Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [adj] [noun] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brief rejected the relevance of United States in personam jurisdiction over the person required to produce evidence , and asserted the cooperative attitude of German courts and authorities to requests made under the Convention . |
| 2 | The grid is protected from damage by a she et of clear acrylic over which the stylus can be moved with ease although it does scratch . |
| 3 | As a unionist with very good reason for having the warmest of feelings towards Scotland , may I ask my right hon. Friend to make it absolutely clear to anyone who wishes to establish an institution in Scotland with legislative powers over certain areas of policy that , regrettably , it would be totally unacceptable for any Scottish Member of the House to have any say , vote or control over areas of policy in the rest of the United Kingdom ? |
| 4 | In September communal rioting had spread through Kerala , Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh after renewed controversy over the disputed site of the Babri mosque at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh [ see p. 39008 ] . |
| 5 | It stands in the pretty hill village of Crayke with magnificent views over the Vale of York , and the Dales . |
| 6 | Glasgow High/Kelvinside pick up the McEwan 's club of the month award for October after huge victories over Glasgow Accies , Queens University Belfast , Kilmarnock and Stewart's-Melville FP . |
| 7 | Environmentalists said that Mr MacGregor had been ill-advised , and pointed out that the Department 's environmental assessment policies had been criticized by both the EC [ which has threatened the UK with legal action over the matter — see ED no. 52 ] and the government 's Standing Committee on Trunk Road Assessment . |
| 8 | Talking Rugby : Hong Kong in hot water over sevens fiasco |
| 9 | J.P.G. Freeman credits them with a " modest " influence when they helped to persuade the Americans that agreement with the USSR was dependent on the exclusion of West Germany from direct control over nuclear arms . |
| 10 | Evidence also emerged during August of deep divisions over the issue within the Palestinian community . |
| 11 | RUGBY UNION : Scotland have delayed naming their team for Saturday 's international against world champions Australia amid continuing doubts over the fitness of full back Gavin Hastings . |
| 12 | Management at the Hyatt hotel , situated above Seoul with dramatic views over the city , said they had been told not to discuss where the couple would sleep . |
| 13 | Barcelona only released Koeman after the Dutch Football Federation had threatened both the club and the Spanish FA with legal action over a clause which stipulates the number of matches for which their foreign-based players have to be released during the season . |
| 14 | The late John Searby was very well qualified to write this story for he commanded 106 Sqn and 83 ( Pathfinder ) Sqn in nightly raids over Germany , and was the Master Bomber on the Peenemunde raid . |
| 15 | I have been woken at 6.30am in Bavaria by deafening Wagner over the Tannoy , which continued until the last wretched sleeper was driven into a cold shower . |
| 16 | In a speech delivered to members of the armed forces on April 2 , President Saddam Hussein robustly defended Iraq against Western accusations over its alleged nuclear aspirations . |
| 17 | Britain in deep water over sea-dumping |
| 18 | Table 2.3 describes the broad occupational and sexual hierarchy of reward in Britain in descending order over the past fifteen years . |
| 19 | Most turn out to be experienced travellers , trumping Mongolia with Patagonia in competitive conversation over the dinner table . |
| 20 | Soccer : Pratt inspires Oxford to fine win over Cambridge |
| 21 | The conductor Richard Hickox writes : I had the pleasure of working with Alfreda Hodgson on numerous occasions over the last ten years . |
| 22 | Qayyum 's re-election led observers to conclude that the crisis could worsen as Rathore 's government coalition faced both an opposition President , and a hostile federal government in Islamabad with effective control over the state 's finance and bureaucracy . |
| 23 | The recent dramatic progress in relations between North and South Korea appeared threatened in March by continuing disagreements over the issue of international and bilateral inspections of nuclear facilities . |
| 24 | The vision of a monastic cathedral of Canterbury with primatial authority over the whole of the British Isles , which had inspired Lanfranc , Anselm , and the community of Christ Church during these years , came to nothing . |