Example sentences of "be [adj] [noun sg] over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ HAVE been sweating blood over the question of what is right and feasible to do . |
| 2 | Mr Yeltsin and the West have a shared interest in claiming the biggest figure for the aid package , so there has been little dissent over the headline-seizing ‘ $13 billion ’ . |
| 3 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
| 4 | In the non-chronicle sources there are suggestions of rivalry over Calais , where Hastings had replaced Rivers as lieutenant in 1471 , and there may also have been some friction over the Ferrers inheritance , although this does not seem to have been a major issue . |
| 5 | While there has been some disagreement over the incidence of EEG spindling in neonates , the consensus of reports indicates that the development of spindles in the EEG of normal sleeping infants occurs between the end of the second month and end of the fourth , and the appearance of persistent spindling earlier or later than this time window tends to be associated with other clinical abnormalities . |
| 6 | During the session there had been some debate over the selection of the ministers of finance and foreign affairs . |
| 7 | There has been some debate over the necessity of maintaining a central bank , when it is possible to have a free banking regime in which banks would be free to print their own notes to satisfy the demand for cash . |
| 8 | There has been much discussion over the last decade about an ‘ entitlement ’ curriculum . |
| 9 | Microcomputers have been a rapid growth area in the electronics industry , as well as one in which there has recently been much concern over the success and viability of UK companies . |
| 10 | Fred has been encouraging pilferage over a long period . |
| 11 | At first , there had been great enthusiasm over the Collector 's decision to suppress the rights of property in the food that was to have been auctioned and to give a share to everybody . |
| 12 | There has been considerable concern over the sooty specks ( particulates ) from diesel exhausts as a possible cause of cancer . |
| 13 | Is he also aware that there has been considerable disquiet over the proposed amalgamation of the St. |
| 14 | But in accounting , at least , Mr Aimetti thinks that there has been considerable progress over the past 10 years : ‘ With some adjustments , we are all following the Americans . ’ |
| 15 | There had been considerable controversy over the method of presidential election , which had originally been expected to take place with up to half a dozen candidates in January 1990 prior to the legislative elections of March-April [ see pp. 37325-26 ; 37380 ) . |
| 16 | However , there has been considerable controversy over the meaning of the link between events and depression — whether in fact the existence of a psychosocial stressor makes a depressive response so understandable that it should not be considered a disease . |
| 17 | There had been considerable confusion over the interpretation of the embargo , the inquiry was told . |
| 18 | During the last few years there has been growing concern over the effects of sharp regional variations in house prices on the mobility of labour . |
| 19 | But there may be some disagreement over the way in which Dr Clarke formulates this . |
| 20 | There will be similar trouble over the gender difference if indeed as I am suggesting — it is true that ideas about the meaning of maleness have distorted moral thinking in our culture quite deeply , so as to affect the whole concept of individuality , and thereby condition the way in which some central metaphysical issues are seen . |
| 21 | In plant production there appears to be little concern over the techniques involved in breeding new varieties , except possibly in relation to breeding for herbicide resistance . |
| 22 | In all Spanish Theatre dances there must be strict control over the stance taken . |
| 23 | If central Government are to pay even more of the cost , there must be greater control over the activities of every local authority . |
| 24 | A second legacy of Tiananmen has been increasing tension over the course of Hong Kong 's political development , with just six months remaining before China 's parliament is due to enact the mini-constitution , or Basic Law , setting out the pattern of post-1997 government . |
| 25 | There has been increasing confusion over the terms " assessment " and " record-keeping " . |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe they 'll know if there 's been any traffic over the road . ’ |
| 27 | In large parts of the population there is little discipline over the pregenital , and particularly the oral , drives of children . |
| 28 | There is little danger over the next few million years that we shall exhaust the store of useful energy . |
| 29 | and proposals and I 'd like to start with a vote just to find out what kind of hundred this is , do you have a driving licence ? , button one for yes and button two for no seventy two of this hundred have a driving licence which I think is some way above the National average , let me ask you do you have the use of a car or other vehicle whenever you want it ? , button one for yes and button two for no and of seventy two er licence holders , sixty three have the use of a car which again I think is some way over the National average , now what cars do you have ? , now let see what people are driving here there |
| 30 | There is some confusion over the parentage of S. ‘ Fastigiata ’ . |