Example sentences of "[prep] [noun pl] over [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1965 it appeared that 48 per cent of retired men over 65 , but only 24 per cent of single women over 60 and 11 per cent of widows over pensionable age had employers ' pensions , younger women predominating among those women who had a pension in their own right ( Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance , 1966 , p. 154 ) . |
| 2 | However , while preparing for its first congress , a split occurred because of disagreements over private ownership of the means of production and land . |
| 3 | It was generally accepted , however , that the organization was in some disarray as a result of splits over revolutionary doctrine and personal leadership . |
| 4 | But the event at Langbaurgh motor sports park near Redcar has had to be switched to Lincolnshire because of worries over excessive noise on a Sunday . |
| 5 | The proliferation of disputes over scarce water resources , particularly between states bordering the Nile , Euphrates and Jordan rivers , attests to the impact of resource depletion , as does the relationship between deforestation and desertification . |
| 6 | difficulties ensuring discipline , either because of uncertainties over parental status or power struggles in a remarriage where the partner adopts the child . |
| 7 | Keycard systems hold a number of advantages over traditional cylinder locks for both the guest and the hotelier . |
| 8 | An alternative approach which has a number of advantages over linear control systems , is the switching regulator , or as it is more usually known , the ‘ switch-mode power supply ’ . |
| 9 | It is appropriate here to step back from the detail of party politics and to attempt to draw out in general terms the conditions producing this weakening hold of governments over popular support . |
| 10 | The article now left the way open for the full expression of the teaching of Pius XI that , though the family had ‘ priority of nature and therefore of rights over civil society ’ , education belonged ‘ preeminently to the Church , by reason of a double title in the supernatural order , conferred exclusively upon her by God himself ; absolutely superior therefore to any other title in the natural order ’ ( 1929 : 5–6 ) . |
| 11 | A report approved by the Presidium on April 19 had also assessed that the government could no longer function properly because of arguments over economic policy . |
| 12 | The Liberal Democratic Congress and the Confederation for an Independent Poland had pulled out of talks with Olszewski on the formation of a government because of differences over economic policy . |
| 13 | Foreign investors looked at the higher yield of gilts over German government bonds without worrying about exchange risk . |
| 14 | Notices may be entered on the Register of Title to protect a wide variety of interests — for example , an estate contract , a grant of easements over registered land , a lease or agreement for a lease which is not an overriding interest , and many other matters that it is desired shall come to the notice of all persons dealing with the land . |
| 15 | The government 's pursuit of mass home ownership , and its liberalisation of controls over private sector development , have encouraged a building boom which represents a serious threat to the countryside . |
| 16 | An example of the objectionable content of the draft was the call for relaxation of controls over private sector housing : ‘ local authorities should not lay down requirements on the mix of house types , provision of garages , internal standards , sizes of private gardens , location of houses on plots and in relation to each other , provision of private open space . ’ |
| 17 | In others of similar nervous system and temperamental make-up it can , through the relaxing of controls over rational thought , facilitate the entry into the autism of which Bleuler wrote and from which much healthy creativity springs . |
| 18 | The plenum had been delayed for several months , allegedly because of divisions over economic policy between the central and provincial authorities . |
| 19 | It took an act of will to think of cool winds on hilltops or the pattern of water-shadows over wave-carved sand — things which I have always thought epitomise clarity and freshness and helped to divert my brain from dwelling on the contents of my stomach . |
| 20 | The rail unions staged a series of strikes over poor pay and BR insistence on an end to collective bargaining , and were somewhat surprised to find themselves with public sympathy despite many complete network shutdowns . |
| 21 | But the writers who use world-system theories in empirical studies of particular countries ' economic history include features that draw it closer to regulationist theory : for example , the uncertainty , problems and changes associated with conflicts over international hegemony are often studied . |
| 22 | A tastefully extended and refurbished Victorian building set in own grounds with views over open countryside and yet within easy driving distance of Birmingham and the NEC . |
| 23 | Situated in 200 acres of level meadowland with views over open countryside towards Cheddar Gorge . |
| 24 | This survey follows a study supported by the British Academy and Nuffield Foundation , into problems over nuclear-capable warship visits to foreign ports . |
| 25 | It was realised ( admittedly in connection with problems over legal aid payments , rather than dissolution of partnerships ) that difficulty might ensue where a solicitor continued to practise after applying for a renewal only to have his application eventually rejected . |
| 26 | The electricity privatisation also ran into difficulties over nuclear power stations . |
| 27 | The auditors do try to avoid entanglement with arguments over local policy ; nevertheless they are permanent watchdogs with powers of scrutiny and criticism . |
| 28 | It is , however , a very special kind of autobiography , and may be compared to the accounts of their own lives which the early Methodists were expected to write at the time of their reception into the church : in such spiritual autobiographies divine visitations were singled out for special mention as evidences of God 's grace and power ; they were contrasted with laments over sinful behaviour and backsliding , and led to the culminating moment of conversion . |
| 29 | Since political values have often been at stake in conflicts over social policy , the very character of the ideological issue has precluded a cool appraisal of all the policy options . |
| 30 | Hurtado had been involved in disagreements over economic policy with Industry and Commerce Minister Guido Pennano , who criticized the government 's IMF-backed tight fiscal policy for deepening the recession , failing to cure hyperinflation , and making exports uncompetitive by overvaluing the inti . |