Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [noun sg] over [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Being head of the Board of Directors , as well as a major stockholder in said company , your female progenitor has complete control over mission profile and personnel . ’ |
| 2 | This is despite the fact that the government in China has total control over migration from the country into the towns , and immediately bulldozes any squatter settlements . |
| 3 | The road , rail and telephone systems are damaged and run down , and the government holds tight control over information . |
| 4 | Although reports indicate that the Soviet Union has exclusive control over Cam Ranh Bay there remains a difference in size between it and the Soviet ‘ base ’ in Alexandria until 1972 or the American base in the Philippines . |
| 5 | So the court has full discretion over litigation costs incurred in proceedings between mortgagor and mortgagee . |
| 6 | Its director is also head of the GSS and as such has considerable influence over statistics throughout Whitehall . |
| 7 | The teacher has general authority over discipline for the purposes of securing the education and well-being of all pupils at the school . |
| 8 | The operator has wide control over model-type — wireframe , ball and stick or space-filling — addition or deletion of atoms , atomic radii , bond lengths and angles , the portion of the structure viewed , viewing angle etc . |
| 9 | Finally , central government has sufficient influence over expenditure by local government … that it can realistically plan for the total of central and local government expenditure and not just for its own expenditure . |
| 10 | The different shades of violet and brown in a grain population probably represent various grain sources , since there is no evidence that crystal orientation exerts significant control over CL wavelength and intensity in quartz . |
| 11 | Only a part is production property which yields high income and only some of this confers economic power over others . |
| 12 | In the literature on macroeconomic policy and labour markets , one finds considerable debate over degree of employment mobility and wage flexibility at the enterprise level . |
| 13 | By enhancing the role of governors for all schools with delegated budgets , LMS strengthens lay control over staffing responsibilities . |
| 14 | The move by a sub-committee of the council 's highways committee follows public concern over plans by British Rail to replace manned barriers at Chitts Hill , Lexden , and Church Street , Kelvedon , with automatic barriers covering only half the carriageway . |
| 15 | Maureen says her priority for homes is comfort and light — her own abode is a ‘ mixture of old and new ’ — and she champions individual taste over trendiness . |
| 16 | Much current research in the social sciences involves close observation over time of the behaviour of a small number of individuals . |
| 17 | In such ways the party retains ultimate control over appointments , transfers , promotions and discipline . |
| 18 | Man with no TV wins 17-year fight over licence harassment |
| 19 | Third round P — again beats gong , rushes at B — puts B's head over the rope and then lifts middle rope over part of his neck . |
| 20 | Lead report brings new alarm over petrol |