
| 10 | During the war the government took powers over public transport , and when the Grand Junction sought to take advantage of the good prices then being obtained for scrap metal , dismantling and disposal of the lift was forbidden . |
| 11 | Report raises doubts over current approach |
| 12 | This subtle scheme has advantages over simpler divisions . |
| 13 | Consequently , you can not say that one individual has privileges over another . |